Exploring Waste Management in Sustainable Development Contexts

Effective waste management is more crucial than ever in dealing with environmental challenges. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for addressing these challenges, but their complex interplay with waste management practices requires deeper examination. Exploring Waste Management in Sustainable Development Contexts offers a comprehensive exploration of this intersection, highlighting the urgent need for innovative solutions to transform waste management into a driver of sustainable development. The book delves into the various challenges of waste management, from the types and volume of waste generated to its environmental and health impacts. It sheds light on the inadequacies of current methods and presents sustainable practices that can pave the way for a greener future. By focusing on sustainable approaches to waste management, the book is an inspiration for actionable change and fosters a deeper understanding of waste management's role in achieving the SDGs.

Chandra Mohan , Associate Professor of Chemistry, K R Mangalam University, Gurugram is a Senior Faculty with over 11 years of teaching and research experience, having expertise in Inorganic Chemistry. Dr. Chandra Mohan has obtained Doctorate (Chemistry) in the field of Chemical Sensors from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India and also received M.Phil in Chemistry from University of Delhi. His research work focused on heterocycle based transition metal complexes for biological and sensor applications, and clay based solid acid catalysis. He has published more than 60 research papers in Peer reviewed journals, 11 book chapters and 5 patent. He has also extended the privilege of being an organizing committee member in ICASE-2022, ASET-2021, NANO MALAYSIA-2019 International conferences. He serves as editorial board member of various international journals. He is an Associate Editor of INORGACHEM Journal, UAE. He serves as the Convener of International FDP and International Conference (AMGSE-2024) organized at K R Mangalam University.

Shobhna Jeet is an Associate Professor in Law at K.R. Mangalam University, Gurgaon. She has authored three books namely, “Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism: National and International Regime”, and “Cyber Terrorism: A Threat to Nation”. Her latest edited book is “Environmental Law Governance and Sustainable Development”. She is in the editorial board of various national and international peer reviewed refereed journals. She was a Joint author and had shared her contribution in two chapters in the book “Right to Education: Imperative for Progress” edited by Prof. Mool Chand Sharma with a foreword from renowned Scientist Prof. Yash Pal.

Saurav Dixit currently holds the esteemed position of Dean of Research and Development at Lovely Professional University, located in Phagwara, India. His research interests include a wide range of topics such as construction productivity, synthesis and development, self-healing concrete, chemical and physical properties of fly-ash, additive manufacturing, advanced concrete production, and surface modification.

Sónia Carabineiro graduated in Applied Chemistry (branch of Biotechnology) at the NOVA School of Science and Technology (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Portugal (FCT-UNL) and obtained her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering (Catalysis) in 2001 at the same University. In 2000 she was an Invited Researcher at Leiden University, The Netherlands, and Post Doctoral Researcher from 2001 to 2003 at the same University. In 2004 she got a Post Doc grant at the Centre of Structural Chemistry of the University of Lisbon (CQE-IST). In 2007 she joined the Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LCM), part of Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM, at the Department of Chemical Engineering (DEQ) of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), as an Assistant Researcher, with a Ciencia 2007 grant from Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). From 2013 to 2018 she was a Principal Researcher (Investigador FCT grant) at the same lab. She was Integrated Researcher of CQE-IST and Invited (Visiting) Professor at Wuhan Textile University, China in 2019. She is now Assistant Professor at FCT-UNL (since 2020). She has also collaborations with other Universities of Portugal and abroad. She is member of the Editorial Board of ChemCatChem and Scientific Reports of the Editorial Advisory Board of Catalysis Today and of the Editorial Board of Nanomaterials and Catalysts, among others. She is one the females reviewer in the world with more revisions done (Publons data) and evaluator of several international projects (including ERC grants). She is one the females reviewer in the world with more revisions done (Publons data) and evaluator of several international projects (including ERC grants). She was included in the list of the worldwide most cited scientists (top 2% of Chemistry) published by Stanford University since 2017. She was also chosen as one of the Portuguese Women in Science featured in the 4th Edition of the Book “Mulheres na Ciência” from Ciência Viva, Portugal in 2023. Her research interests include: Catalysis by gold, nanostructured catalysts, mixed metal oxides, graphene, graphitic carbon nitride, carbon nanotubes, oxidation reactions (carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons, alcohols), heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts, abatement of pollutants from water, soil and air.