Solid Waste Management
Principles and Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 20. March 2024
XLIX, 840 pages
978-3-031-50442-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book discusses solid waste management issues from global to local level. It offers an overview of the methods and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from generation, characteristics, quantity, and practical challenges. The book discusses the major issues with respect to environmental health and economy, which are related to solid waste management. Furthermore, it contains updated information on topics such as toxicology, climate change, population pressure, urbanization, energy production, building and community design, and disaster preparedness in the context of solid waste management.
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Series
Edition
Second Edition 2024
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XLIX, 840 p. 448 illus., 408 illus. in color.
File size
35,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-031-50442-6 (9783031504426)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-50442-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
03/2024
2nd Edition
Springer
€267.49
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Content
1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. WASTE QUANTITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS.- 3. STORAGE AND COLLECTION.- 4. MATERIALS RECOVERY AND RECYCLING.- 5. DISPOSAL.- 6. BIOMEDICAL WASTE.- 7. HAZARDOUS WASTE.- 8. WASTE FROM ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.- 9. WASTE FROM INDUSTRY AND COMMERTIAL ACTIVITY.- 10. RADIOACTIVE WASTE.- 11. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.- 12 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.- 13 ISSUES IN DISASTER AFFECTED AREA.- 14 SOLID WASTE AND LIVELIHOOD.- 15. Construction and Demolition Waste.- 16. Legacy Waste.- 17. Waste Mafia.- 18. Management Aspects: Planning, Institutional and Financial Aspects.- 19. Siting of Municipal Solid Waste Facilities.- 20. Mathematical Modelling for Solid Waste Management.- Glossary.- Index.
