Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial, Second Edition addresses the three main categories of wastes (hazardous, municipal, and "special" wastes) covered under federal regulation outlined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), an established framework for managing the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of several forms of waste.
Focusing on integrating the technical and regulatory complexities of waste management, this book covers the historical and regulatory development of waste management and the management of municipal solid wastes. It also addresses hazardous wastes and their management, from the perspectives of identification, transportation, and requirements for generators as well as the treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
Features:
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Covers the three main categories of wastes under regulation in the United States
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Incorporates an extensive set of problems, presented at the end of several chapters as appendices
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Includes numerous review/homework questions at the end of each chapter
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Highlights special categories of waste that may not fit precisely into either RCRA Subtitle D (Solid Wastes) or Subtitle C (Hazardous Wastes)
In addition to the end-of-chapter problems provided in all chapters of this book, the text also contains practical exercises using data from field situations.
Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial, Second Edition is an ideal textbook or reference guide for students and professionals involved in the management of all three categories of wastes.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I : Historical and Regulatory Development
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : A Brief History of Waste Management
Chapter 3 : Regulatory Development
Part II : Municipal Solid Wastes
Chapter 4 : Characterization of Solid Waste
Chapter 5 : Municipal Solid Waste Collection
Chapter 6 : Recycling Solid Wastes
Chapter 7 : Municipal Solid Waste Processing : Materials Recovery Facilities
Chapter 8 : Composting MSW
Chapter 9 : Incineration of MSW
Chapter 10 : The Sanitary Landfill
Part III : Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 11 : Identification of Hazardous Waste
Chapter 12 : Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements
Chapter 13 : Hazardous Waste Transportation
Chapter 14 : Treatments, Storage, and Disposal Facility Requirements
Chapter 15 : Incineration of Hazardous Wastes
Chapter 16 : Hazardous Waste Treatment
Chapter 17 : Land Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Part IV : Special Categories of Waste
Chapter 18 : Universal Wastes
Chapter 19 : Management of Used Oil
Chapter 20 : Medical and Infectious Wastes
Chapter 21 : Construction and Demolition Debris
Chapter 22 : Electronics Waste
Part V : Appendix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary of Terms
Solubility Product Constants at 25C
Metric Conversion Chart
Index
