Meet the editor

 Hosam Saleh is a professor of radioactive waste management in the Radioisotope Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. He has been awarded MSc and PhD degrees in Physical Chemistry from Cairo University. He is interested in studying innovative economic and environment-friendly techniques for the management of hazardous and radioactive wastes. Professor Saleh has authored many peer-reviewed

 scientific papers and chapters, and is the editor of different books from valuable international publishers. He serves as a reviewer and editor for several international journals. He was awarded the Scientific Encouragement Award from the Atomic Energy Authority (2013), the Encouragement Prize in Advanced Technical Sciences from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (2014), and was listed in *Marquis Who's Who in the World* for several editions.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

(REVITALIZA)

*and Iria Villar*

*and Pantelitsa Loizia*

Perspectives

*by Akindayo A. Sowunmi*

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Management and Recycling of Municipal Solid Wastes **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 69**

Municipal Solid Waste Management and the Inland Water Bodies: Nigerian

Towards the Recycling of Bio-Waste: The Case of Pontevedra, Spain

*by Salustiano Mato, Carlos Pérez-Losada, María Martínez-Abraldes* 

The Use of Composted Municipal Solid Waste under the Concept of Circular Economy and as a Source of Plant Nutrients and Pollutants

*by Luciléia Granhen Tavares Colares, Gizene Luciana Pereira de Sales, Aline Gomes de Mello de Oliveira and Verônica Oliveira Figueiredo*

*by María Belén Almendro-Candel, Jose Navarro-Pedreño, Ignacio Gómez Lucas, Antonis A. Zorpas, Irene Voukkali*

Management of Organic Solid Waste in Meal Production

Introductory Chapter: Municipal Solid Waste

*by Hosam M. Saleh and Martin Koller*
