Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation Volume 2: Case studies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rene, Eldon R. (Editor), Sahinkaya, Erkan (Editor), Lewis, Alison (Editor), Lens, Piet N.L (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental health.; Waste management.; Environmental Chemistry.; Environmental Health.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

This book presents an assortment of case-studies pertaining to the use of sustainable technologies for heavy metal removal and recovery from mining and metallurgical wastes, construction and demolition wastes, spent catalysts and electronic wastes. Wastewaters from diverse industrial and mining acti...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Life-cycle assessment of metal recovery from electronic waste
• Chapter 2 - Adsorption technology for removal of toxic pollutants
• Chapter 3 - Metal recovery from industrial and mining wastewaters using sulphate-reducing bioreactors
• Chapter 4 - Biological sulphate reduction for treatment of construction and demolition debris
• Chapter 5 - Lead and zinc metallurgical slags mineralogy and weathering
• Chapter 6 - Leaching and recovery of metals from metallic industrial sludges, dusts and residues
• Chapter 7 - Leaching and Recovery of Molybdenum from Spent Catalysts
• Chapter 8 - Biorecovery of metals from electronic waste.