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Zero Waste as an Approach to Develop a Clean and Sustainable Society

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Abstract

Zero waste is a revolutionary idea for challenging the problems of waste within our whole society. The revolutionary zero waste schemes promote a comprehensive method of waste management and waste resource recovery. To achieve the overarching objectives, zero waste frameworks are useful for the creation and implementation of systemic activities of management of waste. Mostly, we are living in a western society and have everything we ever dreamed of except one thing, that is, sustainability. The globalization and fast economy growth have created large quantities of waste and have drawn global attention. The utmost need is to utilize these wastes into materials which can be of potential application. A virgin material is converted into waste via four steps – extraction, manufacture, distribution, and then consumption and at last we finally get waste. Large amount of energy is required for the extraction from raw materials which creates enormous amounts of industrial waste, water pollution, and environmental damage and lead to global warming. To achieve the idea of zero waste, some techniques like eco-labeling and eco-design should be implemented from raw material extraction for disposal. The strategy of zero waste contains no incinerators and no mega landfills and says yes to sustainable society. The concept of 3R’s is well known but responsibility is the fourth R of this system which plays the main role to the sustainability. In this context, the chapter is planned to focus the cause of this problem and how a significant step toward resolving the issue can be taken by zero waste strategy.

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Abbreviations

ZWIA:

Zero waste International Alliance

MSW:

Municipal solid waste

IWD:

International waste data

HDPE:

High density polyethene

PP:

Polypropylene

PVC:

Polyvinyl chloride

ABS:

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

LDPE:

Low density polyethene

PS:

Polystyrene

PA:

Polyamide

CLSM:

Controlled low strength materials

UNSD:

United nations statistics division

ASP:

Activated sludge process

UASB:

Upstream anaerobic sludge blanket

FAB:

Fluidized aerated bed

MBBR:

Moving bed bio-reactor

SBR:

Sequential bed reactor

ZLD:

Zero fluid release

CDL:

Container deposit legislation

NEA:

National environmental agency

mld:

Million liters of each day

EPA:

Environmental protection agency

ZWM:

Zero waste manufacturing

WFS:

Waste foundry sand

ZWD:

Zero waste design

ZWF:

Zero waste framework

EUWFD:

European Union Waste Framework Directive

FWRP:

Food waste recycling program

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The authors would like to acknowledge University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi (201819-NFO-2018-19-OBC-UTT-74058) for financial assistance.

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Tarannum, N., Kumar, N., Km, P. (2021). Zero Waste as an Approach to Develop a Clean and Sustainable Society. In: Hussain, C.M., Di Sia, P. (eds) Handbook of Smart Materials, Technologies, and Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58675-1_17-1

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