Waste management Books
HarperCollins Publishers One Pot Pan Planet
Book SynopsisSunday Times bestsellerAward-winning cook Anna Jones blazes the trail again for how we all want to cook now: quick, sustainably and stylishly. In this exciting new collection of over 200 simple recipes, Anna Jones limits the pans and simplifies the ingredients for all-in-one dinners that keep things fast and easy. These super varied every night recipes celebrate vegetables and deliver knock-out flavour but without taking time and energy.There are one-tray dinners, like a baked dahl with tamarind-glazed sweet potato, quick dishes like tahini broccoli on toast, one-pot soups and stews like Persian noodle as well as one-pan fritters and pancakes such as golden rosti with ancho chilli chutney.Onebrings together a way of eating that is mindful of the planet. Anna gives you practical advice and shows how every small change in planning, shopping and reducing waste will make a difference. There are also 100 recipes for using up any amount of your most-eaten veg and ideas to help you use the foods that most often end up being thrown away.This book is good for you, your pocket and the planet.Trade Review‘Even if you don’t do the cooking at home, you may well have had a brush with Anna Jones: if your plate is without meat, she’s probably behind it. Because for eight years now Jones and her bestselling vegetarian cookbooks have been gently edging out chicken pie and sausages in favour of courgette polpette and carrot dhal. Jones, 42, is not short of vegetarian converts. She’s up there with Yotam Ottolenghi and his sumac for the impact she’s had on our culinary habits this century’ Sunday Times ‘One pot, one pan, one tray, one planet. . . And one Anna Jones. One is a big and bold book, as much a call to arms as it is a collection of recipes to fall for. This is a book where thought meets practical action meets deliciousness: where what we eat is no longer about how to look after and delight ourselves but how to look after and protect our planet. It’s a huge achievement.’ Yotam Ottolenghi ‘Every so often a cookbook comes along that raises the bar for food writing. Think Nigella Lawson’s How To Eat or Samin Nosrat’s Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. The latest chef to join the pantheon is Anna Jones, with One: Pot, Pan, Planet’ Vogue ‘It’s true to say that Anna Jones always delivers: reading any recipe of hers is like receiving a promise of dependable deliciousness. With this book, however, she has given something deeper of herself. There’s so much humanity and wisdom in it’ Nigella Lawson ‘Truly imaginative cooking’ Rachel Roddy ‘Still dedicated to giving us stylish dishes with maximal flavour (think broad bean and green herb shakshuka, and golden rosti with ancho chilli chutney), the book is punctuated with palatable nuggets of information: in chapters entitled ‘Planet I’ and ‘Planet II’, Jones explains how we might combat the climate crisis through small behavioural changes around the way we eat’ Harper's Bazaar
£23.80
Chelsea Green Publishing Co The Biochar Handbook
Book SynopsisWith extensive research, real-world examples, and hands-on applications, this go-to guide offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practices of biocharand all of its world-changing uses.Like many human discoveries, biochar has likely been invented, lost, and reinvented multiple times. It can be found in the rich terra preta soils of the Amazon and in the ancient dark earths dotting Africa, Asia, and Europe. However, biochar isn't just an archeological curiosity. In The Biochar Handbook, author Kelpie Wilson argues that the simple process of burning organic material in a low-oxygen, low-emission environment could be one of the most powerful tools we have to restore degraded soils and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.In accessible and authoritative prose, Wilson demonstrates that biochar is a low-tech but effective means of reducing wildfire risks, restoring soil carbon, managing manure, weaning farms off of toxic inputs,
£28.00
McGraw-Hill Education The NALCO Water Handbook Fourth Edition
Book SynopsisPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The Landmark Water Use and Treatment ResourceâFully Updated for Optimizing Water ProcessesThis industry-standard resource from the worldâs leading water management company offers practical guidance on the use and treatment of water and wastewater in industrial and institutional facilities. Revised to align with the latest regulations and technologies, The Nalco Water Handbook, Fourth Edition, explains water management fundamentals and clearly shows how to improve water quality, minimize usage, and optimize treatment processes. Throughout, new emphasis is placed on todayâs prevailing issues, including water scarcity, stressors, and business risk.Covers all essential wat
£156.59
Vintage Publishing Cradle to Cradle: (Patterns of Life)
Book SynopsisMichael Braungart and William McDonough propose a plan for our planet in this stunning new edition of their radical ecological manifesto. This book proposes a new vision for modern industry. Instead of our current wasteful and polluting methods of manufacturing, we could be taking nature as a model for making things. With the right redesign, objects that have come to the end of their useful lives should provide the basis for something new. In designing and producing products we need to stop worrying about being ‘less bad’ and start finding ways of actually being good. PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKSTrade ReviewThe best argument for good design is that it lasts. The best argument for good science is that it deplores waste. I'm bored with guilty and technologically illiterate environmental Luddites describing a future of guilt and privation led in caves. There's an alternative responsible future persuasively offered by Braungart and McDonough. The survival of the planet can be re-stated in terms of stimulus, opportunity, challenge and reward. Works for me. -- Stephen BayleyAlready embraced by far-thinking manufacturers and governments. * Food Ethics Magazine *It's one of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read -- Ellen Macarthur * Daily Express *Environmentalists too rarely apply the ecological wisdom of life to our problems. Asking how a cherry tree would design an energy efficient building is only one of the creative 'practices' that McDonough and Braungart spread, like a field of wild flowers, before their readers. This book will give you renewed hope that, indeed, 'it is darkest before the dawn' -- Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra ClubAchieving the great economic transition to more equitable, ecologically sustainable societies requires nothing less than a design revolution - beyond today's fossilized industrialism. This enlightened and enlightening book shows us how - and indeed, that 'God is in the details.' A must for every library and every concerned citizen -- Hazel Henderson, author of "Building a Win-Win World and Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy"
£10.44
Simon & Schuster Ltd Wasteland
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 INCLUDED IN THE GUARDIAN'S BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023 ‘A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall‘An incredible journey into the world of rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts’ Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland ‘Urgent, probing and endlessly interesting’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment'There are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what they meant to a person before they were thrown away. In the end, it all ends up in the same place – the endless ingenuity of humanity in one filthy, fascinating mass.' When we throw things ‘awayTrade Review‘The book comes alive in its descriptions of people and places ... Franklin-Wallis writes stylishly about ugly things ... interesting and sobering ... His book should prompt serious discussion in boardrooms and parliaments’ * The Economist *‘Wasteland is so captivating. It is an unflinching account of the best and worst of us, related through the things we choose to discard. Franklin-Wallis has travelled extensively to tell the story of waste and the result is fascinating’ * Literary Review *‘In Wasteland, he tackles all elements of the effects of waste, from cities in India and Ghana to the banks of the river Thames in London. His eye for detail, honed over years of non-fiction writing, turns the abstract into the immediate – and the alarming . . . Part of what makes Wasteland so powerful is that it doesn’t chide. Its strongest parts are when Franklin-Wallis walks with those contributing to, or affected by, the failures, injustices and complexities of dealing with waste . . . Wasteland isn’t a comfortable read, but it’s an important one’ * New Scientist *‘Do not adjust your magazine, but this really is a positive review… In other hands this book could have been worthy but unreadable. It’s full of arresting figures… Franklin-Wallis, the features editor at GQ, grounds his narrative in first hand reporting… Oh, and one more thing. We all need to buy less stuff’ * Private Eye *‘His access to the places that bury, sort, burn and treat the world’s waste is impressive, considering that hardly anyone in the industry was willing to talk to him . . . The statistics will fill you with despair . . . Luckily we have some heroes . . . Much of Franklin-Wallis’s efforts go to puncturing common western assumptions . . . the author renders a public service as important as a recycling truck or a functioning toilet’ * Spectator *‘A first-hand reported account of a sprawling global environmental conundrum… Franklin-Wallis makes an important case for tighter, smarter regulation in a world where individual “litterbugs” are blamed for a packaging waste problem caused by companies that have successfully dodged full responsibility’ * Financial Times *‘Oliver Franklin-Wallis’s Wasteland shows how our rubbish creates an environmental and human catastrophe… Wasteland makes clear, in reality it is those on the margins of society the world over who are left to deal with the mountains of trash humanity adds to in every second of every day… well written and few readers are likely to be left unaffected by its findings’ * New Statesman *‘Waste is a serious problem and also a curiously fascinating one. In this brilliant book, Franklin-Wallis goes into it up to his neck – so we don’t have to! The result is a gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates. There’s lots we can all do to help, but he’s right to conclude that it’s government and business who really have to step up, and clean up’ -- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall‘This is an incredible journey into the world of rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts. My relationship with garbage is never going to be the same’ -- Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World‘An urgent, probing and endlessly interesting investigation into our staggering wastefulness and the environmental crisis this is creating right under our noses. In Wasteland, Oliver Franklin-Walls offers us a behind the scenes guide to the processing plants, rubbish tips and refuse mountains that lurk in our back yards; the thundering machinery and skilled workers who strive tirelessly to relieve us of the spoils of our own profligacy. As he does so, he turns up rare treasures and unexpected beauties amid the junk and the mess. Tirelessly reported, it is a book both horrifying in its implications and gleefully hair-raising in the way it is told’ -- Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment‘Shocking but essential reading’ -- Tim Spector, author of Food for Life‘Superb. Oliver Franklin-Wallis’ deep dive into our wasteful ways and dirty histories turns up a story that gleams with insight and promise. An urgent and vividly told exploration of the underside of modern life, Wasteland also reveals what a better future could look like. You'll never see trash the same way again’ -- David Farrier, author of Footprints'Just as everything we consume comes from somewhere on earth, so too everything we produce must go somewhere on earth – even if we don't want to think about it. This book compels us to. A fascinating, deeply researched and hugely important exposé of what happens to the stuff we no longer want, and the social and environmental cost of dealing with it. Revelatory, thoughtful and honest about our complex relationship with waste.' -- Gaia Vince, author of Nomad CenturyWith his investigative chops and contagious curiosity, Oliver Franklin-Wallis has cracked wide a dozen hidden, jaw-dropping worlds . . . Yet despite its grim revelations, the book offers hope. For we can’t begin to make things right until we understand the nuanced realities of what is wrong. Wasteland is compelling, smart, fair, often funny, always interesting, and just very important. Truly, it’s the most impressive nonfiction I’ve read in quite some time’ -- Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Animal Vegetable Criminal‘Wise, honest and unsparing, Wasteland will open your eyes to the reality of our throwaway society’ -- Henry Mance, author of How to Love Animals‘[An] eye-opening investigation into the global waste crisis and recycling industry’ -- Caroline Sanderson * Editor’s Choice, Bookseller *'Sometimes it seems as if our main role as humans is to enjoy shiny things for a little while until they become discarded things. This is a fascinating and comprehensive tour of the second half of that equation – the tossed-out usually gets a thousandth the attention of the not-yet-purchased, but Oliver Franklin-Wallis does his best to redress that balance, in a book that wills you see the world quite differently than you did before' -- Bill McKibben, author The End of Nature‘[A] scary reflection of our overconsumption and failure to deal with its impact. . . completely engrossing. . . it is the wake-up call we need to do better’ * Euronews *'A travelogue around dumps, scrapyards, disposal and recycling facilities, from giant machines that shred TVs and other electronic devices to vast landfill sites in India: the all-too-solid hinterlands of our obsession with buying and throwing away so much stuff' * Guardian, Books of the Year *
£18.00
Vintage Publishing Cradle to Cradle
Book SynopsisRecycling is good, isn't it? In this visionary book, chemist Michael Braungart and architect William McDonough challenge this status quo and put forward a manifesto for an intriguing and radically different philosophy of environmentalism.Reduce, reuse, recycle. This is the standard cradle to grave manufacturing model dating back to the Industrial Revolution that we still follow today. In this thought-provoking read, the authors propose that instead of minimising waste, we should be striving to create value. This is the essence of Cradle to Cradle: waste need not to exist at all. By providing a framework of redesign of everything from carpets to corporate campuses, McDonough and Braungart make a revolutionary yet viable case for change and for remaking the way we make things.Trade ReviewThe best argument for good design is that it lasts. The best argument for good science is that it deplores waste. I'm bored with guilty and technologically illiterate environmental Luddites describing a future of guilt and privation led in caves. There's an alternative responsible future persuasively offered by Braungart and McDonough. The survival of the planet can be re-stated in terms of stimulus, opportunity, challenge and reward. Works for me. -- Stephen BayleyAlready embraced by far-thinking manufacturers and governments. * Food Ethics Magazine *It's one of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read -- Ellen Macarthur * Daily Express *Environmentalists too rarely apply the ecological wisdom of life to our problems. Asking how a cherry tree would design an energy efficient building is only one of the creative 'practices' that McDonough and Braungart spread, like a field of wild flowers, before their readers. This book will give you renewed hope that, indeed, 'it is darkest before the dawn' -- Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra ClubAchieving the great economic transition to more equitable, ecologically sustainable societies requires nothing less than a design revolution - beyond today's fossilized industrialism. This enlightened and enlightening book shows us how - and indeed, that 'God is in the details.' A must for every library and every concerned citizen -- Hazel Henderson, author of "Building a Win-Win World and Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy"
£9.49
Simon & Schuster Ltd Wasteland
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN AND THE NEW YORKER ‘Captivating’ Literary Review‘Powerful’ New Scientist ‘Impressive’ Spectator‘Important’ Financial Times Waste is everywhere. It’s clogging our rivers and littering our streets. The Pacific Ocean contains a great garbage patch three times the size of France. Our junk is even orbiting the earth. No wonder there are microplastics in our bloodstreams. Waste, a problem we’ve ignored for too long, is now a global crisis – and it’s getting worse. From the landfills of New Delhi, to the second-hand clothing markets of Ghana and the overflowing sewers of Britain, join Oliver Frankl
£10.44
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc NoWaste Composting Smallspace waste recycling
Book SynopsisIn No-Waste Composting, you’ll discover the hows and whys of composting and find over a dozen practical step-by-step plans for building both indoor and outdoor composting systems that require a minimal amount of space. “I don’t have enough space to compost.” “I don’t know what’s safe to compost and what isn’t.” “I live in the city, so I don’t think I can compost.” “Indoor composting systems are smelly.” “I don’t have a garden, so I don’t need to compost.”If any of these is your excuse for not composting, then this is the book for you! Small-space composting has never been easier, more efficient, and more eco-friendly. Composting keeps millions of tons of waste out of landfills and creates carbon-sequestering, nutrient-dense compost that can be used to help fuel plant growth (Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 No-Waste Lifestyle and Benefits of Composting . Chapter 2 Composting Basics Chapter 3 Low-Maintenance Outdoor Composting Chapter 4 Integrate Composting into Your Garden Chapter 5 Unique Indoor Composting Systems Chapter 6 Composting Pet Manure in Your Backyard Chapter 7 Harvesting and Using Your Finished Compost Bibliography and Reference List Acknowledgments About the Author Index
£12.74
Chelsea Green Publishing Co The Zero Waste Solution: Untrashing the Planet
Book SynopsisWaste is something we all make every day but often pay little attention to. That's changing, and model programs around the globe show the many different ways a community can strive for, and achieve, zero-waste status. Scientist-turned-activist Paul Connett, a leading international figure in decades-long battles to fight pollution, has championed efforts to curtail overconsumption and keep industrial toxins out of our air and drinking water and bodies. But he’s best known around the world for leading efforts to help communities deal with their waste in sustainable ways—in other words, to eliminate and reuse waste rather than burn it or stow it away in landfills. In The Zero Waste Solution, Connett profiles the most successful zero-waste initiatives around the world, showing activists, planners, and entrepreneurs how to re-envision their community’s waste-handling process—by consuming less, turning organic waste into compost, recycling, reusing other waste, demanding nonwasteful product design, and creating jobs and bringing community members together in the process. The book also exposes the greenwashing behind renewed efforts to promote waste incinerators as safe, nontoxic energy suppliers, and gives detailed information on how communities can battle incineration projects that, even at their best, emit dangerous particles into the atmosphere, many of which remain unregulated or poorly regulated. An important toolkit for anyone interested in creating sustainable communities, generating secure local jobs, and keeping toxic alternatives at bay.Trade ReviewLibrary Journal- "This is both a handbook for and history of the zero waste movement worldwide. Connett became involved in the movement in 1985 when an incinerator—and its poisonous dioxin emissions—was slated for construction near his community. He has been a major player ever since. This text has three parts: an overview of zero waste’s history, philosophy, and practical steps; examples of initiatives worldwide; and essays by prominent activists. Connett castigates burn-and-bury (i.e., incinerators and landfills) as wasteful, expensive, and deleterious to health and presents factual backup. To “reduce, reuse, recycle” he adds “redesign” to limit the flood of disposable goods. Connett advocates that businesses take responsibility for disposal of goods not easily recycled. San Francisco’s zero waste prominence is no surprise, but Italy’s is eye-opening. The author offers plenty of paths to zero waste, from donkeys providing recycling transport in Italian hill towns to econometric analysis in Seattle. VERDICT Community organizers, environmentalists, and environmental studies students will all benefit from this work … . The book also includes a rich list of resources for further study."“This would have been the book to have when we first began fighting the incinerator proposal in our region of Ontario. It’s full of relevant, factual information and suggests specific questions to pose to decision makers and regulators. It also demonstrates that a sustainable zero-waste strategy is achievable, and far more preferable than society’s current focus on waste disposal.”--Kerry Meydam and Wendy Bracken, Durham Environment Watch, and Louis Bertrand and Linda Gasser, Zero Waste 4 Zero Burning, Ontario"Connett's book should inspire everyone personally, citizens' groups, and all levels of government to reduce waste—an insidious problem engulfing the world."--Theo Colborn, president, TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange); professor emeritus, University of Florida; honorary professor of science, University of Colorado; and lead author of Our Stolen Future"Paul Connett's heroic drive to trim our culture's crazy waste has helped produce the powerful movement chronicled here—an inspiration to us all!"--Bill McKibben, author of Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist "Connett's book correctly illuminates the essential nature of citizen-led movements for true zero-waste solutions to transform society. Using Connett's methods, The It's Not Garbage Coalition in Nova Scotia stopped a string of imported garbage incinerators, a PCB incinerator, a medical waste incinerator, a massive MSW incinerator, and a sewage sludge incinerator.By 1994 we had a province-wide ban on incineration and a citizen-designed, world-leading system aimed toward zero waste. With the wisdom in this book, you can achieve results like this too!"--David Wimberly, co-chair, The It's Not Garbage Coalition "In this era of mounting environmental problems, we need more spotlights on solutions—not theoretical ones, but real, on-the-ground ones we can start implementing in our communities today.The Zero Waste Solution is just what the doctor ordered! Packed with inspiring case studies and helpful guidance, Connett's book lays out a roadmap of how to turn our wasteful consumer lifestyle into one of sustainability and health. Read this book and join the movement for real solutions!"--Annie Leonard, author, The Story of Stuff“Paul Connett is one of the few people I know who can make waste interesting. In this book, he glides you through the diverse world of garbage and guides you to the many, ready, efficient, and safe solutions that don't involve you breathing in the toxics of the incinerator industry.”--Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and author, The Seventeen Solutions "The Zero Waste Solution is for all those concerned about humanity's health and environment. Essential reading for anyone fighting landfills, incineration, overpackaging, and the other byproducts of our unthinking and irresponsible throwaway society."--Jeremy Irons, actor; executive producer of Trashed
£23.75
University of Washington Press The Toxic Ship
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£21.59
HarperCollins Publishers Recycle it
Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.
£8.57
Oro Editions The Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape
Book SynopsisThe Shape of the Land: Topography & Landscape Architecture — the first book to centre on this subject — presents the contributions of 13 well-known practitioners and academics who discuss the forms and ramifications of reconfiguring terrain. The essays range in content from pre-industrial precedents in the work of Humphry Repton to new digital topographic modelling systems without the use of contour lines, the treatment of waste products to the land art of the American Southwest. Practicing landscape architects focusing on the modelling of topography in the works considering both utility and aesthetics. In all, the book reviews the history, reasons, and results of at least three centuries of topographic interventions, while suggesting pathways into the future — as new technology and new necessities increase the functional demands placed upon landscape architects, while at the same time potentially offering new forms of artistic expression.
£36.00
OUP India The Trash Diggers
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£32.24
MIT Press Ltd Recycling Class
Book SynopsisAn ethnographic and community-engaged study of the class, caste, and gender politics of environmental mobilizations around Bengaluru, India’s discards.In Recycling Class, Manisha Anantharaman examines the ideas, flows, and relationships around unmanaged discards in Bengaluru, India, itself a massive environmental problem of planetary proportions, to help us understand what types of coalitions deliver social justice within sustainability initiatives. Recycling Class links middle-class, sustainable consumption with the environmental labor of the working poor to offer a relational analysis of urban sustainability politics and practice. Through ethnographic, community-based research, Anantharaman shows how diverse social groups adopt, contest, and modify neoliberal sustainability’s emphasis on market-based solutions, behavior change, and the aesthetic conflation of “clean” with “green.” Tracing garbage politics in Bengaluru for over a decade, Anantharaman argues that middle class “communal sustainability” efforts create new avenues for waste picker organizations to make claims for infrastructural inclusion. Coproduced “DIY infrastructures” serve as sites of citizenship and political negotiation, challenging the technocratic and growth-based logics of dominant sustainability policies. Yet, these configurations reproduce class, caste, and gender-based divisions of labor, demonstrating that inclusion without social reform can reproduce unjust distributions of risk and responsibility. Revealing the “win-win” fallacy of sustainability and foregrounding the agency of communities excluded from environmental policy, Recycling Class will appeal to scholars and activists alike who want to create a future with more transformative sustainability.
£43.00
University of Washington Press The Toxic Ship
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£77.35
Hachette Books Wasteland
Book SynopsisNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER, THE GUARDIAN, and KIRKUS REVIEWS An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy—and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away? In Wasteland, journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on a shocking journey inside the waste industry—the secretive multi-billion dollar world that underpins the modern economy, quietly profiting from what we leave behind. In India, he meets the waste-pickers on the front line of the plastic crisis. In the UK, he journeys down sewers to confront our oldest—and newest—waste crisis, and comes face-to-face with nuclear waste. In Ghana, he follows the after-life of our technology and explores the global export network that results in goodwill donations clogging African landfill
£22.50
Elsevier Science Waste Management and Resource Recycling in the
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Waste generation in Brazil: municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes 2. Generation of Waste: Problem to Possible Solution in Developing and Underdeveloped Nations 3. Use of participatory methodologies to improve the Urban Solid Waste Management System in Cape Verde – Sal Island 4. Waste Characterization in Brazil 5. E-Waste Management– Sources, Strategies, Impacts and Consequences 6. Translational Transport of E-Waste and implications on human well beings and the environment 7. Electronic (e-waste) Conduct: Chemical assessment and treatment methods 8. Biological methods for the treatment of e-waste 9. Chemical Methods for the treatment of e-waste 10. E-Waste Management Using Different Cost-Effective, Eco-friendly Biological Techniques: An Overview 11. Life cycle assessment of e-waste management: Current practices and future research agenda towards sustainability 12. E-waste: Policies and Legislations for a sustainable green growth 13. E-waste policies and implementation: a global perspective 14. The future of e-waste in the circular economy of Ghana: Implications for urban planning, environmental and human health risks 15. The role of the informal sector on e-waste management: a case study from Brazil 16. Recent Perspectives of Nanoparticles in Industrial Waste Management-an overview 17. Advances in industrial waste management 18. Nano- and microplastics in the environment: a potential threat to in-situ bioremediation of wastewaters 19. Biological Methods For The Treatment Of Industrial Waste 20. Adsorptive Removal Of Hazardous Dyes From Industrial Waste Using Activated Carbon: An Appraisal 21. Hazardous waste management lessons from developed countries 22. Hazardous biomedical waste management scenario of the developing countries 23. Chemical methods for the treatment of biomedical hazardous waste 24. Advances in Biomedical waste management technologies 25. Biological treatment of pharmaceutical wastes 26. Municipal solid waste management, its fate and waste-to-energy in the context of a developing economy like India 27. Applications of waste-to-economy practices in urban water sector: Implications for Environmentaland Human health 28. Cost-benefit analysis act as a tool for evaluation of waste to the economy: A synthesis 29. Conversion of waste materials into different by-products of economic value 30. Vermicomposting – the sustainable Solid Waste Management 31. Sustainability Of Biorefineries For Waste Management 32. Municipal solid waste management in Brazil: overview and trade-offs between different treatment technologies 33. Waste management practices in a developing nation: Challenges and opportunities
£110.70
Elsevier Science Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The concept of environmental sustainability as applicable to nuclear decommissioning (as applicable to this book) 3. The structure of this book: Radiological and physical characterization, decontamination and dismantling, waste management 4. Errors, mishaps, inadequacies due to improper technologies (conversely, best practices) 5. Characterization Case Studies 6. Decontamination and Dismantling Case Studies 7. Waste Management Case Studies 8. Conclusions
£103.50
Palgrave MacMillan UK The International Politics of Nuclear Waste
Book SynopsisLooking at the politics of nuclear waste, this book examines the subject from an international standpoint. Other works by the author Andrew Blowers include "The Limits of Power" and "Something in the Air", and he has been co-editor on books such as "Nuclear Power in Crisis".Table of ContentsAn Achilles Heel; from scientific serendipity to scientific problem; the battle of the dumps - part 1, the causes of the conflict; the battle of the dumps - part 2, the causes of the conflict; the United States - in search of the nuclear oasis; nuclear waste in Western Europe; the way forward.
£42.74
Taylor & Francis Ltd Biochemical and Environmental Bioprocessing
Book Synopsis The rapid growth of industries has resulted in the generation of high volume of solid and liquid waste. Today, there is a need of Clean and Green technology for the sustainable waste management. Biochemical and Environmental Bioprocessing: Challenges and Developments explore the State-of-art green technologies to manage the waste and to recover value added products. Microbes play an important role in the bioremediation. Bioprocess engineering an interdisciplinary connects the Science and Technology. The bioconversion and bioremediation is essentially required for the management of various hazardous substances in the environment. This book will give an intensive knowledge on the application of Biochemical and Bioprocess technologies for the eco-friendly management of pollution. This book serves as a fundamental to the students, researchers, academicians and Engineers working in the area of Environmental Bioremediation and in the exploration of various bioprTable of ContentsBiosorption-an elective strategy for wastewater treatment: An eco-friendly approach, Recent Advancements and Perspectives on Biological Degradation of Azo Dye, Performance analysis of anaerobic digestion of textile dyeing industry effluent in a modified sequential batch reactor, Waste sea shells for biodiesel production – Current status and future perspective, AN INTENSIFIED AND INTEGRATED BIOREFINARY APPROACH FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION, Hydrothermal carbonization for valorisation of ricehusk, Production of biofuels from algal biomass, Diffusion limitations in biocatalytic reactions: Challenges and Solutions, Recent advancements and applications of nanotechnology inexpelling heavy metal contaminants from wastewater, Organic Flocculation as an Alternative For Wastewater Treatment, Power production in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC): Recent progress and Future scope, Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Properties of Cuo Loaded Hydrophobically Modified Chitosans, Fucoxanthin: Biosynthesis, structure, extraction, characteristics and its application
£99.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Architecture of Waste
Book SynopsisGlobal material crises are imminent. In the very near future, recycling will no longer be a choice made by those concerned about the environment, but a necessity for all. This means a paradigm shift in domestic behavior, manufacturing, construction, and design is inevitable. The Architecture of Waste provides a hopeful outlook through examining current recycling practices, rethinking initial manufacturing techniques, and proposing design solutions for second lives of material-objects.The book touches on a variety of inescapable issues beyond our global waste crisis including cultural psyches, politics, economics, manufacturing, marketing, and material science. A series of crucial perspectives from experts cover these topics and frames the research by providing a past, present, and future look at how we got here and where we go next: the historical, the material, and the design. Twelve design proposals look beyond the simple application of recycled and waste materials iTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Global Circularity 2. Waste of Space 3. Case Studies 4. New Deconstruction: The Rebirth of a Circular Architecture 5. Economics for a Circular Environment 6. World of Waste
£31.34
CRC Press Remediation Manual for Contaminated Sites
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction and Overview. Data Requirements. Remedial Options. Costs of Remedial Activities. Biological Remediation. Exploration Notes and Techniques. Landfills, Brownfields, Barrier Walls, and Bottom Sealing. Modeling Notes. Phytoremediation. Index.
£58.89
Taylor & Francis Ltd Surface Subsidence Engineering Theory and
Book SynopsisUnderground coal mining disturbs both the overburden strata and the immediate floor strata. The subject of surface subsidence deals with the issues associated with the movement of overburden strata, which are the layers from the seam to the surface, where structures and water resources important to human activities are located. Surface Subsidence Engineering provides comprehensive coverage of the major issues associated with surface subsidence. The chapters are written by experts on surface subsidence in the three leading coal producing and consuming countries in the world: Australia, China and the United States. They discuss general features and terminologies, subsidence prediction, subsidence measurement techniques, subsidence impact on water bodies, subsidence damage, mitigation and control, and subsidence on abandoned coal mines. In addition, the final chapter addresses some of the unique features of surface subsidence found in Australian coal mines. The book provides information on coal seams ranging from flat to gently inclined to steep to ultra-steep seams. Written for mining engineers, geotechnical engineers and students of mining engineering, this book covers both theories and practices of surface subsidence. Unlike previous publications, it also deals with the subsidence impact on surface and groundwater bodies, crucial resources that are often neglected by subsidence researchers.Table of Contents1. General Features of Surface Movement Basin; 2. Prediction of Surface Subsidence; 3. Measurement of Surface Subsidence and Surface Structures; 4. Subsidence Impact on Water Systems; 5. Surface Subsidence Damage, Mitigation and Control; 6. Subsidence over Abandoned Mines: US Experience; 7. Surface Subsidence: Australian Experience; Index.
£142.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd New Horizons in Piling
Book SynopsisThe piling industry has, in recent years, developed a variety of press-in piling technologies with a view to mitigate noise & vibration nuisance. This book focuses on the Walk-on-Pile type press-in piling system, which offers an alternative engineering solution for piling works. This type of piling has unique features, including the application of the compact piling machine using pre-installed piles as a source of reaction force to jack in a new pile by hydraulic pressure. Moreover, the machine can walk along the top of piles already installed, thus enabling piling in a limited space and headroom with minimum disruption to social functions and services of existing infrastructure. These features are opening up a new horizon in piling, leading to novel application of embedded walls previously considered impossible.This introductory book provides a historical development of press-in piling and various challenging applications worldwide as well as scientific research outcomes, foTable of ContentsIntroduction, Construction by Press-in Piling, Innovative Applications, Emerging Applications, Responses of piles installed by the press-in method, Appendix: The list of research papers related to the geotechnical aspects of the Press-in Engineering.
£47.49
CRC Press Building with Reclaimed Components and Materials
Book SynopsisInterest in green and sustainable design is growing throughout the world. Both national and local governments are active in promoting reuse and recycling in order to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. This guide identifies how building designers and constructors can minimize the generation of waste at the design stage of a building project by using reclaimed components and materials.Authoritative, accessible and much-needed, this book highlights the opportunities for using reclaimed components and materials and recycled-content building products for each element of a building, from structure and foundations to building services and external works. Current experience is illustrated with international case studies and practical advice. It discusses different approaches to designing with recycling in mind, and identifies the key issues to address when specifying reclaimed components and recycled materials in construction work.This book will beTrade Review'Expert advice on reuse and recycling in building construction is urgently needed. Using existing resources in a more responsible way is central to this design guide. A very welcome addition to the literature'Tom Woolley, Professor of Architecture, Queens University Belfast, and author of the acclaimed Green Building Handbook'The message from this book is that if you have the time and inclination then it is possible to source, check and incorporate reused materials into your buildings.'EcotechTable of ContentsIntroduction * Part I: The World of Reclamation, Reuse and Recycling * Why do it? * Reclamation, reuse and recycling are not new ideas * The basic concepts of reclamation, reuse and recycling * The reuse and recycling market place * Part II: Case Studies of Reuse and Recycling * Swedish student accommodation made from reclaimed materials * BedZED, London, UK * The C.K. Choi Building, University of British Columbia, Canada * The reclaimed vicarage, Birmingham, UK * Using recycled-content building products in the US * BRE Building 16: The 'energy-efficient office of the future', Garston, UK * The Earth Centre, Sheffield, UK * Westborough School, Southend, UK * Canalside West, Huddersfield, UK * Reusing structural steelwork * Fitout of Duchi shoe shop, Scheveningen, Netherlands * Part III: Making Reclamation, Reuse and Recycling Happen * Not the 'usual' approach to design and procurement * Decision-making * Opportunities for reuse and recycling * Seeking and finding the buildings, goods and materials * Ensuring reclamation, reuse and recycling happens * Part IV: Design Guidance: Foundations and Retaining Structures * Building foundations * Reuse of foundations in situ * Use of reclaimed products and materials * Recycled-content building products * Case studies * Part V: Design Guidance: Building Structure * Reuse, reclamation and recycling in the structure of buildings * Masonry (load-bearing and non-load-bearing) * Structural frame: Timber * Structural frame: Iron and steel * Structural frame: In situ concrete and pre-cast concrete * Floors in the structural frame * Part VI: Design Guidance: Building Envelope * Reclamation, reuse and recycling in the building envelope * Cladding systems * Roofing * Waterproofing * Case studies: Fa ade reuse and refurbishment * Part VII: Design Guidance: Enclosure, Interiors and External Works * Space enclosure: Partitions, insulation, ceilings, raised floors * Windows * Doors * Stairs and balustrades * Surface finishes/floor coverings * Furniture and equipment * Sanitary, laundry and cleaning equipment * External works * Part VIII: Design Guidance: Mechanical and Electrical Services * Mechanical and electrical services * Mechanical heating/cooling/refrigeration systems * Ventilation and air-conditioning systems * Piped supply and disposal systems * Electrical supply, power and lighting systems * Information and communications products * Lifts and escalators *
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CRC Press Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and
Book SynopsisThe 2nd edition of Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Design introduces readers to the fundamental concepts of wastewater treatment, followed by engineering design of unit processes for sustainable treatment of municipal wastewater and resource recovery. It has been completely updated with new chapters to reflect current advances in design, resource recovery practices and research. Another highlight is the addition of the last chapter, which provides a culminating design experience of both urban and rural wastewater treatment systems. Filling the need for a textbook focused on wastewater, it covers history, current practices, emerging concerns, future directions and pertinent regulations that have shaped the objectives of this important area of engineering. Basic principles of reaction kinetics, reactor design and environmental microbiology are introduced along with natural purification processes. It also details the design of unit processes for primary, secondarTable of Contents1 Sustainable wastewater treatment and engineering 2 Reaction kinetics and chemical reactors3 Wastewater microbiology 4 Natural purification processes5 Wastewater treatment fundamentals 6 Preliminary treatment7 Primary treatment 8 Secondary treatment – suspended growth process9 Secondary treatment – Attached growth and combined Processes10 Secondary clarification and disinfection 11 Anaerobic wastewater treatment12 Solids processing and disposal13 Advanced treatment processes 14 Resource recovery and sustainability15 Design examples
£80.74
Taylor & Francis Nuclear Forensic Analysis
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Nuclear Forensic Analysis provides a multidisciplinary reference for forensic scientists, analytical and nuclear chemists, and nuclear physicists in one convenient source. The authors focus particularly on the chemical, physical, and nuclear aspects associated with the production or interrogation of a radioactive sample. They consolidate fundamental principles of nuclear forensic analysis, all pertinent protocols and procedures, computer modeling development, interpretational insights, and attribution considerations. The principles and techniques detailed are then demonstrated and discussed in their applications to real-world investigations and casework conducted over the past several years. Highlights of the Second Edition include: A new section on sample analysis considerations and interpretation following a post-detonation nuclear forensic collection New case stTrade ReviewPraise for the First Edition "This book by three of the leading authorities in the field outlines a critically important area of forensic science in the modern world. … should be in the library of every forensic laboratory."—Chemistry Professor W.F. Kinard, College of Charleston, in The Journal of Forensic Sciences Table of ContentsIntroduction. Physical Basis of Nuclear Forensic Science. Engineering Issues. Chemistry and Nuclear Forensic Science. Principles of Nuclear Explosive Devices and Debris Analysis. Chronometry. Techniques for Small Signatures. Collateral Forensic Indicators. Sample Matrices and Collection. Radiochemical Procedures. Inorganic/Isotopic Sample Preparation. Organic Sample Preparation. Extraordinary Sample Issues. Field Collection Kits. NDA Field Radioactivity Detection. Laboratory Analyses. Inferred Production Estimates. Materials Profiling. Source and Route Attribution. Forensic Investigation of a Highly Enriched Uranium Sample Interdicted in Bulgaria. Counterforensic Investigation of US Enrichment Plants. Nuclear Smuggling Hoax: D- Counterweight. Nuclear Smuggling Hoax: Sc Metal. Fatal "Cold Fusion" Explosion. Questioned Sample from the US Drug Enforcement Agency. Radioactive Pillow Shipment. Afghanistan Scam Specimens. Index.
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Biology and Ecology of Earthworms
Book SynopsisCh. 1. Earthworm Morphology.- Ch. 2. Earthworm Physiology.- Ch. 3. Earthworm Diversity, Dispersal, and Geographical Distribution.- Ch. 4. Earthworm Life Histories and Biology.- Ch. 5. Earthworm Ecology: Populations.- Ch. 6. Earthworm Ecology: Communities.- Ch. 7. The Influence of Environmental Factors on Earthworms.- Ch. 8. The Role of Earthworms in Organic Material and Nutrient Cycles.- Ch. 9.- Interactions Between Earthworms, Microorganisms, and Other Invertebrates.- Ch. 10. Role of Earthworms in Soil Structure, Fertility and Productivity.- Ch.11. Adverse and Beneficial Aspects of Earthworms.- Ch. 12. Earthworms in Environmental Management.- Ch.13. Earthworms in Organic Waste Management.- Ch.14. Effects of Agricultural Practices and Chemicals on Earthworms. Table of Contents CH. 1. Earthworm Morphology.- CH. 2. Earthworm Physiology.- CH. 3. Earthworm Diversity, Dispersal, and Geographical Distribution.- CH. 4. Earthworm Life Histories and Biology.-CH. 5. Earthworm Ecology: Populations.-CH. 6. Earthworm Ecology: Communities.- CH. 7. The Influence of Environmental Factors on Earthworms.- CH. 8. The Role of Earthworms in Organic Material and Nutrient Cycles.- CH. 9.- Interactions Between Earthworms, Microorganisms, and Other Invertebrates.- CH. 10. Role of Earthworms in Soil Structure, Fertility and Productivity.- CH.11. Adverse and Beneficial Aspects of Earthworms.- CH. 12. Earthworms in Environmental Management.- CH.13. Earthworms in Organic Waste Management.- CH.14. Effects of Agricultural Practices and Chemicals on Earthworms.
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CRC Press North American Tunneling 2006
Book SynopsisThe theme of this proceedings, Extreme Tunneling: Improving Progress, Cost, Performance, and Safety, was chosen to emphasize a number of significant milestones in underground construction, with particular reference to reduction of costs and to improvements in health and safety. The papers are grouped here under four main headings: Management of Underground Projects Public Policy and Underground Facilities Advances in Tunneling Technology Case Histories: The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Underground Construction. This work will be of interest to those involved in infrastructure development, tunneling, underground construction and other uses of underground space. Includes a cd-rom of the proceedings.
£165.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd Containment of HighLevel Radioactive and
Book SynopsisOne of the principal objections to or problems with the use of nuclear fuel is that a proven method for safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel has yet to be established. The central focus of most schemes underway to dispose of these high-level radioactive wastes relies on clay-based buffers and barriers to isolate spent fuel canisters in boreholes deep underground in specially constructed tunnels and caverns. Current thought on the principal methods of containment of high-level radioactive wastes is presented in this book. The authors proceed to discuss the processes and mechanisms involved in the development of long term properties and performance of clay-based buffers and backfills. The procedures and methodologies used to undertake predictions and performance assessments of these materials are also examined.This is an invaluable reference for professionals, researchers, academics and regulators engaged in the development of radioactive wastTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Radioactive and Hazardous Solid Waste Isolation 3. Nature of Clays 4. Clay-water Reactions and Partly-saturated Water Transport 5. Contaminant-clay Interactions and Impacts 6. Thermal, Hydraulic, Mechanical, Chemical and Biological Processes 7. Clay Evolution and Long Term Buffer/Barrier Performance 8. Field and Mockup Experiments 9. Modelling for Prediction and Performance Assessment 10. Safety Assessment and Performance Determination
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction
Book SynopsisGeotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground comprises a collection of 118 papers, four reports on symposium themes, and four invited lectures presented at the seventh International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, held in Rome, Italy, 16-18 May 2011.The symposium was organized by the Technical Committee TC28 âœUnderground Construction in Soft Groundâ of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). This is the latest in a series which began in New Delhi in 1994, and was followed by symposia in London (1996), Tokyo (1999), Toulouse (2002), Amsterdam (2005), and Shanghai (2008). The Rome symposium was organised by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), under the auspices of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Italian Ministry for Public Works, and sponsored by various national and internaTable of ContentsPreface, Organisation, Sponsors, Special lectures, Keiichi Fujita lecture, Session reports, Construction, design, and measured performance of bored tunnels, Physical and numerical modelling of deep excavations and bored tunnels, Construction, design, and measured performance of deep excavations, Design methods and predictive tools for deep excavations and bored tunnels, Ground movements, interaction with existing structures and mitigation measures, Activities of TC204 working groups
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas 2
Book SynopsisUnderground infrastructure undoubtedly constitutes one of the most important engineering equipments of urbanized areas. Such infrastructure includes energy distribution, communications and water, carry away sewage, elements of transportation systems of goods and people, storage facilities of articles, liquids and gases, as well as commercial, recreational and research activities and other functions. Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas is dedicated to the research, design, implementation and maintenance of infrastructure systems, as well as communication tunnels and building structures (garages, tanks, etc.) in urbanized areas. The book collects contributions from eight countries, presenting current scientific and technical issues associated with this area of the building industry. Both theoretical issues and cases studies on the design, execution and testing of underground infrastructures at expertise and scientific levels are included in the present work.<Table of ContentsSelected aspects of maintaining and repairing ferroconcrete wells and sewerage chambers; Concrete resistant to aggressive media using a composite cement CEM V/A (S-V) 32.5 R – LH 13; What is new in German liner design code?; High Performance Concrete (HPC) in concrete pipe production; Rheological properties of fresh fibre reinforced self compacting concrete; Top of rock investigations for secant piles at the Bronx shaft; A case study of shield TBM tunnel faced to fault zone under Han River; Investigations on fatigue strength of polymer concrete pipes in the light of current guidelines and standards; Strength properties of basalt pipes intended for trenchless installations of sewers; Release of heavy metals from construction materials; Modernization of the Cracow non-circular sewers using glassfiber reinforced plastic panels; Trends in application of materials to construction and rehabilitation of water supply networks in Poland after 1990; The workability, porosity characteristics, frost resistance, durability coefficient and compressive strength of SCC incorporating different type of admixtures; Estimation of hydraulic efficiency of linear drainage systems; Utility Tunnels – Old fashion or necessity? – Analysis of environmental engineering factors creating potential for growth; Modern systems and methodology for the technical examination of concrete underground infrastructure; Selected exploitation problems of underground municipal utilities; Monitoring of structures adjacent to deep excavations; Rehabilitation of sewer channels. Investigations of load capacity of channels renovated with GRP liners; Non conventional polyethylene pipe installation techniques: A trigger point for PE100RC development; Research over water loses and preventing of them due to usage of monitoring system in chosen water distribution companies; Identifying sewer damage condition for estimating network reliability indexes; Application of liquid soil in an experimental construction of sewer pipeline; Sustainability in pipe rehabilitation; Hydrodynamic simulation of sewage inflow control to the Przemy´sl town’s left-bank pumping station; Hydrodynamic modeling of detention canal; Construction of pressure pipelines using the modern CC-GRP pipes; Possibility of increasing precipitation water retention in agglomerations based on examples fromWarsaw experience; Analysis of cylindrical microtunnelling working shaft, subjected to horizontal load; Topping of sewage wells with concrete cones or reinforced lids on reinforced concrete relief rings – myths and reality; Construction records of major shield tunneling projects with advanced technologies in Japan; Technical and economic effectiveness of using trenchless technologies in constructing roads and railway infrastructure; Author index
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Elsevier Science Aromatic PlantBased Phytoremediation
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Anthropogenic land pollution and their utilization2. Aromatic grasses in phytoremediation 3. Aromatic herbs and shrubs in phytoremediation4. Essential oil bearing trees in phytoremediation5. Strategies for enhancing metal(loid)s accumulation and oil content in aromatic crops 6. Sustainability of aromatic crop cultivation on polluted land
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmentally Conscious Materials Handling
Book SynopsisEnvironmentally Conscious Materials Handling provides a foundation for understanding and implementing methods for reducing the environmental impact of all forms of handling packaged goods, as well as raw, hazardous, and toxic materials. Contributors present relevant practical and analytic techniques to ensure reliable materials handling.Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. Chapter 1: Materials Handling System Design (Sunderesh S. Heragu). Chapter 2: Ergonomics of Manual Materials Handling (James L. Smith, Jeffrey C. Wolstad, and Patrick Patterson). Chapter 3: Intelligent Control of Material Handling (Kasper Hallenborg). Chapter 4: Accommodating Environmental Concerns in Supply Chain Organization (Maria E. Mayorga and Ravi Subramanian). Chapter 5. Municipal Solid Waste Management and Disposal (Shoou-Yuh Chang). Chapter 6: Hazardous Waste Treatment (Mujde Erten-Unal). Chapter 7: Sanitary Landfill Operations (Berrin Tansel). Chapter 8: Transportation of Radioactive Materials (Audeen Waters Fentiman). Chapter 9: Pipe System Hydraulics (Blake Tullis). Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Barrier Containment Technologies for
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive review and evaluation of waste containment technologies presently practiced in remediation applications. Covers the state-of-knowledge, construction and performance of the three main barrier types - vertical (walls), bottom (floors) and surface (caps).Table of ContentsOverview of Containment Transport and Site Conditions. Vertical Barriers (Walls). Bottom Barriers (Floors). Surface Control Barriers (Caps). Conclusions. References. Glossary. Index.
£138.56
John Wiley & Sons Inc Hazardous Waste Site Operations
Book SynopsisA complete guide to OSHA training requirements for hazardous wastecleanup professionals Love Canal, Times Beach, Bhopal--these and other industry-relatedenvironmental disasters provided the impetus for present-dayregulations governing cleanup of hazardous waste sites and thehealth and safety training of workers engaged in these operations.This manual addresses the 1986 amendments to Congress''s Superfundact (known as SARA) and the growth industry in hazardous wasteremediation that emerged as a result. Specifically, it deals withthe OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120 that requires all businesses withhazardous waste operations--and all remediation contractors--totrain their staffs on a regular basis, stressing training formanagers, supervisors, scientists, and engineers. Covering all training topics mandated by OSHA''s 29 CFR 1910.120,this comprehensive guide * Conforms point by point to OSHA''s 40-hour off-site trainingrequirement for site professionals, managers, and sTable of ContentsOccupational Health Regulations, Standards, and Guidelines. Fundamentals of Chemistry. Industrial Hygiene. Hazard Recognition. Personal Protective Equipment. Respiratory Protection. Monitoring. Decontamination. Work Practices. Developing a Site Safety Plan. Medical Surveillance Program. Risk Assessment in Superfund Site Remediation. Glossary. Index.
£128.66
John Wiley & Sons Inc Moving Ahead with ISO 14000
Book SynopsisMoving Ahead with ISO 14000 addresses environmental qualitymanagement standards from the business manager''s point of view. Itexamines the costs and benefits of conformance in terms ofcompetitiveness, market share, and return on investment. Numerouscase studies describe how other companies are responding to the newstandards and help companies benchmark how close their ownoperations are to conformance. Moving Ahead with ISO 14000 also helps business managers answer thefollowing questions: * How are businesses around the world responding to ISO 14000? * Should our firm bother to seek ISO 14000 registration? * What are the business benefits of ISO 14000? * What does it take to comply with ISO 14000? * Does ISO matter to our customers? * Will these new standards help improve operations or bog them downin paperwork? * Can a company adhere to the new standards and develop acompetitive advantage at the same time? * Should we self-certify? * Can we Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: A NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGE--VOLUNTARY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS. ISO 14000: The Worldwide Response from Industry and Governments (P.Bridgen). GAINING SUPPORT THROUGHOUT YOUR COMPANY--IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTALAND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. Standardizing Environmental Management beyond ASTM (H.Apsan). REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES. Preparing for ISO 14000 (T. Ambrose). IMPLEMENATION AND INTEGRATION ISSUES, IMPACTS, AND TOOLS. The Potential Effect of ISO 14000 on Environmental Audits (L.Cahill & D. Schomer). ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING COMPETITIVEADVANTAGE. Design for Environment: A New Framework for Strategic Decisions (M.Lenox & J. Ehrenfeld). Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Municipal Wastewater Treatment
Book SynopsisA thorough analysis of public policy and the Clean Water Act''seffect on water quality in the U.S. Using water quality data and historical records from the past 60years, this book presents the measured impact of the 1972 CleanWater Act on domestic waterways-ecologically, politically, andeconomically. Municipal Wastewater Treatment supports thehypothesis that the Act''s regulation of wastewater treatmentprocesses at publicly owned treatment works (POTW) and industrialfacilities has achieved significant success. The authors'' case ispresented in: * Background information on the history of water pollution controland water quality management * Chapters addressing long-term trends in biochemical oxygen demandloadings from municipal wastewater plants and the worst-casedissolved oxygen levels in waterways downstream of point sourcesbefore and after the Clean Water Act * Nine case study assessments of long-term trends of pollutantloading water quality and environmental resTrade Review"It is a detailed, data-filled report of the nation's water quality and improvements therein." (Journal of Hazardous Material, October 2003)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Acronyms. Introduction. An Examination of BOD Loadings Before and After the CWA. An Examination of "Worst-Case" DO in Waterways Below Point SourcesBefore and After the CWA. Case Study Assessments of Water Quality. Connecticut River Case Study. Hudson-Raritan Estuary Case Study. Delaware Estuary Case Study. Potomac Estuary Case Study. James River Estuary Case Study. Upper Chattahoochee River Case Study. Ohio River Case Study. Upper Mississippi River Case Study. Willamette River Case Study. Appendix A: United States Waterways Identified with WaterPollution Problems Before the 1972 Clean Water Act. Appendix B: National Municipal Wastewater Inventory andInfrastructure, 1940-2016. Appendix C: National Public and Private Sector Investment in WaterPollution Control. Appendix D: Before and After CWA Changes in Tenth PercentileDissolved Oxygen and Ninetieth Percentile BOD5 at the Catalog UnitLevel. Appendix E: Before and After CWA Changes in Tenth PercentileDissolved Oxygen at the RF1 Reach Level. Appendix F: Hydrologic Conditions of the 48 Contiguous States,Summer (July-September) from 1961 through 1995. Appendix G: Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Loads by MajorRiver Basin Before and After the Clean Water Act: 1950, 1973, andca. 1995. Appendix H: Municipal and Industrial Water Withdrawals by MajorRiver Basin: 1940-1995. Glossary. Index.
£134.06
John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
Book SynopsisEnvironmental Epidemiology and Risk Assessment Tim Aldrich and Jack Griffith Environmental Epidemiology and Risk Assessment addresses the historical development of environmental epidemiology, touching on recent sensationalized environmental tragedies such as Love Canal and Chernobyl.Table of ContentsPublic Awareness, Federal Policy, and Environment Epidemiology. Epidemiology: The Environmental Influence. Epidemiologic Research Methods. Disease Clusters. Surveillance Activities in Disease and Exposure Situations. Characterizing Human Exposure. Laboratory Practice. Biomarkers in Environmental Epidemiology. Disease and the Environment. Risk Assessment. Public Communication, Participation, Risk Management. Legal Aspects of Environmental Epidemiology. Index.
£128.66
John Wiley & Sons Inc Waste Containment Systems Waste Stabilization and
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive design reference available on remediation techniques, waste disposal methods and various waste containment systems. Covers several important new issues such as the regulatory structure of RCRA Subtitles C and D; subsurface flow and transport of contaminants; liner systems, leachate collection and removal systems for landfills; and seismic stability analysis of landfills. Describes new waste stabilization technologies including the process of converting non-solid toxic waste into inert solids.Table of Contents1 Introduction 11.1 Regulatory Framework 11.2 Environmental Engineering, Waste Disposal, and Containment Issues 152 Waste Characterization and Soil-Waste Interaction 192.1 Composition of Wastes 192.2 Chemical and Biochemical Reactions Within and Below a Waste Disposal site 372.3 Soil-Waste Interactions 452.4 Engineering Properties of Wastes 62 3 Geosynthetics in Waste Containment and Cover Systems 71 3.1 Geomembranes 713.2 Geotextiles 1093.3 Geonets and Geocomposite Drainage Nets 1333.4 Geogrids 1373.5 Geosynthetic Clay Liners 1403.6 Soil Geosynthetic Friction Tests 143 4 Low-Permeability Liner and Drainage Materials 158 4.1 Hydraulic Conductivity 1584.2 Laboratory Hydraulic Conductivity Testing 1714.3 Field Hydraulic Conductivity Testing 1804.4 Low-Permeability Compacted Clay Liners 1924.5 Low-Permeability Admixed (Amended) Soil Liners 2094.6 Drainage (Soil) Materials 211 5 Containment Transport: Advection-Dispersion flow Through Low-Permeability Soils 219 5.1 Contaminant Transport in Soils 2195.2 Determination of Parameters 2325.3 Methods for Calculating Containment Migration 2405.4 Significance of Diffusion in Containment Transport Through Fine-Grained Materials 2525.5 Case Study: Field Monitoring 256 6 Sludge Solidification and Stabilization 267 6.1 Terminology and Regulatory Requirements 2676.2 Physical and Chemical Tests for Regulatory Compliance 2726.3 Treatment Methods 2886.4 Solidification/Stabilization Methods 2936.5 Construction Methods 3056.6 Safety, Quality Control, and Closure 314 7 Vertical Barriers: Slurry Walls 3217.1 Introduction 3217.2 Trench-Slurry Interaction 3257.3 Permeability, Compatibility, and Strength of the Barrier Walls 3307.4 Construction 3397.5 Specifications 3607.6 Construction Quality Control and Quality Assurance 366 8 Liner Systems for Landfills and Surface Impoundments 368 8.1 Introduction 3688.2 Lining Systems: Overview 3698.3 Containment Lining systems 3848.4 Cover Lining systems 4208.5 Specifications 4298.6 Construction Quality Assurance 436 9 Leachate Collection and Removal Systems 441 9.1 Introduction 4419.2 LCRS Design 4439.3 LCRS Analysis 4529.4 Construction, Specification, and CQA 50910 Stability Analyses and Design 51510.1 Introduction 515Section I: Analytical Methods 51610.2 Limit Equilibrium Methods 51610.3 Finite-Element Analyses 53210.4 Seismic Stability Analyses 534 Section II: Design Applications 54310.5 Typical Landfill Configuration 54310.6 Excavation Slope Stability 54610.7 Refuse Fill Stability 54910.8 Cover System Stability 55710.9 Seismic Stability 560 Appendix A Inspector’s Checklist: Slurry Walls 565Appendix B Settlement Analyses 568 B.1 Foundation Settlement 568B.2 Refuse Settlement 575Index 585
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Hazardous Waste Management
Book SynopsisDrawn from over 14 years of engineering and scientific experience, this is a comprehensive review of important approaches to hazardous waste management. The book deals with all major technical areas in this field and takes a historical view of the evaluation of US regulations and policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Regulation of Hazardous Waste Management. Defining Hazardous Wastes. Quantifying Hazardous Wastes. Facility Siting. The Hazardous Waste Management Industry. Abandoned Disposal Sites. Hazardous Waste Transportation. Treatment Processes. Incineration. Landfill Disposal. Ocean Dumping and Underground Injection. Appendixes. Index.
£290.65
John Wiley & Sons Inc Polymer Recycling
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of state-of-the-art recycling techniques together with current and potential applications. Presents material that is normally only available in the form of conference proceedings Includes flow charts detailing the recycling process Helps identify the problems encountered in the recycling of polymers Presents pie graphs and photographs of commercial outlets A comprehensive volume which will prove to be invaluable for polymer manufacturers, recyclers and marketers as well as environmental authorities and materials engineers.Table of ContentsSorting and Separation Techniques. Size Reduction of Recycled Plastics. Melt Filtration of Contamination in Recycled Polymers. Recycling of PET. Recycling of Polyolefins. Recycling of PVC. Polystyrene Recycling. Nylon Recycling. Recycling of Engineering Thermoplastics. Recycling of Polyurethanes. Recycling of Polymers Composities. Rubber Tyre Recycling. Feedstock Recycling--Pyrolysis, Hydrogenation and Gasification. Incineration of Plastic Waste with Energy Recovery. Plastics Lumber Based on Recycled Polymers. Index.
£493.16
University of California Press Burying Uncertainty
Book SynopsisOffers a look at US government policy regarding the nation's high-level radioactive waste both scientifically and ethically. This title argues that this policy is profoundly misguided on both scientific and ethical grounds. It focuses on the world's first proposed high-level radioactive waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. The Riddle of Nuclear Waste 2. Understanding the Origins of the Problem 3. Reliance on Value Judgements in Repository Rock Assessment 4. Subjective Estimates of Repository Risks 5. Subjective Evaluations of Repository Risks 6. Problematic Inferences in Assessing Repository Risks 7. Uncertainty: An Obstacle to Geological Disposal 8. Equity: An Obstacle to Geologic Disposal 9. An Alternative to Permanent Geological Disposal
£26.10
University of California Press Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
£34.00
University of California Press Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
£84.79
University of California Press Waste Worlds Inhabiting Kampalas Infrastructures
Book SynopsisTrade Review"By means of the book’s rich ethnographic accounts, Doherty. . . .makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the work that underlies the infrastructures that are so vital to contemporary societies." * Exertions *"An expansive rendering of urban sanitation policies and problems in Kampala. . . . would certainly work well in an undergraduate course." * American Anthropologist *"Evocative with a skilful poetic style. . . . Waste Worlds offers a way to think about waste that humanises waste workers and renders the complicated experience of waste for non-elite urban residents." * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface: “Don’t You Have Garbage in Your Country?” Introduction Disposability’s Infrastructure Part I The Authority of Garbage 1. Accumulations of Authority 2. Tear Gas and Trash Trucks 3. Destructive Creation 4. Selfies of the State Part II Away 5. Para-Sites 6. Legalizing Waste 7. Sink and Spill 8. Assembling the Waste Stream 9. Embodied Displacement Part III Racializing Disposability 10. From Natives to Locals 11. Infrastructures of Feeling 12. Developmental Respectability 13. Waste in Time 14. Clean Hearts, Dirty Hands Conclusion Surplus, Embodiment, Displacement, and Contestation Notes Bibliography Index
£80.00
University of California Press Waste Worlds
Book SynopsisUganda's capital, Kampala, is undergoing dramatic urban transformations as its new technocratic government seeks to clean and green the city. Waste Worlds tracks the dynamics of development and disposability unfolding amid struggles over who and what belong in the new Kampala. Garbage materializes these struggles. In the densely inhabited social infrastructures in and around the city's waste streams, people, places, and things become disposable but conditions of disposability are also challenged and undone. Drawing on years of ethnographic research, Jacob Doherty illustrates how waste makes worlds, offering the key intervention that disposability is best understood not existentially, as a condition of social exclusion, but infrastructurally, as a form of injurious social inclusion.Trade Review"By means of the book’s rich ethnographic accounts, Doherty. . . .makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the work that underlies the infrastructures that are so vital to contemporary societies." * Exertions *"An expansive rendering of urban sanitation policies and problems in Kampala. . . . would certainly work well in an undergraduate course." * American Anthropologist *"Evocative with a skilful poetic style. . . . Waste Worlds offers a way to think about waste that humanises waste workers and renders the complicated experience of waste for non-elite urban residents." * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface: “Don’t You Have Garbage in Your Country?” Introduction Disposability’s Infrastructure Part I The Authority of Garbage 1. Accumulations of Authority 2. Tear Gas and Trash Trucks 3. Destructive Creation 4. Selfies of the State Part II Away 5. Para-Sites 6. Legalizing Waste 7. Sink and Spill 8. Assembling the Waste Stream 9. Embodied Displacement Part III Racializing Disposability 10. From Natives to Locals 11. Infrastructures of Feeling 12. Developmental Respectability 13. Waste in Time 14. Clean Hearts, Dirty Hands Conclusion Surplus, Embodiment, Displacement, and Contestation Notes Bibliography Index
£21.25
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas River of Promise River of Peril Politics of Managing the Missouri River
Book SynopsisTakes a comprehensive look at how and why the Missouri River Basin - now with six major dams and hundreds of miles of navigation canals - has become one of the most significantly altered drainage systems in America. The book also looks at the consequences of this.
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