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Solid Waste Management Principles and Practice
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Title
Solid Waste Management [electronic resource] : Principles and Practice / by Ramesha Chandrappa, Diganta Bhusan Das.
ISBN
9783031504426
Edition
2nd ed. 2024.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XLIX, 840 p.) 448 illus., 408 illus. in color.
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Summary
This book discusses solid waste management issues from global to local level. It offers an overview of the methods and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from generation, characteristics, quantity, and practical challenges. The book discusses the major issues with respect to environmental health and economy, which are related to solid waste management. Furthermore, it contains updated information on topics such as toxicology, climate change, population pressure, urbanization, energy production, building and community design, and disaster preparedness in the context of solid waste management.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2024
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WASTE QUANTITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
3. STORAGE AND COLLECTION
4. MATERIALS RECOVERY AND RECYCLING
5. DISPOSAL
6. BIOMEDICAL WASTE
7. HAZARDOUS WASTE
8. WASTE FROM ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
9. WASTE FROM INDUSTRY AND COMMERTIAL ACTIVITY
10. RADIOACTIVE WASTE
11. HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES
12 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
13 ISSUES IN DISASTER AFFECTED AREA
14 SOLID WASTE AND LIVELIHOOD
15. Construction and Demolition Waste
16. Legacy Waste
17. Waste Mafia
18. Management Aspects: Planning, Institutional and Financial Aspects
19. Siting of Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
20. Mathematical Modelling for Solid Waste Management
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