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CONTENTS

Contributors ix

1. Introduction to Energy From Toxic Organic Waste
For Heat and Power Generation 1
Debabrata Barik

2. Toxic Waste From Municipality 7
Aravind Sam, Debabrata Barik
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Methods of Energy Recovery From Wastes 9
2.3 Conclusions 15
References 16

3. Energy Extraction From Toxic Waste Originating From Food
Processing Industries 17
Debabrata Barik
3.1 Introduction 17
3.2 Properties of Food Processing Waste 18
3.3 Food Waste and Its Associated Problem 19
3.4 Food Waste Within the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: A Proposed
Conceptual Model 20
3.5 Reducing Food Waste: A Problem of Human Behavior 21
3.6 Conclusions 39
References 39
Further Reading 42

4. Toxic Waste From Textile Industries 43
N.M. Sivaram, P.M. Gopal, Debabrata Barik
4.1 Introduction 43
4.2 Global Textile Scenario 44
4.3 Pollution in Textile Industry 44
4.4 Toxic or Hazardous Wastes 46
4.5 Contaminated Textile Effluents With Chemicals 46
4.6 Chlorinated Solvents 46
4.7 Hydrocarbon Solvents—Aliphatic Hydrocarbons 47

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