Solid wastes management

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),...

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Other Authors: Burnley, Stephen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : Wiley, 2014.
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Summary: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 impacts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (247 pages)
ISBN:9781118863923
1118863925
9781118863947
1118863941