Sustainable solid waste management /
Sustainable Solid Waste Management describes basic principles and recent advances for handling solid waste in an environmentally sustainable way.
| Uniform Title: | Sustainable solid waste management (Reston, Va.) |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Reston, Virginia :
American Society of Civil Engineers,
[2016]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface ; About the Editors ; Contributing Authors ; Chapter 1: Waste Management and Sustainability: An Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Environmental Health; 1.3 Driving Forces of Sustainability; 1.4 Integrated Waste Management and Sustainability; References; Chapter 2: Waste Characteristics and Generation; 2.1 What is Waste?; 2.2 Types, Sources, and Characteristics of Waste; 2.3 Generation of Waste; 2.4 Waste Testing and Analysis; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Waste Storage, Segregation, and Collection; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Source Segregation; 3.3 Waste Storage.
- 3.4 Waste Collection3.5 Waste Separation; 3.6 Health and Safety Issues; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Waste Prevention; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 What is Waste Prevention?; 4.3 The Growing Burden of Waste; 4.4 Waste Prevention in the Context of Sustainability; 4.5 The Policy Context; 4.6 Waste Prevention at the Level of Production and Supply; 4.7 Waste Prevention at the Level of Consumption and the Household; 4.8 Barriers to Waste Prevention; 4.9 Best Practices in the EU; 4.10 Conclusions; 4.11 Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Material Recycling and Resource Recovery.
- 5.1 Introduction5.2 Resource Recovery Progress and Statistics; 5.3 Plastic and Rubber; 5.4 Metals; 5.5 Glass Waste; 5.6 Paper; 5.7 Other Wastes; References; Chapter 6: Public Engagement for Implementation of Waste Reduction and Recycling Policies; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Defining Public Participation; 6.3 Public Participation in Waste Management Systems; 6.4 Public Participation Policy in Global Context; 6.5 Typical Areas of Public Participation in Waste Management Systems; 6.6 Key Ingredients of Public Participation.
- 6.7 Selected Examples of Public Participation in Waste Reduction and Recycling from Asia6.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Thermal Treatment Techniques: Incineration, Gasification, and Pyrolysis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Solid Waste Incineration Technology; 7.3 Pyrolysis and Gasification Technologies; 7.4 Flue Gas Cleaning and Dioxin Issue; 7.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Anaerobic Digestion or Co-Digestion for Sustainable Solid Waste Treatment/Management; 8.1 Increasing Needs for AD or Co-digestion; 8.2 Anaerobic Digestion and Co-Digestion.
- 8.3 Digester Types and Major Affecting Parameters8.4 Feedstocks for AD/Co-digestion; 8.5 Pre-treatment of Feedstocks for AD or Co-digestion; 8.6 Process Design and Mass/Electron/Energy Balance; 8.7 Case Studies of Co-digestion of Different Feed Stocks; 8.8 Advantages and Disadvantages of AD; 8.9 Future Perspectives; 8.10 Conclusions; 8.11 Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 9: Composting for Organic Waste Management; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Principles of Composting; 9.3 Substrates for Composting; 9.4 Odour Control and Management; 9.5 Inocula and Starter Cultures; 9.6 Types of Composting Systems.