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Waste Trevor M. Letcher (Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)

Waste By Trevor M. Letcher (Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)

Summary

Gives the coverage of waste in our society. This book examines a range of waste streams, including: household waste (compostable material, paper, glass, textiles, household chemicals, plastic, water, and e-waste); societal waste (ocean, military, and space); and the future of landfills and incinerators.

Waste Summary

Waste: A Handbook for Management by Trevor M. Letcher (Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)

Waste: A Handbook for Management gives the broadest, most complete coverage of waste in our society. The book examines a wide range of waste streams, including: Household waste (compostable material, paper, glass, textiles, household chemicals, plastic, water, and e-waste) Industrial waste (metals, building materials, tires, medical, batteries, hazardous mining, and nuclear) Societal waste (ocean, military, and space) The future of landfills and incinerators Covering all the issues related to waste in one volume helps lead to comparisons, synergistic solutions, and a more informed society. In addition, the book offers the best ways of managing waste problems through recycling, incineration, landfill and other processes.

About Trevor M. Letcher (Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)

Professor Letcher was Professor of Chemistry, and Head of Department in South Africa (University of the Witwatersrand, Rhodes University and Natal) (1969 -2004). He has published over 300 papers on chemical thermodynamic topics in peer reviewed journals; and 100 papers in popular science and education journals. He has edited and written 28 books ranging from Future Energy Climate Change, Storing Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Managing Global Warming and Unraveling Environmental Disasters. He has been awarded gold medals by the South African Institute of Chemistry and the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and living in the United Kingdom. Professor Daniel A. Vallero is an internationally recognized author and expert in environmental science and engineering. He has devoted decades to conducting research, teaching, and mentoring future scientists and engineers. He is currently developing tools and models to predict potential exposures to chemicals in consumer products. He is a full adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. He has authored 20 environmental textbooks, with the most recent addressing the importance of physical principles in environmental science and engineering. His books have addressed all environmental compartments and media within the earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

Table of Contents

1. A History of Waste Management 2. Green Engineering and Sustainable Design Aspects of Waste Management 3. Waste Regulations with special emphasis to the USA 4. Waste Collection 5. Mine Waste: A Brief Overview of Origins, Quantities and Methods of Storage 6. Metal Waste 7. Radioactive Waste Management 8. Municipal Waste Management 9. Waste Water: Reuse of Oriented Wastewater - Low- and High-Tech Approaches for Urban Areas 10. Recovered Paper 11. Glass Waste 12. Textile Waste 13. Chemicals in Waste: Household Hazardous Waste 14. Reusing Non-hazardous Industrial Waste across Business Clusters 15. Construction Waste 1. 16.Thermal Waste Treatment 16. Plastic solid waste (PSW) and thermo-chemical treatment 17. Air pollution (including pollution due to Coal and Oil Burning, Cement Making and Automobile exhaust pollution 18. Ocean pollution 19. Electronic Waste 20. Tyres 21. Battery Waste 22. Medical waste 23. Agricultural Waste and Pollution 24. Military waste 25. Space waste 26. Hazardous Wastes 27. Land Pollution 28. Thermal Pollution 29. Landfills, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 30. Pollution Management and Responsible Care 31. Risk Assessment, Management and Accountability Epilogue Index

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GOR010575701
9780123814753
0123814758
Waste: A Handbook for Management by Trevor M. Letcher (Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
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Hardback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
20110315
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