Paul T. Williams

Waste Treatment and Disposal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Following on from the successful first edition of Waste Treatment & Disposal, this second edition has been completely updated, and provides comprehensive coverage of waste process engineering and disposal methodologies. Concentrating on the range of technologies available for household and commercial waste, it also presents readers with relevant legislative background material as boxed features.

NEW to this edition:
_ Increased coverage of re-use and recycling
_ Updating of the usage of different waste treatment technologies
_ Increased coverage of new and emerging technologies for waste treatment and disposal
_ A broader global perspective with a focus on comparative international material on waste treatment uptake and waste management policies

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 732g
• ISBN-13: 9780470849132
• ISBN-10: 0470849134
• Artikelnr.: 07443364

Autorenporträt

Paul T. Williams, Professor of Environmental Engineering, The University of Leeds, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1 History of Waste Treatment and
Disposal. 1.2 European Union Waste Management Policy. 1.3 Waste Strategy of
the European Community. 1.4 Policy Instruments. 1.5 EU Waste Management
Legislation. 1.6 The Economics of Waste Management. 1.7 Options for Waste
Treatment and Disposal. Chapter 2. Waste. 2.1 Definitions of Waste. 2.2
Waste Arisings. 2.3 Municipal solid waste (MSW). 2.4 Hazardous waste. 2.5
Sewage sludge. 2.6 Other Wastes. 2.7 Waste Containers, Collection Systems
and Transport. Chapter 3. Waste Recycling. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Waste
recycling. 3.3 Examples of Waste Recycling. 3.4 Economic Considerations.
3.5 Life Cycle Analysis of Materials Recycling. Chapter 4. Waste Landfill.
4.1 Introduction. 4.2 EC Waste Landfill Directive. 4.3 Site Selection and
Assessment. 4.4 Considerations for Landfills. 4.5 Types of Waste
Landfilled. 4.6 Landfill design and engineering. 4.7 Landfill liner
materials. 4.8 Landfill Liner Systems. 4.9 Processes Operating in Waste
Landfills. 4.10 Other Landfill Design Types. 4.11 Landfill gas. 4.12
Landfill leachate. 4.13 Landfill Capping. 4.14 Landfill Site Completion and
Restoration. 4.15 Energy Recovery from Landfill Gas. 4.16 Old Landfill
Sites. Chapter 5. Waste Incineration. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 EC Waste
Incineration Directive. 5.3 Incineration Systems. Chapter 6. Other
Treatment Technologies; Pyrolysis, Gasification, Combined
Pyrolysis-Gasification, Composting, Anaerobic Digestion. 6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Pyrolysis. 6.3 Gasification. 6.4 Combined Pyrolysis-Gasification. 6.5
Composting. 6.6 Anaerobic Digestion. Chapter 7. Integrated Waste
Management. 7.1 Integrated Waste Management. Index.