The Solid Waste Handbook : A Practical Guide

William D Robinson

ISBN 10: 0471877115 / ISBN 13: 9780471877110

Editore: Wiley Jan 1991, 1991

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Neuware - A comprehensive, single-source reference of current issues in solid waste management designed as an aid in decision-making and assessment of future trends. Covers public perceptions, legislation, regulation, planning and financing, and technologies and operation. Reviews the evolution of waste management since the passage of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, amended in 1978, 1980 and 1984. Examines common and divergent public and private concerns, including an in-depth review of public perceptions and their effect on planning and implementation. Also includes a discussion of the inadequacies of most waste quantity and composition estimates, with techniques for adequate evaluation. Looks at the misunderstanding and controversy over source separation and issues in municipal resource recovery from the viewpoint of the private scrap process industry. Also includes an unprecedented examination of the problem of bulky waste logistics and its effect on current disposal practice, and case histories and the current status of energy recovery from industrial waste. With over 500 tables, graphs, and illustrations.

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• Titolo: The Solid Waste Handbook : A Practical Guide
• Editore: Wiley Jan 1991
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471877115
• ISBN 13: 9780471877110
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 243 L x 165 A x 45 P (millimetri) 243 millimetri di larghezza per 165 millimetri di altezza per 45 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1365 grammi

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Riassunto

A comprehensive, single-source reference of current issues in solid waste management designed as an aid in decision-making and assessment of future trends. Covers public perceptions, legislation, regulation, planning and financing, and technologies and operation. Reviews the evolution of waste management since the passage of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, amended in 1978, 1980 and 1984. Examines common and divergent public and private concerns, including an in-depth review of public perceptions and their effect on planning and implementation. Also includes a discussion of the inadequacies of most waste quantity and composition estimates, with techniques for adequate evaluation. Looks at the misunderstanding and controversy over source separation and issues in municipal resource recovery from the viewpoint of the private scrap process industry. Also includes an unprecedented examination of the problem of bulky waste logistics and its effect on current disposal practice, and case histories and the current status of energy recovery from industrial waste. With over 500 tables, graphs, and illustrations.

Informazioni sull?autore

William D. Robinson is the editor of The Solid Waste Handbook: A Practical Guide, published by Wiley.