Integrated Solid Waste Management IE : Engineering Principles and Management Issues

Provides a junior/senior- level introductory text aimed at civil and environmental engineers, taking a basic introduction to "Solid-Waste Management". The text includes the latest 1990-1991 laws and regulations.

Contents:
Perspectives
1 Evolution of Solid Waste Management
2 Legislative Trends and ImpactsII Sources, Composition, and Properties of Solid Waste
3 Sources, Types, and Composition of Municipal Solid Waste
4 Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Municipal Solid Waste
5 Sources, Types and Properties of Hazardous Wastes Found In Municipal Solid Waste
III Engineering Principles
6 Generation of Solid Wastes
7 Waste Handling and Separation, Storage, and Processing at the Source
8 Collection of Solid Wastes
9 Separation and Processing and Transformation of Waste Materials
10 Transfer and Transport
11 Disposal and Solid Wastes and Residual MatterIV Separation, Transformation, and Recycling of Waste Materials
12 Materials Separation and Processing Technologies
13 Thermal Conversion Technologies
14 Biological and Chemical Conversion Technologies
15 Recycling of Materials Found in Municipal Solid Waste
V Closure, Restoration, and Rehabilitation of Landfills
16 Remedial Actions for Abandoned Waste Disposal Sites
VI Solid Waste Management and Planning Issues
17 Meeting Federal and State Mandated Diversion Goals
18 Implementation of Solid Waste Management Options
19 Planning, Siting, and Permitting of Waste Management Facilities
Appendixes