Overview
This well-written reference/text presents a broad overview and analysis of the wastes produced by modern urban societies and how they are managed and disposed of. All aspects of integrated waste management are described, with emphasis on topics such as recycle centres, composting, municipal landfills, nuclear waste disposal, and incineration. Seven case histories --- the Fresh Kills (Staten Island, New York), the Guelph Wet-Dry Recycling Centre (Ontario), the East Carbon Landfill (Utah), the Swan Hills (Alberta), the Swedish Final Repository [nuclear wastes] (Sweden), the Eagle Mountain Landfill, (California), and the Lancaster County Municipal Waste Incinerator (Pennsylvania) --- illustrate a range of problems and solutions.
Full Product Details
Author: Hans Tammemagi (President, Oakhill Environmental; Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St Catharine)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.492kg
ISBN: 9780195128987
ISBN 10: 0195128982
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 20 January 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Hans Tammemagi, a geophysicist and the head of a consulting firm within the environmental field, has through this book made a contribution to the search for a sustainable waste management system. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 44(6)
A realpolitik book on the need for recycling to reduce waste, landfills for what can't be recycled, and incinerators when approrpiate....The best overview. --Whole Earth<br> This textbook examines solid waste management in North America and solutions to the waste crisis, using seven case studies for illustration. The focus is on municipal waste, but this is placed in the perspective of hazardous, biomedical, and radioactive wastes as well. --SciTech Book News<br> Hans Tammemagi does the almost unimaginable: takes a subject as inherently unappealing as garbage, and makes it interesting and relevant. His book is thoroughly researched, well written, and, despite the seriousness of his timely topic, surprisingly readable. -- Niagara Book Prize Short List Jury<br> Chapters discuss garbage through the ages, the age of consumerism and the waste explosion, integrated waste management, recycling and composting, waste characteristics, alternative disposal methods (existing and abandoned mines, landfill reclamation to extend the lifespan of old dumps, ocean dumping, deep-well injection, deep injection of liquid waste in cement slurry form, sub-seabed disposal), incineration issues, containment and encapsulation, case histories, siting problems of NIMBY and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone), and a new approach that considers human health and the environment, future generations, and conservation of resources. A concluding chapter, Futuristic Garbology, presents an ideal vision of waste in 2032 ... A simply-written textbook that seems to cover all points. --Future Survey<br>
Author Information
Dr. Tammemagi, a geophysicist, is head of an environmental consulting firm he founded, Oakhill Environmental. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, and a regular contributor of newspaper and magazine articles on environmental and energy issues.
