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Charles R. Rhyner,Leander J. Schwartz,Robert B. Wenger,Mary G. Kohrell

Waste Management and Resource Recovery

Waste Management and Resource Recovery

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Waste Management and Resource Recovery provides a comprehensive overview of waste management problems and issues, covering scientific, technical, environmental, economic, social, legal, and political aspects. It emphasizes waste reduction, resource recovery, and efficient waste disposal systems, with specific topics including recycling, physical and chemical processing, biological treatment, incineration, pyrolysis, energy recover, hazardous wastes, and landfill management. Discussion questions, worked examples, and end-of-chapter problems reinforce important concepts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 544 pages
Publication date: 18 December 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


Waste Management and Resource Recovery is a comprehensive book that provides a basic understanding of waste management problems and issues faced by modern society. It emphasizes scientific, technical, and environmental principles to illustrate the processes of municipal and industrial solid wastes and liquid wastes, as well as the nature of impacts resulting from waste dispersal and disposal in the environment. Economic, social, legal, and political aspects of waste management are also addressed, with a thorough coverage of environmental issues and concerns. Specific topics include recycling, physical and chemical processing, the biological treatment of waste solids, incineration, pyrolysis, and energy recovery, hazardous wastes, and landfill management. The role of government and other institutions in waste management and resource recovery matters is also detailed. Discussion questions, worked examples, and end-of-chapter problems reinforce important concepts. This book is particularly suitable as a text in waste management courses in environmental science or engineering programs, as well as a reference for practitioners in the waste management field.

Weight: 1002g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367448936

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