**Gases and Other Products**

**Chapter 12**

**Generation of Biohydrogen by Anaerobic Fermentation**

In the protection of environment, the adequate handling of solids wastes occupy a main place, the integral handling of wastes is a term applied to all activities associated with the wastes management in the society. The main aim is the administration of wastes associated with the environment and public health. The handling of solid wastes is one of the main environmental problems in the cities due to its generations increase simultaneously with the growth of the cities, its industrialization and the increase of population. In addition, the actual life style carries out a high demand of consumption of goods that generally are thrown out in a short time; this generates more production of wastes and therefor having to search for solutions to

A solution for the trouble of the urban solids wastes is the implementation of process of reusing and giving value to the different materials that form what is known as "garbage", with the purpose of obtaining products or sub products that can be to introduce into new economic cycles. The maximization of reusing and giving value to solids wastes carry out benefits as: less consumption of natural sources, reduction of energy consumption, less environmental pollution, better use of the location where the garbage is placed and economic benefits from recovered materials. So the changes of consumption patron and the sustainable production

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**of Organics Wastes in Colombia**

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Edilson León Moreno Cárdenas, Deisy Juliana Cano Quintero and

**1.1. The trouble of organics solids wastes**

are essential for the reduction of wastes production.

Cortés Marín Elkin Alonso

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/53351

**1. Introduction**

the final disposition.
