Paul T. Williams

Waste Treatment and Disposal (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118687376
• Artikelnr.: 38401747

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5 Waste Incineration. 5.1
Introduction. 5.2 EC Waste Incineration Directive. 5.3 Incineration
Systems. 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. 7 Integrated Waste Management. 7.1
Integrated Waste Management.