Waste
A Handbook for Management
- 1st Edition - February 8, 2011
- Editors: Trevor Letcher, Daniel A. Vallero
- Language: English
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 (… Read more
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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.
- Co-author Daniel Vallero interviewed on NBC's Today show for a segment on recycling
- Scientific and non-biased overviews will assist scientists, technicians, engineers, and government leaders
- Covers all main types of waste, including household, industrial, and societal
- Strong focus on management and recycling provides solutions
Environmental scientists and engineers as well as government officials, waste managers, technicians, and maintenance personnel working in the waste industry.
Preface
Prologue
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1. Trends in Waste Management
1. Introduction
2. The Catalyst for Change
3. Sustainable Development: The Context for Recycling
4. Implementation and Progress
5. Interpretations
Chapter 2. Green Engineering and Sustainable Design Aspects of Waste Management
1. Introduction
2. Paradigm Evolution
3. Life Cycle Assessment
4. Sustainability
5. Conclusions
Chapter 3. Regulation of Wastes
1. Introduction
2. The Growth of Environmental Regulations
3. Solid and Hazardous Wastes Legislation
4. Clean Air Legislation
5. Water Quality Legislation
6. Environmental Product and Consumer Protection Laws
7. Waste Regulations in Other Countries
8. Conclusions
Chapter 4. Waste Collection
1. Introduction
2. Materials Collected
3. Collection Systems
4. Modelling Problems and Methods
5. Data Requirements for Modelling
6. Example Studies
7. Conclusion
Introduction
Chapter 5. Mine Waste
1. Origins and Quantities of Mine Waste
2. Waste Characteristics
3. Storage of Fine-Grained Wastes
4. Water Balances for Mine Waste Storages
5. Safety of Mine Waste Storage Structures During Their Operational Lifetime
6. Decommissioning, Closing and Rehabilitating Tailings, and Other Mine Waste Storages
7. Summary
Chapter 6. Metal Waste
1. Introduction
2. Scrap Metals
3. Management of Metal Waste
4. Metal Containing Raw Materials for Recycling
5. Machinery and Processes for Scrap Treatment
6. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Radioactive Waste Management
1. Introduction
2. Nuclear Waste Treatment and Processing
3. Geologic Disposal
4. Conclusions
Chapter 8. Municipal Waste Management
1. Introduction
2. Definition of MSW
3. MSW Management
4. MSW Generation
5. MSW Composition
6. Treatment and Disposal
7. Waste Management and Climate Change
8. MSW Management in Islands and Marine Pollution
9. Introduction to MSW Policy and Legislation
Chapter 9. Wastewater
1. Introduction
2. High-Tech Systems for Reuse of Wastewater and Nutrients
3. Urine Diversion with Flush Sanitation
4. Dry Sanitation/Low-Cost Solutions
5. Conclusions
Chapter 10. Recovered Paper
1. Introduction
2. Types of Recovered Paper
3. Processing of Recovered Paper
4. Barriers to Recovered Paper Use
5. Conclusions
Chapter 11. Glass Waste
1. The Glass Industry
2. Glass Reuse
3. Container Glass Recycling Processes
4. The Future of Glass Recycling
5. Conclusion
Chapter 12. Textile Waste
1. Introduction
2. Technological, Economical, and Ecological Background
3. Textile Waste Treatment Scenarios
4. Discussion
Chapter 13. Chemicals in Waste: Household Hazardous Waste
1. Introduction
2. Sources of HHW
3. Types and Quantities of HHW
4. Collection and Disposal Routes
5. Environmental and Health Risks
6. Waste Legislation
7. Management
8. Conclusions
Chapter 14. Reusing Nonhazardous Industrial Waste Across Business Clusters
1. Introduction
2. Status of NHIW
3. Industrial Symbiosis
4. The Pattern of Industrial Symbiosis
Chapter 15. Construction Waste
1. Introduction
2. Concepts and Definitions
3. Construction Waste Composition and Quantification
4. Construction Waste Source Evaluation
5. Construction Waste Management and Minimisation Approaches
6. Construction Waste Management and Minimisation: The UK Context
7. Discussion and Conclusions
Chapter 16. Thermal Waste Treatment
1. Introduction
2. Incineration
3. Types of Thermal Units
4. Thermal Optimization
5. Other Thermal Technologies
6. Conclusions
Chapter 17. Thermochemical Treatment of Plastic Solid Waste
1. Introduction
2. Technologies for PSW Management
3. Concluding Remarks
Chapter 18. Air Pollution
1. Introduction
2. Air Pollution
3. Scale of the Problem
4. Air Quality
5. Air Pollution Control
6. Air Quality Management
7. Conclusions
Chapter 19. Ocean Pollution
1. Introduction
2. Sources of Pollutants to Coastal Environments
3. Trace Metals
4. Organic Waste
Chapter 20. Electronic Waste
1. Introduction
2. Management of Electronic Waste
3. Disassembly of Electronic Waste
4. Recycling Technology of Electronic Waste
5. Environmental and Health Perspectives Related to Electronic Waste Recycling Activities
6. Conclusions
Chapter 21. Tyre Recycling
1. Introduction
2. The Tyre: The Raw Material for Recycling
3. Management of Post-Consumer Tyres
4. Material Recycling: Treatments and Technologies
5. Materials Outputs
6. Traditional and Evolving Markets
7. Applications and Products
8. Energy Recovery
9. The Future
Chapter 22. Battery Waste
1. Introduction
2. Historical Use of Lead
3. Lead-Acid Battery Life Cycle
4. LAB Recycling Rate
5. Opportunities for Lead Recovery
6. Conclusions
Chapter 23. Medical Waste
1. Introduction
2. Regulations
3. Definitions of RMW and HCW
4. Example of Volume of Regulated Facilities in the US State of Michigan
5. Regulated Facilities and Types of Medical Waste Generated
6. Approved Methods of Treatment for Medical Waste (United States and Europe)
7. Conclusions and Future Considerations
Chapter 24. Agricultural Waste and Pollution
1. Introduction
2. Agricultural Waste
3. Agricultural Pollution
4. Agriculture and Irrigation
5. Agriculture and Salinization
6. Agriculture and Fertilizers
7. Agriculture and Biocides
8. Agricultural Waste Management
9. Agriculture and Climate Change
10. Agriculture and Biotechnology
11. The Way Forward
Chapter 25. Military Solid and Hazardous Wastes—Assessment of Issues at Military Facilities and Base Camps
1. Introduction
2. Facilities
3. Waste Management for Base Camps During Expeditionary, Contingency, and Full Spectrum Operations
Chapter 26. Space Waste
1. Introduction
2. The Current Orbital Debris Environment
3. Counter Measures
4. Future Orbital Debris Population and Active Debris Removal
5. Conclusions
Chapter 27. Hazardous Wastes
1. Introduction
2. Managing Hazardous Wastes
3. Treatment Technologies
4. Abandoned Disposal Sites
5. Conclusions
Chapter 28. Thermal Pollution
1. Introduction
2. Cumulative Effects of Thermal Pollution
3. Thermochemical Pollution
4. Conclusions
Chapter 29. Land Pollution
1. Introduction
2. The Land Ethic
3. The Complaint Paradigm
4. Addressing Land Pollution
5. Characterizing Land Pollution
6. Habitat Loss and Destruction
7. Waste Sites
8. Best Practices
9. Conclusions
Introduction
Chapter 30. Landfills – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1. Dumps, Tips, Landfills and Sanitary Landfills
2. Generation and Characteristics of MSW
3. The Generation of Gas in Landfilled MSW
4. The Generation and Pollution Potential of Leachate
5. The Safety and Stability of Dumps and Landfills
6. Conclusion
Chapter 31. Pollution Management and Responsible Care
1. Introduction
2. Responsible Care
3. Toxic Release Inventory
4. Emission Factors
5. Preparing Emissions Inventories
6. Responsible Stewardship
Chapter 32. Risk Assessment, Management, and Accountability
1. Introduction
2. Risk Estimation
3. Success in Waste Management
4. Making Decisions
5. Exposure Estimation
6. Direct Risk Calculations
7. Risk-Based Cleanup Standards
8. Communication
9. Conclusions
Epilogue
Index
Color Plates
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 8, 2011
- Language: English
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Trevor Letcher
Professor Trevor Letcher is an Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and living in the United Kingdom. He was previously Professor of Chemistry, and Head of Department, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Rhodes University, and Natal, in South Africa (1969-2004). He has published over 300 papers on areas such as chemical thermodynamic and waste from landfill in peer reviewed journals, and 100 papers in popular science and education journals. Prof. Letcher has edited and/or written 32 major books, of which 22 were published by Elsevier, on topics ranging from future energy, climate change, storing energy, waste, tyre waste and recycling, wind energy, solar energy, managing global warming, plastic waste, renewable energy, and 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, and the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics honoured him with a Festschrift in 2018. He is a life member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) and the South African Institute of Chemistry. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, and is a Director of the Board of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics since 2002.
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaDV
Daniel A. Vallero
Professor Daniel A. Vallero is a renowned environmental scientist and engineer with four decades of experience. He has advised U.S. government agencies on critical issues like PBTs, climate change, acid rain, and chemical risks. At Duke University, he led the Engineering Ethics program and taught courses on air pollution, sustainable design, and ethics. Vallero has served on the National Academy of Engineering’s Online Ethics Committee and the National Institute of Engineering Ethics. An expert in emerging technologies, he focuses on societal, ethical, and public health challenges related to nanotechnology and environmental biotechnology. His work also encompasses emergency response and homeland security, making him a leading voice in environmental risk and ethics.
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