SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING

• Main Authors: Worrell, William A. (Author), Vesilind, P. Aarne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Stamford, CT Cengage Learning 2012
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal
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Addresses the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and processing the refuse created by our urban society. The authors discuss issues such as regulations and legislation, and their main emphasis is on solid waste engineering principles

Table of Contents:

• Integrated solid waste management
• Municipal solid waste characteristics and quantities
• Collection
• Landfills
• Processing of municipal solid waste
• Materials separation
• Combustion and energy recovery
• Biochemical processes
• Current issues in solid waste management
• App. A The Lewisburg solid waste problem
• App B Bulk densities of refuse components
• App. C Conversions