Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Environment and Employment
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Law
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2000-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 030906371X
Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical wasteâ€"but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the health risk from pollutants emitted during combustion. Waste Incineration and Public Health informs the emerging debate with the most up-to-date information available on incineration, pollution, and human healthâ€"along with expert conclusions and recommendations for further research and improvement of such areas as risk communication. The committee provides details on: Processes involved in incineration and how contaminants are released. Environmental dynamics of contaminants and routes of human exposure. Tools and approaches for assessing possible human health effects. Scientific concerns pertinent to future regulatory actions. The book also examines some of the social, psychological, and economic factors that affect the communities where incineration takes place and addresses the problem of uncertainty and variation in predicting the health effects of incineration processes.
Author : Philip R. O'Leary
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 36,85 MB
Release : 1999-02
Category :
ISBN : 0788176048
This Guide has been developed particularly for solid waste management practitioners, such as local government officials, facility owners and operators, consultants, and regulatory agency specialists. Contains technical and economic information to help these practitioners meet the daily challenges of planning, managing, and operating municipal solid waste (MSW) programs and facilities. The Guide's primary goals are to encourage reduction of waste at the source and to foster implementation of integrated solid waste management systems that are cost-effective and protect human health and the environment. Illustrated.
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 1989
Category :
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 1993-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781568069036
Suggestions to encourage recycling.
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Page : pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Hazardous wastes
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Author : Mohammad Taherzadeh
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0444642838
Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches covers waste reduction, biological, thermal and recycling methods of waste recovery, and their conversion into a variety of products. In addition, the social, economic and environmental aspects are also explored, making this a useful textbook for environmental courses and a reference book for both universities and companies. - Provides a novel approach on how to achieve zero wastes in a society - Shows the roadmap on achieving Sustainable Development Goals - Considers critical aspects of municipal waste management - Covers recent developments in waste biorefinery, thermal processes, anaerobic digestion, material recycling and landfill mining
Author : George Tchobanoglous
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 2002-07-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0071500340
In a world where waste incinerators are not an option and landfills are at over capacity, cities are hard pressed to find a solution to the problem of what to do with their solid waste. Handbook of Solid Waste Management, 2/e offers a solution. This handbook offers an integrated approach to the planning, design, and management of economical and environmentally responsible solid waste disposal system. Let twenty industry and government experts provide you with the tools to design a solid waste management system capable of disposing of waste in a cost-efficient and environmentally responsible manner. Focusing on the six primary functions of an integrated system--source reduction, toxicity reduction, recycling and reuse, composting, waste- to-energy combustion, and landfilling--they explore each technology and examine its problems, costs, and legal and social ramifications.
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 28,90 MB
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ISBN : 1428903682
Author : Paul Portney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136524797
The first edition of Public Policies for Environmental Protection contributed significantly to the incorporation of economic analysis in the study of environmental policy. Fully revised to account for changes in the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework of environmental policy, the second edition features updated chapters on the EPA and federal regulation, air and water pollution policy, and hazardous and toxic substances. It includes entirely new chapters on market-based environmental policies, global climate change, solid waste, and, for the first time, coverage of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Portney, Stavins, and their contributors provide an invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, and journalists---anyone who needs up-to-date information on U.S. environmental policy. With their careful explanation of policy alternatives, the authors provide an ideal book for students in courses about environmental economics or environmental politics.
