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energy extraction, and this methane gas can be used as a substitute for CNG
and LPG for heat and power generation.
Biogas and the renewable energy production from waste are labor-
intensive and can provide employment to people. The additional employ-
ment will, however, vary with trends in the labor markets of the countries.
The jobs created thereby may be low value jobs, but in periods of high un-
employment the positive job creation will be viewed with less skepticism.
These options suit the developing countries as most of them have a large
work force. On the other hand, if the community is involved in the renew-
able energy generation, then the workers can be drawn from the commu-
nity where the project serves. This can improve the income distribution
among the rural population and different income brackets. A significant
population shifting to urban centers, one of the typical issues the devel-
oping countries had to tackle in the past few years, can be reduced. This
removes the additional burden on the resources at the urban centers. In the
case of biogas use for heat and power application, the conventional fuels
can be conserved for future. The employment effects of renewable energy
projects can be such as the direct employment in construction, operation,
and maintenance; indirect employment of job creation in the supply chain
supporting the projects; and induced employment created, because of the
wages earned through direct and indirect employment spent on goods and
services, thus creating jobs.
It is well-known that waste management policies, as they exist now, are
not sustainable for the long term. Thus, waste management is undergo-
ing drastic change to offer more options toward more sustainability. These
options give the hope of offering the waste management industry a more
economically viable and socially acceptable solution to the current waste
management dilemma.
This book outlines various advances in the area of waste management
and possibilities to extract energy from the wastes in different forms. This
book also focuses on current practices related to waste management initia-
tives taken by many countries, and it also highlights some initiatives taken
by the US federal government, states, and industry groups. The main ob-
jective of this book is to depict the adoption of the waste management
strategies, which may give certain benefits to the mankind in the form of
economic sustainability and clean environment. The toxic wastes generated
from various sources such as municipal, food processing industries, textile
industries, leather industries, biodiesel production industries, paper indus-
tries, and health care industries, or hospital waste are given attention and