Waste Management and the Environment: V

Contents Section 1: Waste incineration and gasification Batch waste gasification technology: characteristics and perspectives; Innovative technique for the control of NOx formed in combustion processes; System analysis for integration of landfill energy production in regional energy supply; Numerical optimisation of operating conditions of waste to energy; Reduction of nitrous oxide emission by a smaller air to fuel ratio in a large-scale sewage sludge fluidized bed combustor; Paint sludge waste co-processing at the ACC Wadi Cement Works in Karnataka, India Section 2: Reduce, reuse and recycle (3 Rs) Chemical recovery of flexible polyurethane foam wastes; Recycled chopped rice straw-cement bricks: an analytical and economical study; Household recycling of compact fluorescent lights: a survey of influential factors; Ceramic tiles adding waste foundry sand to different clays; Social capacity of waste and material management of Jakarta Section 3: Waste management Cultural Heritage and Waste Heritage: advanced techniques to preserve cultural heritage, exploring just in time the ruins produced by disasters and natural calamities; An index to quantify street cleanliness; Land spreading of solar-dried citrus peel to control runoff and soil erosion; Chestnut bur extracts as antioxidants: optimization of the extraction stage; Establishment of disaster debris management based on quantitative estimation using natural hazard maps; Influence of pre-treatment methods on the adsorption of cadmium ions by chestnut shell; Development of a mathematical model for the composting process; Aerospace-based support systems and interoperability: the solution to fight illegal dumping; A comparative analysis of communal waste collection options for Mafikeng city council; Toxicity evaluation of MSW leachate using Oncorhynchus mykiss and Gambusia affinis acute toxicity tests in Kermanshah, western Iran; A reliability engineering study for a near surface radioactive waste repository using genetic algorithm; Linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD): lessons learned from the Australian and the Canadian Red Cross waste management program in the Maldives Section 4: Costs and benefits of waste management options Bioplastics disposal: how to manage it; Options appraisal of waste management systems Section 5: Landfills, design, construction and monitoring Monitoring of landfill gas emission rates: application of the static chamber approach to an Italian sanitary landfill site; LIDAR technique application to the analysis of environmental pollution; Toxicity identification evaluation of landfill leachate taking a multispecies approach Section 6: Soil and groundwater clean-up Accumulation coefficient and translocation factor of heavy metals through Rhazya stricta grown in the mining area of Mahad AD'Dahab, Saudi Arabia; Experimental study on utilizing iron slag to stabilize Cr(VI)-contaminated soils; An integrated approach to in-situ remediation of a former paint manufacturing facility Section 7: Wastewater treatment Wastes released by tanneries at Patrocinio Paulista, Sao Paulo State, Brazil; Consolidation recovery of rare/hazardous elements from polluted water by the hydrothermal mineralization process; Water treatment sludge can be used as an adsorbent for heavy metals in wastewater streams; Removal and biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by immobilized microalgal beads; Oil shale ash as a catalyst in wastewater treatment in the pulp and paper industry; Degradation of organic matter using a submerged micro bubble diffuser in a biological wastewater treatment system; Social and economic issues of farm produce from urban waste water irrigation; Biomarkers of pollution in soils irrigated with wastewater in Tunisia; The valuation and financial management of (nano-)technology in relation to sustainable growth