The book gathers high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Conference
on Solid Waste Management held at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural
University Hyderabad on December 15-17 2017. The Conference IconSWM 2017 is an official
side event of the high-level Intergovernmental Eighth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the
Pacific. As a pre-event of the Eighth Regional 3R Forum it also aims to generate scientific
inputs to the policy consultation of the Eighth Regional 3R Forum co-organized by the UNCRD
UNDESA MoEFCC India MOUD India and MOEJ Japan. Researchers from more than 30 countries
presented their work on Solid Waste Management. The book is divided into three volumes and
addresses various issues related to innovation and implementation in sustainable waste
management segregation collection transportation of waste treatment technologies policy
and strategies energy recovery and resource circulation life cycle analysis climate change
research and business opportunities.
