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Sustainable Technology: Foresight to Green Ecosystem

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The global environmental problems such as pollution and degradation have enforced society to reconsider the ways of development and pursue sustainable technologies. Many eco-friendly initiatives have been taken to maintain and improve the quality of an ecosystem that might flourish on the green resources which are abundant in nature. The use of bioenergy in the form of biofuels and biogas as a potential source of renewable energy in recent times is a significant step toward sustainable future. The three primary domains of sustainable development are desegregated in this book chapter. Potential use of green technology in various sectors, their merits and demerits, along with the efficiency of such techniques are also mentioned. Green product innovation has reduced the impact on the environment as well as improved energy consumption efficiently. Advancements in the application of science and technology have given hope for the solution of the current environmental problems. The various ecological toxicants are assessed concerning the adverse effect on flora and fauna. The recent development in industrial, agricultural, and domestic sustainable technologies has hugely benefitted the environment, and has been a significant step toward weather change. Under sociological reform, various policies and international rules have been framed as precautionary measures to put a check on the usage of nonrenewable sources of energy and implement sustainable methods to reduce the degradation of the environment on a large scale. Furthermore, light is shed on the adaptability of newer technologies and their sustainability as compared to the conventional methods, and how these technologies will take the modern living toward a sustainable environment.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, India

    Subhasish Dutta, Debanko Das, Akash Manna, Ankit Sarkar & Aindrilla Dutta

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Sudipti Arora

  2. Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Ashwani Kumar

  3. Department of Local Resources and Department of Life Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

    Shinjiro Ogita

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Dutta, S., Das, D., Manna, A., Sarkar, A., Dutta, A. (2022). Sustainable Technology: Foresight to Green Ecosystem. In: Arora, S., Kumar, A., Ogita, S., Yau, Y.Y. (eds) Innovations in Environmental Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4445-0_5

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