This book is the proceedings of accepted papers from the conference entitled “Technological Advancements in Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities—2025”. The major themes covered in the conference are the Industrial waste management and minimization, Municipal solid waste management, Technologies for waste to energy conversion, energy/biofuels/ biochemicals recovery, Application of AI & ML in waste management, biosensor in waste management, Socio economic aspects and circular economy etc. This book includes selected papers from case studies related to best practices for waste management. This book presents in-depth insights into the domain of waste management and the latest advancements to the state of the art. The book is a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable construction and allied fields.”

Prof. Vipin Kumar is a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India. He earned his doctorate in Environmental Science and his postgraduate degree in Microbiology. Prof. Kumar's areas of interest in research includes microbial remediation of various persistence pollutants, solid waste management, restoration ecology, microbial biosensor, resource recovery from waste, application biotechnology, etc.

Prof. Kumar has published two patents and more than 90 research publications with about 350 impact factor and more than 3000 citation in various National and International Journal of repute. Also he has authored eight books (one in Springer Nature) and proceedings. He has done numerous research and consulting projects funded by the various ministries and industries for the national importance. He has guided 18 Ph.D. scholars, 32 M.Tech. dissertation.