Solid waste engineering and management. Volume 1 /

Solid waste engineering and management. Volume 1 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 744 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Handbook of environmental engineering, 2512-1472 ; volume 23 Handbook of environmental engineering ; v. 23.
Subject:	Refuse and refuse disposal.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12875068

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Other authors / contributors:	Wang, Lawrence K., editor. Wang, Mu Hao Sung, 1942- editor. Hung, Yung-Tse, editor.
ISBN:	9783030841805 3030841804 9783030841782 3030841782
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Series title page has "Volume 1", cover page has "23". Includes index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 5, 2022).
Summary:	This book is the first volume in a three-volume set on Solid Waste Engineering and Management. It provides an introduction to the topic, and focuses on legislation, transportation, transfer station, characterization, mechanical volume reduction, measurement, combustion, incineration, composting, landfilling, and systems planning as it pertains to solid waste management. The three volumes comprehensively discuss various contemporary issues associated with solid waste pollution management, impacts on the environment and vulnerable human populations, and solutions to these problems.
Other form:	Original 3030841782 9783030841782
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-84180-5

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1-Introduction to solid waste management
Chapter 2-Legislation for solid waste management
Chapter 3-Waste transportation and transfer station
Chapter 4-Characterization and measurement of solid waste
Chapter 5-Mechanical Volume Reduction
Chapter 6-Combustion and Incineration
Chapter 7- Composting processes
Chapter 8-Sanitary landfill operation and management
Chapter 9-Solid Waste Systems Planning
Chapter 10-Practices of solid waste disposal
Chapter 11-Landfilling and the Environmental Impacts.