Amalendu Bagchi

Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By combining integrated solid waste management with the traditional coverage of landfills, this new edition offers the first comprehensive guide to managing the entire solid waste cycle, from collection, to recycling, to eventual disposal. _ Includes new material on source reduction, recycling, composting, contamination soil remediation, incineration, and medical waste management. _ Presents up-to-date chapters on bioreactor landfills, wetland mitigation, and landfill remediation. _ Offers comprehensive coverage of the role of geotechnical engineering in a wide variety of environmental issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 712
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1106g
• ISBN-13: 9780471254997
• ISBN-10: 0471254991
• Artikelnr.: 13785491

Autorenporträt

AMALENDU BAGCHI is a senior engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, where he is involved in various solid waste management-related initiatives, including landfill design.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE. PART I: INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 1 Introduction. 2
Integrated Solid Waste Management. 3 Source Reduction. 4 Medical Waste
Management. 5 Incineration. 6 Composting. 7 Reuse and Recycling. 8 Reuse of
Industrial By-Products. 9 Contaminated Soil Remediation. 10 Redevelopment
of Contaminated Land. PART II:LANDFILL DESIGN. 11 Introduction. 12 Site
Selection. 13 Leachate and Gas Generation. 14 Waste Characterization. 15
Natural Attenuation Landfills. 16 Containment Landfills. 17 Bioreactor
Landfills. 18 Liner Materials. 19 Design of Landfill Elements. 20 Landfill
Construction. 21 Landfill Remediation. 22 Performance Monitoring. 23
Landfill Operation. 24 Compensatory Wetland Development. 25 Health and
Safety. 26 Economic Analysis. APPENDIX: CONVERSION OF U.S. CUSTOMARY UNITS
TO INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI). REFERENCES. INDEX.