Current Trends in Recycling and E-Waste Management

Dr. Rajeev Pratap Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, India. He completed his Ph.D. at the same University. His main research interests include solid waste management, bio-composting, and green technologies. He has received several international awards, including the “Green Talent” award from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany; Prosper.Net Scopus Young Scientist award, DST Young Scientist Award, etc. Dr. Singh is a member of reviewer and editorial team of several important scientific journals and has edited 5 books and 50 highly cited research and review articles on solid waste management and ecotoxicology. Dr Singh’s research works are very well cited by researchers globally (Google Scholar citation 3,136; h-index 22; and i10-index 31). Dr. Singh also received Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India, IUSSTF, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), and the Robert Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI).

Prerna Gautam, is a research scholar in the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, India. She completed her M. Phil. (Inventory Management) in 2015, and M.Sc. (Operational Research) in 2013 from the University of Delhi. She has three book chapters and seven research papers published in Decision Science Letters, Uncertain Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Mathematical Engineering and Management Sciences, RAIRO-Operations Research, Scientia Iranica, Journal of Cleaner Production and Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research. Her area of interest is Inventory and Supply chain management.

Aditi Khanna is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, India. She completed her Ph.D. (Inventory Management) in 2010, M. Phil (Inventory Management) in 2004, and M.Sc. (Operational Research) in 2002 from the University of Delhi. She has published a number of research papers in International Journals including Journal of Cleaner Production, Mathematics, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Int. Journal of Systems and Science, Int. Journal of Production Economics, Int. Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, Control & Cybernetics, Int. Journal of Operational Research, Int. Journal of Procurement Management, Int. Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, Int. Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, Int. Journal of Services Operations and Informatics. She is a member of Editorial Review Board, Amity Journal of Operations Management.

Carlos Alberto Correa is a Senior Visiting Professor at Federal University at ABC (UFABC), in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is also an Associated Professor at the Centre for Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences and Researcher at the Strategic Nuclei for Waste Revaluation - REVALORES. Carlos has a bachelor degree in Materials Engineering specialized in polymer materials and a PhD in Advanced Materials from Cranfield University in the UK. He has solid academic and industrial expertise in plastics, polymer blends and biocomposites. He has led a long term international cooperation Brazil/Canada on plastics recycling and renewably sourced materials with partnering industries and academia. Current research interests are management of plastic waste, mechanical and chemical recycling, biodegradable and compostable plastics and biocomposites.

Rajalakshmi Gopalakrishnan currently working as a Project Coordinator in Saahas. She manage the e-waste program with focus on optimizing the operations and logistics through use of IT.

Ronald Gem Alarte Celestial is a graduating BS Chemical Engineering student at the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, University of the Philippines Los Baños. He is a student leader and served in the University Student Council for 2 years as Chairperson and Councilor. He was also a finalist in the 8th Philippine National Chemistry Olympiad.