Waste Management Problems in Agro Industries 1998: Selected Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Waste Management Problems in ... in Istanbul, Turkey, 23-25 September 1998

The term 'Agro-Industries' covers a range of significant industrial activities based on the practice of agriculture or the processing of its products. Major industries such as textiles and dyestuffs, pulp and paper, leather, food-processing, the refining of edible oils and sugar, etc. fall into this category. These proceedings, the fourth from a conference series that continues to grow in scale and importance, comprise 48 papers, selected from over a hundred presented, on the following aspects of agro-industrial wastes management: Waste characterization Aerobic treatment and nutrient removal Anaerobic treatment Sludge and solid wastes Textiles Animal wastes Tannery wastes Pulp and paper Food and beverages Management. They reflect a wide spectrum of scientific interests and make an effective contribution towards the development of successful waste management strategies for the agro-industries of the world.