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A practical guide for the identification and management of a range of hazardous wastes, Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial integrates technical information including chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, with current regulations. Emphasizing basic environmental science and related technical fields, the book is an introductory manual for waste management as mandated by Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and related statutes. The first section of the book provides an overview of the historical and regulatory development of waste management. The second section delineates the management of municipal solid waste and includes coverage of conventional (e.g. sanitary landfill, aerobic composting) and innovative (bioreactor landfill, high-solids anaerobic digestion) technologies. The third section addresses hazardous wastes and their management, including identification, transportation, and requirements for generators and for treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. Disposition via incineration, chemical treatment, and land disposal are covered. The final section explores special categories of waste that often cannot find a regulatory ""home"" under either RCRA Subtitle D (Solid Wastes) or Subtitle C (Hazardous Wastes). Example waste types include used oil, construction and demolition debris, and electronics waste. The garbage crisis, as it became known in the late 1980s, will not go away as long as humans continue to produce materials that nature does not possess the capability to decompose. Yet there are few, if any, references that collectively and comprehensively address the management of household, industrial, commercial, and hazardous wastes. Filling this need, Waste Management Practices focuses on the entire spectrum of wastes and their management.

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Author:   John Pichtel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.565kg
ISBN:  

9780849335259

ISBN 10:   0849335256
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   29 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781466585188
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface HISTORICAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT Introduction A Brief History of Waste Management Regulatory Development SOLID WASTES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT Characterization of Solid Waste Municipal Solid Waste Collection Recycling Solid Wastes MSW Processing; Materials Recovery Facilities Composting MSW Incineration of MSW The Sanitary Landfill HAZARDOUS WASTES Identification of Hazardous Waste Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements Hazardous Waste Transportation Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility Requirements Incineration of Hazardous Wastes Hazardous Waste Treatment Land Disposal of Hazardous Waste SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF WASTE Universal Wastes Management of Used Oil Medical and Infectious Wastes Construction and Demolition Debris Electronics Waste Appendix

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