Environmental biotechnologies are increasingly being viewed as a major weapon against environmental damage. Cleaner production is part of this strategy and yet this emerging technology is not widely known and practiced. Environmental Biotechnology and Cleaner Bioprocesses covers the development of cleaner bioprocesses within the framework of sustai

Part 1: General Aspects and Case Studies 1. Cleaner Bioprocesses and Sustainable Development Eugenia J. Olguin 2. Environmental Policy and Small and Medium Enterprises Victor L. Urquidi 3. The Vital Issues Process: Managing Critical Infrastructures in the Global Arena Dennis Engi 4. Environmental Impact of Nitrogen Fertilisers in the 'Bajio' Region of Guanajuato State, Mexico Oscar A. Grageda, Fernando Esparza-Garcia and Juan J. Pena-Cabriales 5. Impermeable Barrier Liners in Containment Type Landfills Emir J. Macari and Carlos H. Ortiz-Gomez 6. Control of Submicron Air Toxin Particles after Coal Combustion Utilizing Calcium Manganese Acetate Jianxi Zhao, Donald L. Wise, Edgar B. Gutoff, Joseph D. Gresser and Yiannis A. Levendis Part 2: Recycling and Treatment of Organic Wastes 7. Duckweed-Based Wastewater Treatment for Rational Resource Recovery and Reuse Huub J. Gijzen and Siemen Veenstra 8. Anaerobic Treatment of Tequila Vinasse Kuppusamy Ilangovan. Josefina Linerio, Roberto Briones and Adalberto Noyola 9. Immobilisation of Living Microalgae and their Use for Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal from Water Carlos Garbisu, Itziar Alkorta, Maria J. Llama and Juan L. Serra 10. Engineered Reed Bed Systems for the Treatment of Dirty Waters A.J. Biddlestone and K.R. Gray Part 3: Recalcitrant Compounds Removal 11. Immobilisation of Non-viable Cyanobacteria and their Use for Heavy Metal Adsorption from Water Alicia Blanco, Miguel Angel Sampedro, Begona Sanz, Maria J. Llama and Juan L. Serra 12. Bioremediation: Clean-up Biotechnology for Soils and Aquifers Susana Saval 13. Increasing Bioavailibility of Recalcitrant Molecules in Contaminated Soils Mariano Gutierrez-Rojas 14. Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils Maria Trejo and Rodolfo Quintero 15. Environmental Oil Biocatalysis Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt Part 4: Cleaner Bioprocesses 16. Clean Biological Bleaching Processs in the Pulp and Paper Industry Juan M. Lema, M Teresa Moreira, Carolyn Palma and Gumersindo Feijoo 17