Advances in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Solid Waste Management: An Introduction.-  Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Generation and Management.- Survey of Composting Companies and Compost Samples in India.- Treatment Options for Efficient Municipal Solid Waste Management.- Crop Residue Management Techniques for North-Western India: Evaluating Alternatives to Residue Burning.- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Contamination of Soil in Informal E-waste Recycling Facilities.- Bioluminescence Inhibition Assay for Toxicity Measurement of PAHs and Heterocyclic PAHs.- Method Development for Identification and Quantification of PAHs and Heterocyclic PAHs and Their Degradation Intermediates.-  A Simple Approach for Designing a Waste Collection System for Guwahati City using Google Earth.- Fundamentals of Microbiology.- Mechanical Biological Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste.- Current Status of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Kharagpur, India and Recommendations for Sustainable Management.- Biodegradation of Plastics.

Sudha Goel is currently Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur. She completed her B.E. (1990) in Environmental Engineering from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad and MSE (1992) and Ph.D. (1996) in Environmental Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, US and has been working on various aspects of environmental engineering since then.