Plastic Waste Management

1) Introduction to Plastic Wastes: Processing Methods, Environmental and Health Implications 2) Management Strategies for Plastic Wastes: A Roadmap Towards Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability 3) Implementation of Analytical Hierarchy Process for Developing Better Waste Collection System 4) Chapter 4: Processing and Recycling of Plastic Wastes for Sustainable Material Management 5) Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste for Sustainable Development 6) Plastic Wastes Management and Disposal in Developing Countries: Challenges and Future Perspectives 7) Plastic Waste Management During and Post Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Strategies 8) Biodegradation of Plastic Wastes: Mechanisms, Perspectives and Challenges 9) Conversion of Plastic Wastes into Value Added Materials: A Global Perspective 10) Plastic Waste Management in Construction Industry: Opportunities and Technological Challenges 11) Perspectives of Material Flow Analysis in Plastic Waste Management 12) Life Cycle Assessment Studies for Mitigating Plastic Waste Management 13) Technologies and Recycling Strategies of Municipal Solid Wastes: A Global Perspective 14) Management of Marine Plastic Debris: Ecotoxicity and Ecological Implications 15) Societal Awareness, Regulatory Framework and Technical Guidelines for Management of Plastic Wastes

Dr. Kalim Deshmukh is presently working as a senior researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 17 years of research experience in the field of synthesis, characterizations, and investigations of structure-property relationship of a wide variety of polymeric materials, polymer blends and nanocomposites for 2 various technological applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization and property investigations of polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers including nanoparticles and carbon allotropes such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, graphene nanoplatelets and graphene quantum dots for potential electronic applications. He has over 95 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and 30 book chapters (h-index = 35; >4494 citations, google scholar) with renowned international publications including the Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. In addition, he has co-edited two books entitled ?3D and 4D Printing of Polymer Nanocomposite Materials: Processes, Applications and Challenges? and ?MXene and their Composites: Synthesis, Properties and Potential Applications? for Elsevier and one book entitled ?Nanotechnology Based Additive Manufacturing: Product Design, Properties and Applications? for Wiley-VCH. Moreover, he has actively participated and presented his research work in several international conferences and also, he has been serving as a reviewer for over 60 reputed international journals. Dr. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is currently an Associate Professor at Alliance University, Bangalore. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry (Polymer Science and Technology) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India in the year 2012. He has research experience in various international laboratories such as Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), Germany, Catholic