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SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING addresses the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and processing the refuse created by our urban society. While the authors discuss issues such as regulations and legislation, their main emphasis is on solid waste engineering principles. They maintain their focus on principles by first explaining the basic principles of the field, then demonstrating how these principles are applied in real world settings through worked examples. By using this book as part of a graduate or advanced undergraduate course students will emerge being able to think reflectively and logically about the problems and solutions in solid waste engineering.

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1. INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Solid Waste in History. Materials Flow. The Need for Integrated Solid Waste Management. Special Wastes. Final Thoughts. Problems. 2. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE CHARACTERISTICS AND QUANTITIES Definitions. Municipal Solid Waste Generation. Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics. Final Thoughts. Appendix: Measuring Particle Size. Problems. 3. COLLECTION Refuse Collection Systems. Commercial Wastes. Transfer Stations. Collection of Recyclable Materials. Estimating Success of Curbside Recycling Program. Litter and Street Cleanliness. Final Thoughts. Appendix: Design of Collection Systems. Problems. 4. LANDFILLS Planning, Siting, and Permitting of Landfills. Landfill Process. Landfill Design. Landfill Operations. Post-Closure Care and Use of Old Landfills. Landfill Mining. Final Thoughts. Problems. 5. PROCESS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE Refuse Physical Characteristics. Storing MSW. Conveying. Compacting. Shredding. Pulping. Roll Crushing. Granulating. Final Thoughts. Appendix: The Pi Breakage Theorem. Problems 6. MATERIALS SEPARATION General Expressions for Materials Separation. Picking (Hand Sorting). Screens. Float/Sink Separators. Magnets and Electromechanical Separators. Other Devices for Materials Separation. Materials Separation Systems. Final Thoughts. Problems. 7. COMBUSTION AND ENERGY RECOVERY Heat Value of Refuse. Materials and Thermal Balances. Combustion Hardware Used for MSW. Pyrolysis and Gasification. Undesirable Effects of Combustion. Final Thoughts. Problems 8. BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES Methane Generation by Anaerobic Digestion. Composting. Final Thoughts. Problems. 9. CURRENT ISSUES IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Life Cycle Analysis and Management. Flow Control. Public or Private Ownership and Operation. Contracting for Solid Waste Services. Financing Solid Waste Facilities. Hazardous Materials. Environmental Justice. The Role of the Solid Waste Engineer. Final Thoughts. Epilogue. Problems.

The book is clearly written and concepts are clearly described.

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P. Aarne Vesilind received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University and his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina. He spent a post-doctoral year with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Oslo and a year as a research engineer with Bird Machine Company. He joined the faculty of Duke University in 1970 where he served as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 1999, he was appointed to the R. L. Rooke Chair of the Historical and Societal Context of Engineering at Bucknell University. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 2006. William A. Worrell received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Duke University in 1976 and 1978, respectively. His master's thesis involved evaluating the separation efficiencies of various air classifiers. In 1989 he attended Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Summer Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government. Mr. Worrell has published and/or presented 56 professional papers in the United States, England, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Peru, and China. He is a registered professional engineer in California, Georgia, and Florida.

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