Solid Wastes Management

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Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 336
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Solid Wastes Management begins with a focus on processing municipal and similar commercial, as well as industrial wastes; assessing and minimising the environmental impacts of processing and disposal. The second section reviews the treatment technologies available (physical, biological and thermal), their advantages, disadvantages and environmental performance. The third section considers the environmental and Read more...

Abstract: Solid Wastes Management begins with a focus on processing municipal and similar commercial, as well as industrial wastes; assessing and minimising the environmental impacts of processing and disposal. The second section reviews the treatment technologies available (physical, biological and thermal), their advantages, disadvantages and environmental performance. The third section considers the environmental and health impacts of the technologies and reviews the use of models to predict landfill leachate, gas formation and pollution dispersion. The fourth section is on the human health impac

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Section 1: Wastes basics
Section 2: Waste management technologies
Section 3: Waste management process and environmental impact modelling
Section 4: Health impacts of waste management
Section 5: Integrated solid waste management and waste strategies
Section 6: The end of waste and the cycle begins again
Glossary
References
Acknowledgements.

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