Biofuels in Circular Economy

This book provides a detailed coverage of how the circular economy aims to change the paradigm in relation to the linear economy, by limiting the environmental impact and waste of resources, as well as increasing efficiency at all stages of the product economy. It serves as the sole comprehensive overview of the role of biofuels in the circular economy.  It contains updated information on the latest trends of techno-economic analysis of biofuels, economic transitions, low-carbon economies, green circular societies, and life cycle assessment of biofuels. This book delves deep into the economic security of the poor as well as the nexus between biofuel industry and global trade bodies, making it one of the few introductory books without bias toward the contribution of biofuels in circular economy. With its diverse contributions on themes such as biofuels as potential alternatives to fossil fuels, biofuel economics and policies; biofuel standards, blending, and future insecurities; economic transitions from biomass to biofuels; and biofuel economy, development, and food security, the book would be a great resource for a wide and multi-disciplinary readership base ranging from researchers to academics, policy makers, innovators, corporates, and non-profit organizations working in this area.

Dr Suhaib A. Bandh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Bandh is a life member of the Academy of Plant Sciences India and National Environmental Science Academy India. Dr Bandh, a recipient of many awards, has participated in several national and international conferences held by different reputed scientific bodies in India and abroad. He has several scientific publications to his credit, published in some highly reputed and impacted journals, which attest to his scientific insight, fine experimental skills and outstanding writing skills. Dr Bandh has recently edited and authored many books like Freshwater Microbiology: Perspectives of Lake Bacterial Dynamics, Environmental Management: Environmental Issue, awareness and abatement, Perspectives of Environmental Science, Climate Change and Microbial Diversity: Advances and Challenges, Climate Change and Microbes: Impacts and Vulnerability, Sustainable Agriculture: Technical Progressions and Transitions, Climate Change: the Social and Scientific Construct with some leading scholarly pyblishing houses including SPRINGER NATURE, ELSEVIER Inc USA, CALLISTO REFERENCES and AAP/CRC, A TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP. Dr. Bandh is an Academic Editor of the Journals Advances in Agriculture and International Journal of Clinical Practices published by HINDAWI. 

Dr. Fayaz finished his PhD in Environmental Science on "Biogas methane enrichment using selective chemical scavengers and microalgae" from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has a strong interest in waste management, pollution and renewable energy as his PhD was focused on the same issue. Moreover, in the university he has also dealt with water conservation and management, water auditing and water use efficiency in agriculture. He has published many research articles in reputed, referred national and international journals. He has also presentedmany research papers in national and international conferences. Previously he worked as Research Associate with Water resources division in The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) and currently he is working as Assistant Professor in Higher Education Department Government of Jammu and Kashmir at Government Degree College Tral, Pulwama