Waste : a handbook for management
T. M. Letcher (Editor), Daniel A. Vallero (Editor)
Waste: A Handbook for Management, Second Edition, provides information on a wide range of hot topics and developing areas, such as hydraulic fracturing, microplastics, waste management in developing countries, and waste-exposure-outcome pathways. Beginning with an overview of the current waste landscape, including green engineering, processing principles and regulations, the book then outlines waste streams and treatment methods for over 25 different types of waste and reviews best practices and management, challenges for developing countries, risk assessment, contaminant pathways and risk tradeoffs. With an overall focus on waste recovery, reuse, prevention and lifecycle analysis, the book draws on the experience of an international team of expert contributors to provide reliable guidance on how best to manage wastes for scientists, managers, engineers and policymakers in both the private and public sectors
Handbook
1 online resource
9780128154427, 012815442X
1089344632
Print version :
Front Cover; Waste: A Handbook for Management; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Authors Biography; Preface; Prologue; Organization; The Challenge; References; Part 1: Introduction; Chapter 1: Introduction to Waste Management; 1. Introduction; 2. The Catalyst of Change; 3. Sustainable Development: The Context for Recycling; 3.1. The Postwar Period; 3.2. The Period of Globalization; 4. Implementation and Progress; 5. Interpretations; 6. The Extent of the Problem; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: A Systems Approach to Waste Management; 1. Introduction; 2. Systems View 3. Paradigm Evolution3.1. New Thinking; 3.2. Traditional Facility Design; 3.3. Comprehensive Approach; 4. Life Cycle Assessment; 4.1. Efficiency; 4.2. Utility and the Benefit-Cost Analysis; 5. Sustainability; 5.1. The Tragedy of the Commons; 6. Conclusions; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Regulation of Wastes; 1. Introduction; 2. The Growth of Environmental Regulations; 2.1. The National Environmental Policy Act; 3. Solid and Hazardous Wastes Legislation; 3.1. Management of Active Hazardous Waste Facilities; 3.2. Addressing Abandoned Hazardous Wastes; 4. Clean Air Legislation 4.1. Mobile Sources4.2. Hazardous Air Pollutants; 4.3. Air Pollution Regulations in the UK; 5. Water Quality Legislation; 5.1. Drinking Water; 5.2. Water Pollution Abatement; 6. Environmental Product and Consumer Protection Laws; 7. Waste Regulations in United Kingdom; 7.1. Global Connections; 8. Conclusions; A. Appendix; B. Appendix; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Waste Collection; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Collection Efficiency; 2. Materials Collected; 3. Collection Systems; 3.1. Waste Collection Vehicles; 4. Modeling Problems and Methods; 4.1. Siting Collection-Related Facilities 4.2. Districting and Privatization4.3. Defining Collection Points; 4.4. Vehicle Routing and Scheduling; 5. Data Requirements for Modeling; 5.1. Waste Volume and Weight; 5.2. Loading and Unloading Times; 5.3. Travel Times; 6. Example Studies; 6.1. Hampshire, United Kingdom; 6.2. Taipei City, Taiwan; 6.3. Porto Alegre, Brazil; 6.4. Finland; 6.5. Life Cycle Analysis; 7. Conclusions; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Waste and Biogeochemical Cycling; 1. Introduction; 2. The Hydrologic Cycle; 2.1. The Hydrosphere; 3. Scale and Complexity of Matter and Energy Cycles 4. Carbon Equilibrium and Cycling5. Nutrient Cycling; 5.1. The Nitrogen Cycle; 5.2. Interactions Between Sulfur and Nitrogen; 5.3. The Sulfur Cycle; 6. Biogeochemical Cycles and Decision Making; References; Part 2: Waste Streams (and Their Treatment); Chapter 6: Mine Waste: A Brief Overview of Origins, Quantities, and Methods of Storage*; 1. Origins and Quantities of Mine Waste; 2. Waste Characteristics; 3. Storage of Fine-Grained Wastes; 4. Water Balances for Mine Waste Storages; 5. Safety of Mine Waste Storage Structures During Their Operational Lifetime; 5.1. Overtopping
Previous edition: 2011