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Waste reduction for pollution prevention
1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations, tables
Waste Reduction for Pollution Prevention discusses the philosophy, regulatory background, and technical options dealing with waste minimization. The book explains waste reduction as a form of pollution prevention to minimize the amount of hazardous materials dumped into the environment. The 1984 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act amendments restrict the amount of waste that can be disposed on land. The approach of the United States is to address pollution after the problem has been created, where attention and resources of industry shift to regulatory compliance. The text notes that waste.
Front Cover; Waste Reduction for Pollution Prevention; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; SECTION I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Overview; The nature of primacy of waste reduction; Chapter 2. Present and Future Commitment; Policy issues; Waste reduction and competitiveness; SECTION II: Minimization of Hazardous Wastes; Chapter 3. Waste-minimization Techniques; Background; Definitions; Source reduction; Good housekeeping; Technology and modification; Product/raw material substitution; Recycling; Recycling technologies; Solvent recycling; Halogenated organics recycling
Metal-bearing waste recyclingCorrosive waste recycling; Reactive waste recycling; Waste exchanges; Waste-treatment techniques; Chapter 4. Factors in waste minimization; Incentives for waste minimization; Costs of hazardous waste treatment and disposal; Financial liability of generators; Liability insurance; Siting hazardous-waste TSD capacity; Permitting requirements and clean-up costs; Public perception; Disadvantages of waste minimization; Economic barriers; Technical barriers; Regulatory barriers; Chapter 5. Government efforts; Research and demonstration grant programmes
Technical assistance programmesWaste-reduction audit protocols; Proposed legislation; Legal issues in waste reduction; Scope and definition of waste reduction; Waste-reduction reporting requirements; Chapter 6. Summary of Sections I and II; Maintain current voluntary programme; Expand existing programme; Mandatory standards of performance; SECTION III: Systems for Waste Treatment; Chapter 7. Systems for industrial waste management; Biological treatment; Thermal treatment incineration; Emerging thermal processes; Chapter 8. Thermal treatment for industrial wastes; Combustion
Combustion of solidsOxygen requirements for complete combustion; Heat balance; Combustion/incineration; Environmental controls; Chapter 9. Recovery systems; Waste minimization; Treatment technologies for waste minimization; Unit operations and recovery processes; Recycling/reuse/fuel potential areas and incentives; SECTION IV: Municipal solid-waste recycling; Chapter 10. Introduction and Background; Background; Recycling benefits; Markets; Composition of waste; Quantity; Separation; Collection; Other processing considerations; Chapter 11. Materials recycling; Paper; Glass; Plastics; Metals
AluminiumFerrous metals; Nonferrous metals; Leaf composting; Chapter 12. Management; Public relations and communications; Legal aspects; Publicity and education; Recycling in Japan; Recycling in the United States; Chapter 13. Organizing a recycling programme; Planning for future waste management operation; Role of public authorities; Organizing a programme; Summary; Prospects; References; General additional reading; Additional reading on recycling; Appendix A: Directory of waste exchanges; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford, England : Butterworth-Heinemann, ©1989