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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:
Covers the three main categories of wastes under regulation in the United States
Incorporates an extensive set of problems, presented at the end of several chapters as appendices
Includes numerous review/homework questions at the end of each chapter
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.
Contents
Part I Historical and Regulatory Development. Introduction. A Brief History of Waste Management. Regulatory Development. Part II Municipal Solid Wastes. Characterization of Solid Waste. Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Recycling Solid Wastes. Municipal Solid Waste Processing: Materials Recovery Facilities. Composting MSW. Incineration of MSW. The Sanitary Landfill. Part III Hazardous Waste Management. 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. Part IV Special Categories of Waste. Universal Wastes. Management of Used Oil. Medical and Infectious Wastes. Construction and Demolition Debris. Electronics Waste. Part V Appendix.
