Aerobic and Anaerobic Digestion of Agro-Industrial and Livestock Wastes: A Green and Sustainable Way toward the Future—Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

The management of organic wastes is given great attention due to their significant generation leading to environmental pollution and human health risks. Aerobic and anaerobic methods of waste treatment are considered viable alternative methods for reducing the risk of organic pollution loads in the environment. Though traditional composting and anaerobic digestion are commonly employed methods of disposal, there is an urgent requirement for advanced and improved methods to utilize the large quantities of agro-industrial and livestock wastes.

In recent years, advances have been made to improve aerobic and anaerobic methods of waste valorization for value-added end-product generation in a sustainable manner. This helps to eliminate the accumulation different kinds of wastes and associated environmental issues. For the betterment of the environment and human health, it is necessary to find alternative strategies to mitigate agro-industrial and livestock generated wastes.

With this background, this Special Issue welcomes novel research, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all related topics, including but not limited to aerobic waste management strategies, composting/vermicomposting, anaerobic digestion, novel digesters, cellulose degradation, biofuels, microbial interaction, beneficial microbes involved in the process, economy and biocircularity, case studies from the field, and policy issues.

Previously, we successfully published a Special Issue on “Aerobic and Anaerobic Digestion of Agro-Industrial and Livestock Wastes: A Green and Sustainable Way toward the Future”. We now therefore propose a “Volume II” of the same topic for a broader range of applications.

Dr. Ravindran Balasubramani
Prof. Dr. Mukesh Kumar Awasthi
Prof. Dr. Natchimuthu Karmegam
Dr. Sunita Varjani
Guest Editors

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• Aerobic waste treatments (composting, vermicomposting, etc.)
• Anaerobic digestion
• Biofuels
• Waste valorization
• Organic wastes
• Pollutant degradation
• Bioremediation
• Livestock wastes
• Agrowastes

• Aerobic and Anaerobic Digestion of Agro-Industrial and Livestock Wastes: A Green and Sustainable Way toward the Future in Agronomy (11 articles)