Waste management Books
John Wiley & Sons Inc Solid Waste Technology and Management 2 Volume
Book SynopsisThe collection, transportation and subsequent processing of waste materials is a vast field of study which incorporates technical, social, legal, economic, environmental and regulatory issues. Common waste management practices include landfilling, biological treatment, incineration, and recycling all boasting advantages and disadvantages. Waste management has changed significantly over the past ten years, with an increased focus on integrated waste management and life-cycle assessment (LCA), with the aim of reducing the reliance on landfill with its obvious environmental concerns in favour of greener solutions. With contributions from more than seventy internationally known experts presented in two volumes and backed by the International Waste Working Group and the International Solid Waste Association, detailed chapters cover: Waste Generation and Characterization Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Management Systems Waste Minimization MTrade Review"Written by 40 internationally known experts, and carefully edited for consistency, the book is a balanced account of all aspects of municipal solid waste management, treatment and disposal, and covers both engineering and management aspects with an overarching emphasis on the life-cycle analysis approach." (MyCFO, 28 February 2011)Table of ContentsPreface xi List of Contributors xiii VOLUME 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction toWaste Management 3 Thomas H. Christensen 1.2 Introduction toWaste Engineering 17 Thomas H. Christensen 1.3 Introduction toWaste Economics 29 Hanna Merrild and Thomas H. Christensen 1.4 Introduction toWaste Legislation and Regulation 52 Peter Pagh and Henrik Wejdling 2 WASTE GENERATION AND CHARACTERIZATION 2.1 Waste Characterization: Approaches and Methods 63 Anders Lagerkvist, Holger Ecke and Thomas H. Christensen 2.2 Residential Waste 85 Thomas H. Christensen, Thilde Fruergaard and Yasushi Matsufuji 2.3 Commercial and InstitutionalWaste 97 Thomas H. Christensen and Thilde Fruergaard 2.4 IndustrialWaste 100 Thomas H. Christensen 2.5 Construction and DemolitionWaste 104 Thomas H. Christensen and Lizzi Andersen 3 LCA OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 3.1 LCA inWaste Management: Introduction to Principle and Method 113 Michael Hauschild and Morton A. Barlaz 3.2 Application of LCA inWaste Management 137 Anna Bj¨orklund, G¨oran Finnveden and Liselott Roth 3.3 LCA Modeling of Waste Management Scenarios 161 Thomas H. Christensen, Federico Simion, Davide Tonini and Jacob Møller 4 WASTE MINIMIZATION 4.1 Waste Prevention and Minimization: Concepts, Strategies and Means 183 Stefan Salhofer, Nicole Unger and Bernd Bilitewski 4.2 Waste Prevention and Minimization: Cases 193 Stefan Salhofer and Nicole Unger 5 MATERIAL RECYCLING 5.1 Recycling of Paper and Cardboard 203 Thomas H. Christensen and Anders Damgaard 5.2 Recycling of Glass 211 Thomas H. Christensen and Anders Damgaard 5.3 Recycling of Plastic 220 Thomas H. Christensen and Thilde Fruergaard 5.4 Recycling of Metals 234 Anders Damgaard and Thomas H. Christensen 5.5 Recycling of Construction and DemolitionWaste 243 Thomas H. Christensen and Harpa Birgisdottir 6 COLLECTION 6.1 Waste Collection: Equipment and Vehicles 253 Per Nilsson 6.2 Waste Collection: Systems and Organization 277 Per Nilsson and Thomas H. Christensen 6.3 Source Segregation and Collection of Source-Segregated Waste 296 Thomas H. Christensen and Yasushi Matsufuji 6.4 Waste Transfer Stations 311 Thomas H. Christensen 7 MECHANICAL TREATMENT 7.1 Mechanical Treatment: Unit Processes 321 Bernd Bilitewski 7.2 Mechanical Treatment: Material Recovery Facilities 349 Thomas H. Christensen and Bernd Bilitewski 8 THERMAL TREATMENT 8.1 Incineration: Process and Technology 365 Tore Hulgaard and J¨urgen Vehlow 8.2 Incineration: Flue Gas Cleaning and Emissions 393 J¨urgen Vehlow and Søren Dalager 8.3 Incineration: Mass Balances 421 Søren Dalager and Dieter O. Reimann 8.4 Incineration: Solid Residues 430 Ole Hjelmar, Annette Johnson and Rob Comans 8.5 Incineration: Utilization of Residue in Construction 463 Maria Arm, T. Taylor Eighmy and Thomas H. Christensen 8.6 Incineration: Co-combustion 476 Helmut Rechberger 8.7 Incineration: RDF and SRF – Solid Fuels fromWaste 486 Susanne Rotter 8.8 Pyrolysis and Gasification 502 Thomas Astrup and Bernd Bilitewski VOLUME 2 9 BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT 9.1 Composting: Process 515 Edward Stentiford and Marco de Bertoldi 9.2 Composting: Technology 533 Uta Krogmann, Ina K¨orner and Luis F. Diaz 9.3 Composting: Mass Balances and Product Quality 569 Alessio Boldrin, Thomas H. Christensen, Ina K¨orner and Uta Krogmann 9.4 Anaerobic Digestion: Process 583 Irini Angelidaki and Damien John Batstone 9.5 Anaerobic Digestion: Technology 601 Jes la Cour Jansen 9.6 Anaerobic Digestion: Mass Balances and Products 618 Jacob Møller, Thomas H. Christensen and Jes la Cour Jansen 9.7 Mechanical Biological Treatment 628 Bernd Bilitewski, Christiane Oros and Thomas H. Christensen 9.8 Emerging Biological Technologies: Biofuels and Biochemicals 639 Dimitar Karakashev and Irini Angelidaki 9.9 Use of Compost in Horticulture and Landscaping 651 Morten Carlsbæk 9.10 Utilization of Biologically Treated Organic Waste on Land 665 Peter E. Holm, Lars Stoumann Jensen and Michael J. McLaughlin 10 LANDFILLING 10.1 Landfilling: Concepts and Challenges 685 Thomas H. Christensen, Heijo Scharff and Ole Hjelmar 10.2 Landfilling: Environmental Issues 695 Thomas H. Christensen, Simone Manfredi and Peter Kjeldsen 10.3 Landfilling: Hydrology 709 Peter Kjeldsen and Richard Beaven 10.4 Landfilling: Geotechnology 734 R. Kerry Rowe and Jamie F. VanGulck 10.5 Landfilling: Mineral Waste Landfills 755 Ole Hjelmar and Hans A. van der Sloot 10.6 Landfilling: Reactor Landfills 772 Thomas H. Christensen, Simone Manfredi and Keith Knox 10.7 Landfilling: MBP Waste Landfills 788 Rainer Stegmann 10.8 Landfilling: Bottom Lining and Leachate Collection 800 Thomas H. Christensen, Simone Manfredi, Peter Kjeldsen and Robert B. Wallace 10.9 Landfill Top Covers 830 Charlotte Scheutz and Peter Kjeldsen 10.10 Landfilling: Gas Production, Extraction and Utilization 841 Hans Willumsen and Morton A. Barlaz 10.11 Landfilling: Leachate Treatment 858 Hans-J¨urgen Ehrig and Howard Robinson 10.12 Landfilling: Planning, Siting and Design 898 Roberto Raga, Raffaello Cossu and Anders Lagerkvist 10.13 Landfilling: Operation and Monitoring 914 Nicole D. Berge, Eyad S. Batarseh and Debra R. Reinhart 10.14 Landfill Closure, Aftercare and Final Use 932 Heijo Scharff 11 SPECIAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE 11.1 Healthcare RiskWaste 951 Ole Vennicke Christiansen and Peder Bisbjerg 11.2 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment 960 Marianne Bigum and Thomas H Christensen 11.3 Preservative Treated Wood 971 Ina K¨orner, Jenna Jambeck, Hans Leithoff and Volker Lenz 11.4 Hazardous Waste 982 Joan Maj Nielsen and Jørn Lauridsen 11.5 Other Special Waste 991 Line Brogaard and Thomas H. Christensen Index 1001
£249.26
Bristol University Press Organising Waste in the City
Book SynopsisOrganising waste in the city takes a broad and international approach to the ways in which the issue of waste is framed, and brings together narratives from cities as diverse as Amsterdam, Bristol, Cairo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Managua.Table of ContentsIntroduction: narratives of organizing waste in the city ~ María José Zapata and C. Michael Hall; Part I: Spaces, places and sites of waste in the city; The ecological and environmental significance of urban wastelands and drosscapes ~ C. Michael Hall; The function of urban waste infrastructures as heterotopias of the city: narratives from Gothenburg and Managua ~ María José Zapata; Part II: Global waste discourses and narratives shaping local practices; When clean and green meets the Emerald Isle: contrasting waste governance narratives in Ireland and New Zealand ~ Anna Davies; Waste in translation: global ideas of urban waste management in local practice ~ Patrik Zapata; Part III: Waste governance and management practices; Governance in a bottle ~ Dario Minervini; Hybrid organisations in waste management: public and private organisations in a deregulated market environment ~ Philip Marcel Karré; Waste management companies: critical urban infrastructural services that design the socio-materiality of waste ~ Hervé Corvellec and Johan Hultman; Part IV: Waste and environmental, economic and social justice; Cairo’s contested waste: Zabaleen’s local practices and privatization policies ~ Wael Fahmi and Keith Sutton; Ecomodern discourse and localized narratives: waste policy, community mobilization and governmentality in Ireland ~ Liam Leonard; Waste collection as an environmental justice issue: a case study of a neighbourhood in Bristol, UK ~ Karen Bell and David Sweeting; Conclusions: framing the organizing of waste in the city ~ C. Michael Hall and María José Zapata.
£77.39
John Wiley & Sons What A Waste Global Snapshot to 2050
Book SynopsisPresents national and urban waste management data from around the world, highlighting key trends and the need for urgent action on the pressing global crisis of waste.
£30.56
John Wiley & Sons Recycling of Used LeadAcid Batteries Guidelines
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£31.46
University of Texas Press Resisting Garbage
Book SynopsisResisting Garbage presents a new approach to understanding practices of waste removal and recycling in American cities, one that is grounded in the close observation of case studies while being broadly applicable to many American cities today. Most current waste practices in the United States, Lily Baum Pollans argues, prioritize sanitation and efficiency while allowing limited post-consumer recycling as a way to quell consumers' environmental anxiety. After setting out the contours of this weak recycling waste regime, Pollans zooms in on the very different waste management stories of Seattle and Boston over the last forty years. While Boston's local politics resulted in a waste-export program with minimal recycling, Seattle created new frameworks for thinking about consumption, disposal, and the roles that local governments and ordinary people can play as partners in a project of resource stewardship. By exploring how these two approaches have played out at the national level, ResisTrade ReviewAn excellent analysis of our individual and collective consumptive habits that produce waste. Through her comparison of two different American cities, Pollans offers incisive commentary on the creation of urban wasteways…[Pollans'] work can help us to determine if we are (intentionally or not) acquiescing to the extraction–manufacturing–consumption–waste chain or transgressing and resisting it. * Metropolitics *[Resisting Garbage] is deeply insightful, offering much for planning practitioners, planning scholars, and policymakers to consider. The book offers a cogent and hopeful rationale for planning, citizen participation, and innovative governance even as it remains firm in presenting the dire consequences of the United States’ lackluster performance in municipal recycling efforts and lack of traction in reducing the production of waste...The implications for planning and for rethinking urban wasteways in Pollans’s book are profound and worth reading. * Journal of the American Planning Association *[A] thought-provoking book...a meticulously detailed comparative analysis of waste management policy in two US cities: Boston, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington...By demonstrating contingency and alternative approaches to waste management through vivid case studies and intriguing concepts, Resisting Garbage provides both a practical guide and a theoretical contribution to understanding and reforming harmful wasteways. * H-Environment *Pollans’s book is a robust history of municipal waste policy in Boston and Seattle, with useful policy ideas for those interested in more sustainable urban waste policy. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsList of Acronyms Introduction Chapter 1. The Evolution of America’s Weak Recycling Waste Regime Chapter 2. Non-Planning for Garbage in Boston Chapter 3. Deconstructing Garbage: Radical Reframing in Seattle Chapter 4. Compliant and Defiant Wasteways: Boston and Seattle Within the WRWR Chapter 5. Resisting Garbage Acknowledgments Notes Index
£31.50
University of Massachusetts Press Composting Utopia: Experimental Infrastructures
Book SynopsisNew Yorkers generate millions of tons of trash annually, which, through the magic of infrastructure and one of the largest waste management systems in the world, disappears from city sidewalks each night. Under pressure from environmentalists, activists, policymakers, and industry, the New York City Department of Sanitation started exploring ways to divert organic material from the waste stream, and in 2013, launched its composting pilot program. Drawing on three years of ethnographic fieldwork with community composters and microhaulers in New York City, alongside the rollout of the city’s curbside organics collection system, Composting Utopia describes how local, grassroots organizations intervened in the city’s waste system, enacting change and presenting an alternative vision of the composting city. As Guy Shaffer argues, movement-driven infrastructure projects develop new tools for organizing the world, give young people of color agency over urban design, and promote sustainability and justice.Trade ReviewComposting Utopia offers a fresh critique of neoliberal waste management and examines the tensions between formal and informal composting as straddling the boundary between neoliberal sustainability and transformative sustainability." - Giovanna Di Chiro, professor of environmental studies at Swarthmore College and coeditor of Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science and Social Power"Schaffer is clearly invested in and hopeful about what community infrastructures can do, but with a critical and analytic eye. Based on sound data and with wonderful insight, Composting Utopia is an important contribution to science and technology studies." - Kim Fortun, author of Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders
£72.25
Arcler Education Inc Waste Problems and Management in Developing
Book SynopsisThis book emphasizes the role of humans in waste management in different countries across the globe. We provide a basic understanding of waste management and inherent problems that arise during its execution. We also highlight the solid waste management practices at the municipal level. Some of the introductory concepts inside the premise of waste crisis are given in simple language. A relatively important observation about electronic and hazardous waste management is given so that any reader can easily understand their effects. The impact of the wastes on health is also discussed with examples. This book serves as a guide for managers who are involved in waste management and students across diverse subjects.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Waste Management Chapter 2 Problems with Waste Management Chapter 3 Municipal Solid Waste Management Chapter 4 Waste Crisis Chapter 5 Electronic Waste Management Chapter 6 Hazardous Waste Management Chapter 7 Environment and Health Impacts
£139.20
Arcler Education Inc Integrated Waste Management Approaches for Food
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the concept of managing waste in an integrated environment. We attempted to explain waste management practices in the field of agriculture and related fields. A special focus on farm waste management is made to involve stakeholders, by and large. The concepts governing product recovery are emphasized. Food waste management is also explained with appropriate examples. Some of the problems associated with waste management in the food sector are also explained. This book serves as a tool for students who are interested in learning waste management.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Integrated Waste Management Chapter 2 Agriculture Waste Management Chapter 3 Farm Waste Management Chapter 4 Product Recovery Chapter 5 Sustainable Food Waste Management Chapter 6 Food Waste Management in Industries Chapter 7 Challenges in Waste Management
£139.20
Emerald Publishing Limited Community Campaigns for Sustainable Living:
Book SynopsisThis book is based on research and observations undertaken for the author's PhD thesis at the National University of Ireland, and represents a case study of national and regional campaigns against both the Irish state's Regional Waste Management Plans and the corporate sector's attempts to develop waste incinerators or dumps in various parts of Ireland. This book provides an in depth account of the mobilizing patterns and framing processes of community campaigns which emerged in the wake of the Irish state's introduction of regional plans for waste management, which included plans for municipal 'waste to energy' plants or incinerators. It is the only book with a sole focus on this aspect of Irish society during the 'Celtic Tiger' boom which preceded the current economic downturn, and examines policy, population, development social issues and local and national electoral processes in detail at a time of immense change in the Republic of Ireland. As such, it provides a salient insight into the societal shifts which provide opportunities for social movements to oppose state or corporate plans which may be perceived to have human health or environmental risks associated with them.Table of ContentsAbout the Author. Dedication. Preface. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework: Mobilising Internal Resources and Exploiting External Opportunities. Chapter 3 The Evolution of POS: Economic Growth and the Mobilisation and Framing of Comparative Cases. Chapter 4 Sustainable Development and the State's Waste Policy Framework. Chapter 5 Framing Perspectives on Waste Management: Political Opportunities and Resource Mobilisation in GSE's Case. Chapter 6 The Democratic Deficit Frame. Chapter 7 The Opportunities and Constraints of the Democratic Deficit Frame in the 2002 General Election. Chapter 8 Conclusion of the Study of the GSE Case. Postscript 1: The Galway Water Crisis. Postscript 2: Ecological Modernisation and Irish Environmental Policy. References. Subject Index. Community Campaigns for Sustainable Living: Health, Waste & Protest in Civil Society. Advances in Ecopolitics. Advances in Ecopolitics. Copyright page. Newspaper and Media Sources, and Interviews. Author Index.
£96.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Waste Management and the Green Economy: Law and
Book SynopsisCan waste become a profitable business rather than a costly problem, creating green business opportunities and green jobs while protecting the environment? Might this reduce illegal trade and improper recycling of hazardous wastes by making the legitimate alternatives more attractive? Addressing these questions, this book examines environmentally sound waste management as a driver in the transition to a Green Economy, and discusses how this transition is challenged by technical limitations, weak regulatory environments and lack of financial incentives.This in-depth analysis of the link between waste management and a Green Economy identifies key elements of a solid overarching legal and policy framework that could address these challenges, noting that consistent implementation and enforcement is crucial. It complements its examination of the legal and policy issues with contributions on technical and economic aspects, taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of the problem, and offers a perspective from Asia, where the challenges of waste management as well as the possible opportunities are particularly significant.With interdisciplinary authorship and contributions drawn from academia and practice, this book will be a timely resource for academics and practitioners in the areas of law, policy and economics. It will also provide insights for civil servants engaged in waste policy and related areas, private sector operators engaged in waste management and sustainable development, and non-governmental organizations engaged in environmental protection and poverty reduction efforts.Contributors include: J. Baumgartner, M. Grosz, T. Hardman Reis, K. Kummer Peiry, J. Li, J. North, P. Portas, R. Rayfuse, M. Schluep, X. Sun, J. Voïnov Kohler, V. Weick, B. Zhu, A. ZieglerTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Andreas R. Ziegler, Katharina Kummer Peiry and Jorun Baumgartner PART I RESOURCE AND ENERGY RECOVERY FROM WASTES IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY 1 Principles of International Environmental Law Applicable to Waste Management Rosemary Rayfuse 2. Waste and International Law: Towards a Resource-based Approach? Tarcísio Hardman Reis 3. Recycling and Resource Recovery under the Basel Convention: Historical Analysis and Outlook Pierre Portas 4. A Paradigm Shift under the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes Juliette Voïnov Kohler 5. Transboundary Movements of Wastes and End-of-Life Goods under WTO Law Mirina Grosz PART 2: GREENING THE ECONOMY THROUGH WASTE MANAGEMENT 6. Green Economy and Sustainable Development Vera Weick 7. Resource Recovery from Electric and Electronic Waste Mathias Schluep 8. Landfill Gas-to-Energy as a Contribution to Greenhouse Gas Reduction Jessica North 9. Opportunities for Economically and Environmentally Sound Energy and Resource Recovery in Asia Jinhui Li, Xiaofei Sun and Baoli Zhu Conclusions Katharina Kummer Peiry, Andreas R. Ziegler and Jorun Baumgartner Index
£104.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Waste Policy: International Regulation,
Book SynopsisGenerating waste is a human condition. There is, however, very little real knowledge about this important issue, as the mishandling of wastes threatens lives and the environment. Therefore, I strongly recommend Professor Gillespie's book, as it is an in-depth, extremely competent holistic overview of waste which covers both its management, and its economic impact. The language is accessible to all interested in these issues, and the book gives a unique insight into waste policy, with great attention to detail that showcases Gillespie's vast knowledge in all environmental matters.'- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University of London, UK'Nature knows no waste, only humans do. The modern industrial world seems to have forgotten that natural and human systems are inextricably linked. Waste has been externalized causing huge environmental, economic and social costs. This book aims for reversing the trend. Taking a comparative and contextual perspective, Gillespie shows how smart policies can lead to minimizing waste and to creating material flows consistent with ecological flows. An important book, rich in detail, very accessible and with a powerful message.'- Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, New ZealandFrom human waste to nuclear waste, the question of how we must manage what we no longer want, in terms of either recycling or disposal, is one of the most pressing issues in environmental law. Alexander Gillespie addresses the gaps in previous literature by incorporating economics, philosophy and the ideal of sustainable development in order to provide context to the surrounding legal and policy considerations for the management of waste.The book's premise is that all forms of waste are expanding exponentially, and are often of a hazardous nature. The author examines the size of the problem, considers how it is evolving, and assesses the legal and political implications. He then shows that existing solutions to reducing consumption and recycling are limited, and concludes by discussing potential ways forward.Students and scholars with an interest in environmental law at the national, regional and international level will find this book to be of use. The book will also be of interest to practitioners looking to solve the issues surrounding waste and recycling.Trade Review‘Generating waste is a human condition. There is, however, very little real knowledge about this important issue, as the mishandling of wastes threatens lives and the environment. Therefore, I strongly recommend Professor Gillespie's book, as it is an in-depth, extremely competent holistic overview of waste which covers both its management, and its economic impact. The language is accessible to all interested in these issues, and the book gives a unique insight into waste policy, with great attention to detail that showcases Gillespie's vast knowledge in all environmental matters.‘ -- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University of London, UK‘Nature knows no waste, only humans do. The modern industrial world seems to have forgotten that natural and human systems are inextricably linked. Waste has been externalized causing huge environmental, economic and social costs. This book aims for reversing the trend. Taking a comparative and contextual perspective, Gillespie shows how smart policies can lead to minimizing waste and to creating material flows consistent with ecological flows. An important book, rich in detail, very accessible and with a powerful message.’ -- Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland, New Zealand‘Edward Elgar Publishing is once again to be congratulated for raising another contemporary subject which involves us all: this time it is how we should deal with the subject of waste with the publication of Waste Policy which all environmentalists will find absorbing reading.’ -- The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Five Certainties on Waste 3. The Waste Hierarchy 4. Recycling 5. Disposal into the Air 6. Disposal into the Land 7. Disposal into the Ocean 8. Human Waste 9. Nuclear Waste 10. Conclusion Index
£94.00
Kogan Page Ltd Global Waste Management: Models for Tackling the
Book SynopsisWINNER: 2020 International Solid Waste Association Publication Award Among other factors, rapid global population growth, our development model and patterns of production and consumption have increased waste generation worldwide to unsustainable rates. This rise has led to crises in many countries where waste management practices are no longer sound. Global Waste Management outlines the emerging global waste crisis considering the perspectives of developed and developing countries around the world and the international relationships between them. This book provides an ecological viewpoint as well as studying these problems from a legal and justice standpoint. Global Waste Management contextualises the problems faced when dealing with waste including the causes and origins. Focus is given to cross border waste transfer, as an ongoing and controversial practice, making waste management a global matter. This book scrutinizes existing international, European and Brazilian regulation on waste to highlight the complexity of the subject and the weaknesses of the law. Using a critical and socio-ecological approach, the book proposes an original model of governance to support a new system of global waste management that takes into account ecological sustainability and social justice to overcome the waste crisis. To create these models, a theoretical framework on socio-ecological justice is developed and combined with different discourses and theories described throughout the book. This is the essential guide to understanding the global waste crisis and the future of waste management.Trade Review"The book provides a brilliant description of the mechanisms behind the waste crisis, one of the biggest challenges for creating a more sustainable future. Kamila Pope offers a sharp analysis of how we arrived in this situation and shows how adequate governance could lead us out of it. A paradigm shift in the current dominant economic model and legal order for the use of a more systemic view is wisely proposed. This is an essential read for all working in sustainability issues and environmental policy." * Dr. Michelle Bonatti, Deputy Head, Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries Dept, Leibniz Agricultural Landscape Research Center *"The issue of global waste management is ripe with challenges of social-ecological justice. This applies to national jurisdictions, but increasingly so to cross-border waste transfers to the Global South. This book casts a sharp eye on the striking absence of systemic legal control instruments. Against this backdrop, Kamila Pope suggests the creation of international regulation oriented towards ecological integrity and dignity of life in an intra- and inter-generational perspective. This book is an alert of a global problem and a handbook for its solution; a must-read for decision-makers and scholars alike." * Christina Voigt, Professor of International Law, University of Oslo *"This timely book shows depth and urgency of the global waste crisis and critiques the liberal, anthropocentric model underpinning current waste management. It makes a well-reasoned case for laws based on eco-centric ethics. Indeed, nothing short of a paradigmatic shift to ecological law and governance is needed to solve the problem of waste and, for that matter, of disintegrating Earth systems (climate, oceans, biodiversity)." * Klaus Bosselmann, Chair, Ecological Law and Governance Association, Professor, University of Auckland *"International trade of substances and objects which are not anymore, or never were, interesting for the owner, is a phenomenon which deserves scientific attention and critical analysis. Following an exhaustive research, Kamila Pope went beyond the mere legal approach in the framework of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and has presented a multidisciplinary approach to the global problem of waste management. The visualising data methods included in the book enhance effective communication and contribute to a thorough understanding of the main central message of the book: the equity or inequity of international relations among world regions, as a consequence of waste management options. Global Waste Management can help change the mindset of those who are concerned with the effects of current production and consumption patterns and waste management system between the so called Global North and Global South Regions. Kamila Pope's book provides clear insights on the best waste management options necessary to trigger a shift from a linear economy based on a throwaway society, towards a new circular economy paradigm, based on a frugal, responsible and more sustainable society." * Alexandra Aragão, Professor of Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra *"This is a book worthy to read because it brings a fresh perspective to a long-standing problem, the continuously but silently increasing waste crisis. Adopting the socio-ecological perspective and digging deeper to material flow analysis, urban metabolism and environmental justice narratives, the book not only presents the on-going waste crisis but documents the need for a systemic shift towards a new scientific paradigm that will start from governance. The need for a new global governance pattern that will include not only waste but mainly material flows is one of the key-elements of the systemic shift required and its necessity is one of the most important outcomes of this book. I also believe that the book includes valuable suggestions that bridge the gap between the mainstream circular economy discussion and the role of waste management. I strongly suggest this book to any professional, researcher or decision-maker that deals with waste management, especially to the ones that are looking for a fresh perspective and are dealing with global waste flows." * Antonis Mavropoulos, President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) *"This original and far-ranging book shows the reader how waste is both a problem of justice and a legal challenge, especially as it crosses national boundaries from the Global North to the Global South. Pope offers careful insights into the critical case of Brazil while never losing sight of how it fits into larger patterns of the global waste management system. Highly recommended!" * Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) *"Kamila Pope's Global Waste Management is absolutely a timely book on the subject of international waste challenge and governance. I believe that Chinese policymakers, researchers and citizens will find this book thoughtful and helpful for three reasons. Firstly, the book focuses on the hot issue of cross-border waste transfer which China has been fighting against. Secondly, the book develops a theoretical framework which combines social justice and ecological sustainability and calls for a paradigm shift in this field. Thirdly, the book proposes a new model of global waste governance which would help to tackle the international waste crisis more reasonably and effectively." * Zhu Dajian, Professor and Director, Institute of Sustainable Development and Governance, Tongji University *"Thought-provoking and altruistic, this book provides a fascinating angle addressing the waste management debacles and the so-called 'waste emergencies' that are encountered by many countries to date. In this highly researched book, Dr. Pope provides her insights and models to deal with the waste crisis, which is highly critical in recent times. She supports the theory that waste is a justice problem, which is spot on and yet often neglected in the mainstream schools of thought. It is well known that there are recurrent trans-boundary movement of hazardous and other wastes, and while the typical discourses are usually revolving around the technical matters, this book delves deeper to understand the root of the waste problem. As such, it is a quintessential reference for researchers, students, government officials, and consultants working in the waste sector all around the world. The knowledge gained from the book may provide a base for critical thinking to deal with the waste issues in the readers' respective countries." * Dr. Aretha Aprilia, Environmental Specialist, CDM Smith Europe GmbH, Jakarta, Indonesia *"I first read work written by Kamila Pope in 2017, when she wrote a book on Planned Obsolescence. It was highly informative and became a required reading for my environmental law students. I approached this new book, on Global Waste Management, with the same high expectation especially since waste management is now a thorn in the flesh for national and global policy makers. Kamila explores the problem of global waste and examines the enduring challenge of waste management whereas our production seems are designed to generate continuous waste flows. With in-depth skill and evident knowledge, the author provides possible models that could help policy makers. She also discusses important tools such as the management of materials flows, which embraces prevention of waste generation in the first place, as the most effective way to avoid waste at all. Clearly, Dr. Kamila Pope is an authority in this field, and through this book, has provided valuable conceptual and practical solutions that will remain relevant for a long time. It is a text I highly recommend to students of environmental law, policy, management or governance; as well as academics and practitioners concerned with waste management across the world." * Dr. Robert Kibugi, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: The socio-ecological problem of waste; Chapter - 01: The waste crisis – origins and causes; Chapter - 02: Waste as a problem of justice; Chapter - 03: Models to overcome the waste crisis; Section - TWO: A new waste management system for a sustainable and just future; Chapter - 04: Waste as a legal problem; Chapter - 05: Legal regulation of cross-border waste transfer; Chapter - 06: Global governance and the management of waste; Chapter - 07: Conclusion; Chapter - 08: References and further reading; Chapter - 09: Index
£49.39
Kogan Page Ltd Global Waste Management: Models for Tackling the
Book SynopsisWINNER: 2020 International Solid Waste Association Publication Award Among other factors, rapid global population growth, our development model and patterns of production and consumption have increased waste generation worldwide to unsustainable rates. This rise has led to crises in many countries where waste management practices are no longer sound. Global Waste Management outlines the emerging global waste crisis considering the perspectives of developed and developing countries around the world and the international relationships between them. This book provides an ecological viewpoint as well as studying these problems from a legal and justice standpoint. Global Waste Management contextualises the problems faced when dealing with waste including the causes and origins. Focus is given to cross border waste transfer, as an ongoing and controversial practice, making waste management a global matter. This book scrutinizes existing international, European and Brazilian regulation on waste to highlight the complexity of the subject and the weaknesses of the law. Using a critical and socio-ecological approach, the book proposes an original model of governance to support a new system of global waste management that takes into account ecological sustainability and social justice to overcome the waste crisis. To create these models, a theoretical framework on socio-ecological justice is developed and combined with different discourses and theories described throughout the book. This is the essential guide to understanding the global waste crisis and the future of waste management.Trade Review"The book provides a brilliant description of the mechanisms behind the waste crisis, one of the biggest challenges for creating a more sustainable future. Kamila Pope offers a sharp analysis of how we arrived in this situation and shows how adequate governance could lead us out of it. A paradigm shift in the current dominant economic model and legal order for the use of a more systemic view is wisely proposed. This is an essential read for all working in sustainability issues and environmental policy." * Dr. Michelle Bonatti, Deputy Head, Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries Dept, Leibniz Agricultural Landscape Research Center *"The issue of global waste management is ripe with challenges of social-ecological justice. This applies to national jurisdictions, but increasingly so to cross-border waste transfers to the Global South. This book casts a sharp eye on the striking absence of systemic legal control instruments. Against this backdrop, Kamila Pope suggests the creation of international regulation oriented towards ecological integrity and dignity of life in an intra- and inter-generational perspective. This book is an alert of a global problem and a handbook for its solution; a must-read for decision-makers and scholars alike." * Christina Voigt, Professor of International Law, University of Oslo *"This timely book shows depth and urgency of the global waste crisis and critiques the liberal, anthropocentric model underpinning current waste management. It makes a well-reasoned case for laws based on eco-centric ethics. Indeed, nothing short of a paradigmatic shift to ecological law and governance is needed to solve the problem of waste and, for that matter, of disintegrating Earth systems (climate, oceans, biodiversity)." * Klaus Bosselmann, Chair, Ecological Law and Governance Association, Professor, University of Auckland *"International trade of substances and objects which are not anymore, or never were, interesting for the owner, is a phenomenon which deserves scientific attention and critical analysis. Following an exhaustive research, Kamila Pope went beyond the mere legal approach in the framework of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and has presented a multidisciplinary approach to the global problem of waste management. The visualising data methods included in the book enhance effective communication and contribute to a thorough understanding of the main central message of the book: the equity or inequity of international relations among world regions, as a consequence of waste management options. Global Waste Management can help change the mindset of those who are concerned with the effects of current production and consumption patterns and waste management system between the so called Global North and Global South Regions. Kamila Pope's book provides clear insights on the best waste management options necessary to trigger a shift from a linear economy based on a throwaway society, towards a new circular economy paradigm, based on a frugal, responsible and more sustainable society." * Alexandra Aragão, Professor of Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra *"This is a book worthy to read because it brings a fresh perspective to a long-standing problem, the continuously but silently increasing waste crisis. Adopting the socio-ecological perspective and digging deeper to material flow analysis, urban metabolism and environmental justice narratives, the book not only presents the on-going waste crisis but documents the need for a systemic shift towards a new scientific paradigm that will start from governance. The need for a new global governance pattern that will include not only waste but mainly material flows is one of the key-elements of the systemic shift required and its necessity is one of the most important outcomes of this book. I also believe that the book includes valuable suggestions that bridge the gap between the mainstream circular economy discussion and the role of waste management. I strongly suggest this book to any professional, researcher or decision-maker that deals with waste management, especially to the ones that are looking for a fresh perspective and are dealing with global waste flows." * Antonis Mavropoulos, President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) *"This original and far-ranging book shows the reader how waste is both a problem of justice and a legal challenge, especially as it crosses national boundaries from the Global North to the Global South. Pope offers careful insights into the critical case of Brazil while never losing sight of how it fits into larger patterns of the global waste management system. Highly recommended!" * Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) *"Kamila Pope's Global Waste Management is absolutely a timely book on the subject of international waste challenge and governance. I believe that Chinese policymakers, researchers and citizens will find this book thoughtful and helpful for three reasons. Firstly, the book focuses on the hot issue of cross-border waste transfer which China has been fighting against. Secondly, the book develops a theoretical framework which combines social justice and ecological sustainability and calls for a paradigm shift in this field. Thirdly, the book proposes a new model of global waste governance which would help to tackle the international waste crisis more reasonably and effectively." * Zhu Dajian, Professor and Director, Institute of Sustainable Development and Governance, Tongji University *"Thought-provoking and altruistic, this book provides a fascinating angle addressing the waste management debacles and the so-called 'waste emergencies' that are encountered by many countries to date. In this highly researched book, Dr. Pope provides her insights and models to deal with the waste crisis, which is highly critical in recent times. She supports the theory that waste is a justice problem, which is spot on and yet often neglected in the mainstream schools of thought. It is well known that there are recurrent trans-boundary movement of hazardous and other wastes, and while the typical discourses are usually revolving around the technical matters, this book delves deeper to understand the root of the waste problem. As such, it is a quintessential reference for researchers, students, government officials, and consultants working in the waste sector all around the world. The knowledge gained from the book may provide a base for critical thinking to deal with the waste issues in the readers' respective countries." * Dr. Aretha Aprilia, Environmental Specialist, CDM Smith Europe GmbH, Jakarta, Indonesia *"I first read work written by Kamila Pope in 2017, when she wrote a book on Planned Obsolescence. It was highly informative and became a required reading for my environmental law students. I approached this new book, on Global Waste Management, with the same high expectation especially since waste management is now a thorn in the flesh for national and global policy makers. Kamila explores the problem of global waste and examines the enduring challenge of waste management whereas our production seems are designed to generate continuous waste flows. With in-depth skill and evident knowledge, the author provides possible models that could help policy makers. She also discusses important tools such as the management of materials flows, which embraces prevention of waste generation in the first place, as the most effective way to avoid waste at all. Clearly, Dr. Kamila Pope is an authority in this field, and through this book, has provided valuable conceptual and practical solutions that will remain relevant for a long time. It is a text I highly recommend to students of environmental law, policy, management or governance; as well as academics and practitioners concerned with waste management across the world." * Dr. Robert Kibugi, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: The socio-ecological problem of waste; Chapter - 01: The waste crisis – origins and causes; Chapter - 02: Waste as a problem of justice; Chapter - 03: Models to overcome the waste crisis; Section - TWO: A new waste management system for a sustainable and just future; Chapter - 04: Waste as a legal problem; Chapter - 05: Legal regulation of cross-border waste transfer; Chapter - 06: Global governance and the management of waste; Chapter - 07: Conclusion; Chapter - 08: References and further reading; Chapter - 09: Index
£148.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Waste Management and Planning
Book SynopsisWaste Management and Planning presents a comprehensive selection of leading papers covering four main aspects of waste management: the waste problem, evaluation of waste management options, economic instruments and legislation and policy. Part I examines the technical aspects of waste management, such as waste generation, composition, management options and technologies. Part II discusses the evaluation of waste management options and includes papers on lifecycle assessment, multicriteria evaluation, and economic assessments. Part III focuses on economic instruments, packing policies, virgin material taxes and unit pricing. Part IV includes papers on public participation, waste facility siting and waste policy and legislation in the US, Europe and Tanzania.This volume will be an invaluable source of reference for waste management students and practitioners, and environmentalists, students and all those interested in waste management issues.Trade Review'This book presents an overview of many relatively recent developments in the research around waste management and planning, including waste prevention and recycling. As such it presents a good introduction to students or new researchers in the field, and helps to determine directions for their research. It is also a suitable reference book for people in the field . . . the book contains a nice overview of important directions in waste management from a wide geographic and disciplinary background. It will benefit students in the field and may be helpful to select reading material for students. It may also provide policymakers with information on scientific research from a diverse background in an easy to access format.' -- Ernst Worrell, Resources, Conservation and RecyclingTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Waste Management: Technology, Economics and Policy Jane C. Powell PART I THE WASTE PROBLEM: TECHNOLOGICAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS 1. E. Daskalopoulos, O. Badr and S.D. Probert (1998), ‘Municipal Solid Waste: A Prediction Methodology for the Generation Rate and Composition in the European Union Countries and the United States of America’ 2. Otto M. Poulsen, Niels O. Breum, Niels Ebbehøj, Åse Marie Hansen, Ulla I. Ivens, Duco van Lelieveld, Per Malmros, Leo Matthiasen, Birgitte H. Nielsen, Eva Møller Nielsen, Bente Schibye, Torsten Skov, Eva I. Stenbaek, Ken C. Wilkins (1995), ‘Sorting and Recycling of Domestic Waste. Review of Occupational Health Problems and their Possible Causes’ 3. M. Renkow and A.R. Rubin (1998), ‘Does Municipal Solid Waste Composting Make Economic Sense?’ 4. K. Westlake (1997), ‘Sustainable Landfill – Possibility or Pipe-dream?’ 5. H.A. Abu Qdais, M.F Hamoda and J. Newham (1997), ‘Analysis of Residential Solid Waste at Generation Sites’ 6. Katrina Smith Korfmacher (1997), ‘Solid Waste Collection Systems in Developing Urban Areas of South Africa: An Overview and Case Study’ 7. M.E. Kaseva and S.K. Gupta (1996), ‘Recycling – An Environmentally Friendly and Income Generating Activity Towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management. Case Study – Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania’ 8. Shuchi Gupta, Krishna Mohan, Rajkumar Prasad, Sujata Gupta and Arun Kansal (1998), ‘Solid Waste Management in India: Options and Opportunities’ 9. Carl R. Bartone and Livia Benavides (1997), ‘Local Management of Hazardous Wastes from Small-scale and Cottage Industries’ PART II EVALUATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS 10. Alan Barrett and John Lawlor (1997), ‘Questioning the Waste Hierarchy: The Case of a Region with a Low Population Density’ 11. K.D. Barlishen and B.W. Baetz (1996), ‘Development of a Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems Planning’ 12. R.K. Turner (1992), ‘Municipal Solid Waste Management: An Economic Perspective’ 13. Göran Finnveden, Ann-Christine Albertsson, Jaak Berendson, Erik Eriksson, Lars Olof Höglund, Sigbritt Karlsson and Jan-Olov Sundqvist (1996), ‘Solid Waste Treatment Within the Framework of Life-cycle Assessment’ 14. Jane C. Powell, Amelia L. Craighill, Julian P. Parfitt and R. Kerry Turner (1996), ‘A Lifecycle Assessment and Economic Valuation of Recycling’ 15. Iain R. Lake, Ian J. Bateman and Julian P. Parfitt (1996), ‘Assessing a Kerbside Recycling Scheme: A Quantitative and Willingness to Pay Case Study’ 16. Guy Garrod and Ken Willis (1998), ‘Estimating Lost Amenity Due to Landfill Waste Disposal’ 17. Matthew A. Leach, Ausilio Bauen and Nigel J.D. Lucas (1997), ‘A Systems Approach to Materials Flow in Sustainable Cities: A Case Study of Paper’ 18. Jane C. Powell (1996), ‘The Evaluation of Waste Management Options’ 19. Horng-Guang Leu and Sheng H. Lin (1998), ‘Cost–benefit Analysis of Resource Material Recycling’ 20. Shan-Shan Chung and Chi-Sun Poon (1997), ‘Quantifying Externalities in Solid Waste Management in Hong Kong’ PART III ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 21. R.K. Turner, R. Salmons, J. Powell and A. Craighill (1998), ‘Green Taxes, Waste Management and Political Economy’ 22. Marie Lynn Miranda and Joseph E. Aldy (1998), ‘Unit Pricing of Residential Municipal Solid Waste: Lessons from Nine Case Study Communities’ 23. Annegrete Bruvoll (1998), ‘Taxing Virgin Materials: An Approach to Waste Problems’ 24. Karen Palmer, Hilary Sigman and Margaret Walls (1997), ‘The Cost of Reducing Municipal Solid Waste’ 25. Inger Brisson (1994), ‘Life-cycle Management and Economic Instruments’ 26. Ian G. Bailey (1999), ‘Competition, Sustainability and Packaging Policy in the UK’ PART IV WASTE MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION AND POLICY 27. Paulien de Jong and Maarten Wolsink (1997), ‘The Structure of the Dutch Waste Sector and Impediments for Waste Reduction’ 28. Adam D. Read (1999), ‘Making Waste Work: Making UK National Solid Waste Strategy Work at the Local Scale’ 29. Marjorie J. Clarke, Adam D. Read and Paul S. Phillips (1999), ‘Integrated Waste Management Planning and Decision-making in New York City’ 30. J.M. Lusugga Kironde and Michael Yhdego (1997), ‘The Governance of Waste Management in Urban Tanzania: Towards a Community Based Approach’ 31. Dianne Rahm (1998), ‘Controversial Cleanup: Superfund and the Implementation of U.S. Hazardous Waste Policy’ 32. Harvey Alter (1997), ‘Industrial Recycling and the Basel Convention’ 33. Jeffery J. Himmelberger, Samuel J. Ratick and Allen L. White (1991), ‘Compensation for Risks: Host Community Benefits in Siting Locally Unwanted Facilities’ 34. Chris Zeiss and Lianne Lefsrud (1995), ‘Analytical Framework For Waste-facility Siting’ 35. Judith Petts (1997), ‘The Public-expert Interface in Local Waste Management Decisions: Expertise, Credibility and Process’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Regulation and Competitive
Book SynopsisThis study focuses in detail on the environmental compliance/competitiveness relationship with respect to the regulation of packaging waste. An important and innovative feature of the study is its emphasis on backward and forward linkages. An entire supply chain is considered: packaging manufacturers and suppliers, food processors and the food retail sector, to study the competitive effects of environmental standards on manufacturing companies and the vertical links and supply responses. A variety of regulatory regimes is represented by including within the study companies from Germany, Italy, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. While it is of note that the relatively strong regulation in Germany has indeed had effects on company behaviour, there is no evidence that environmental regulations hindered companies from achieving competitive performance.Analyses consider: the response of individual firms to different levels of regulation; the cost of compliance; impact on employment; the influence of the supply chain on environmental and competitive performance; the importance of firm size and ownership; and the impact of regulation on competitiveness, and firm competitiveness on the efficiency of adjustment to regulation.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Relationship Between Environmental Performance and Company Competitiveness 3. Environmental Regulations Relevant to the Sample Sectors 4. The Supply Chain 5. Hypotheses, Research Method, Measurement of Variables and Sample Selection 6. Solid and Liquid Waste and Other Environmental Initiatives Undertaken by Sample Firms 7. Number of Initiatives, Firm and Plant Characteristics 8. Environmental Initiatives, their Drivers and Firm Performance 9. The Resource and Performance Effects of Regulation and External Pressures on Solid Waste Initiatives 10. Waste Costs 11. Waste Costs, Initiatives and Firm and Plant Performance 12. Environmental Regulation, Costs and Company Competitiveness 13. Conclusions Appendices A. Environmental Regulations in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Germany and Italy B. Description of Environmental Initiatives C. Description and Examples of Effects References Index
£126.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The International Yearbook of Environmental and
Book SynopsisThere has been an explosion in the literature and research on environmental and resource economics in recent years. This major annual publication provides a cutting-edge survey of current research by the leading experts in the field. The latest Yearbook includes contributions on: economics and the land use-environment link issues in the economics of water use the economics of residential solid waste management population and the environment subsidiarity, federalism and the environment transboundary pollution and international cooperation environmental valuation and standard economic theory. Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Economics and the Land Use–Environment Link 2. Issues in the Economics of Water Resource 3. The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management 4. Population and Environment 5. Interjurisdictional Competition and Environmental Policy 6. Transboundary Pollution and International Cooperation 7. Environmental Valuations and Standard Theory: Behavioural Findings, Context Dependence and Implications Index
£158.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Household Garbage and Recycling
Book SynopsisThe market for residential solid waste management and disposal has experienced dramatic changes over the past 20 years. This collection of outstanding published research examines these changes and thoroughly analyzes the strategies popularized by municipal governments over the past two decades.Kerbside recycling, unheard of in the 1970s, is currently available to 46% of Americans. Thousands of towns across the nation have also implemented user fees requiring households to pay a fee for every bag of garbage they generate. These policy shifts have attracted the attention of environmental economists interested in knowing the best strategy for managing solid waste. The editors, both long-time scholars of these trends, offer theoretical solutions for the optimal pricing of garbage and recycling collection. They provide original data collection and suggest appropriate econometric techniques that correct for statistical biases. A policy focus provides information relevant to municipal governments as well as researchers.This excellent volume will be useful for policymakers, students and scholars in environmental economics.Trade Review'This is a wide-ranging, careful use of economic analysis to shed light on an important environmental problem. Its value stems not only from its contribution to the specific policy issue it addresses, but also as a broader illustration of how good economic research can inform policy. Readers will be rewarded with a host of intriguing (and sometimes provocative) new insights.' -- From the foreword by Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Tom Tietenberg 1. The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management 2. Garbage, Recycling, and Illicit Burning or Dumping 3. How a Fee Per-Unit Garbage Affects Aggregate Recycling in a Model with Heterogeneous Households 4. Household Responses to Pricing Garbage by the Bag 5. Policies for Green Design 6. Garbage and Recycling with Endogenous Local Policy 7. Explaining Household Demand for the Collection of Solid Waste and Recycling 8. Explaining the Growth in Municipal Recycling Programs: The Role of Market and Nonmarket Factors 9. Environmental Levies and Distortionary Taxation: Comment 10. The Case for a Two-Part Instrument: Presumptive Tax and Environmental Subsidy Index
£99.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Managing Conflict in Facility Siting: An
Book SynopsisThe siting or development of risky facilities, such as nuclear power plants or waste repositories, remains an intractable policy problem for all democratic nations. In this valuable new book, the authors present a comparative study of various siting controversies in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. They argue that devising effective policies for dealing with siting conflicts will require social learning and changes in both institutional design and policy process. This volume studies the issue of siting in the context of a transactions cost framework. It analyses the extent to which the institutional and policy environment can assist in managing siting conflicts, as well as considering the effect of other important factors such as equity, incentive structures, social pressures, alliances, the nature of decision processes and information strategies. By adopting a broad comparative perspective and using international case studies, the authors are able to identify the similarities and differences in siting problems between nations, and the approaches and policies adopted. As well as extending the theoretical and comparative knowledge of siting conflicts, they also help to develop more robust and effective policies for managing and resolving future disputes. This book addresses a growing policy problem confronting all democratic nations. By exploring the lessons to be learned from international siting experiences, it will prove invaluable reading for academics, policymakers, government agencies, NGOs, and other societal interests involved in environmental and siting issues.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Transaction Costs and Institutional Change 2. Siting Hazardous Facilities: Searching for Effective Institutions and Processes 3. Fair Strategies for Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities 4. Mitigation and Benefits Measures as Policy Tools for Siting Potentially Hazardous Facilities: Determinants of Effectiveness and Appropriateness 5. Social Pressure in Siting Conflicts: A Case Study of Siting a Radioactive Waste Repository in Pennsylvania 6. The Limits of Flexible and Adaptive Institutions: The Japanese Government’s Role in Nuclear Power Plant Siting over the Post War Period 7. Implementing Structured Participation for Regional Level Waste Management Planning 8. Communication and Information: Unanticipated Consequences in France’s Underground Laboratory Siting Process 9. Balancing Risks to Nature and Risks to People: The Coode Island/Point Lillias Project in Australia 10. Visions of the Future for Facility Siting Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd THE ECONOMICS OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION: The
Book SynopsisAs communities in the United States and Europe confront shortages of disposal capacity, the growing solid waste stream increasingly threatens the environment.This important new book addresses a major policy question regarding the solid waste crisis: should municipalities charge households user fees for solid waste services? In her study of this issue, Professor Jenkins draws on a unique data set which relates the quantities of waste discarded and the prices charged to households for waste services in nine US communities. She thoroughly analyses the relationship between the quantity of waste that individuals discard and such socio-economic variables as household income, the age of individuals and the population density of the community. In addition she develops a utility maximization model that suggests that user fees do encourage people to recycle waste. Finally she provides simple instructions for forecasting the quantity of waste discarded by a particular community.This unique book will be essential reading not only for social scientists with an interest in the environment but also for government officials and community activists concerned with the solid waste crisis.Trade Review'In this admirable volume Jenkins utilises a unique data set relating to waste generation, composition, and collection in a range of communities in the US, in order to investigate the efficacy of user fees. . . a clearly written and technically competent piece of applied environmental economics, it is to be recommended.' -- R.K. Turner, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsPart 1 Introduction: the problem with the market for solid waste services; the primary purpose of this book; existing research on the Household's Response to User Fees for SWS; factors that affect residential and commercial demand for SWS; characteristic of the data collected; a summary of the empirical results; an outline of this book. Part 2 A review of the literature: the impact of volume-based user fees; the impact of service-level-based user fees and service levels; the impact of income and other socioeconomic variables; population density. part 3 Models of the household and the firm: a model to explain the household's decisions regarding solid waste; a model to explain the firm's decisions regarding household waste. Part 4 The residential and commercial demand equations - some econometric issues: specifications of the empirical model; stacking and aggregating the data; method of estimation. Part 5 A description of the data and details of the empirical model: data related to waste quantities and prices of SWS; the funding of SWS in non-user fee communities; inconsistancies within the quantity data; data related to community characteristics and regional prices; details of the empirical model. Part 6 How waste quantities respond to a user fee for SWS: results of the GLS estimation. Part 7 Tests and respecifications of the empirical model: an annual version of the generalized least squares (GLS) model; a Hausman test for endogeneity of the user fee variables; a test for constant slope coefficients. Part 8 Forecasting waste quantities: forecasting the quantity of residential waste; estimating the welfare gain from a residential user fee; forecasting the quantity of commercial waste; forecasting the sum of residential and commercial waste.
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd accounting for resources, 1: Economy-Wide
Book SynopsisThis innovative book presents new research on the increasingly important need to account for the use of resources, and the dispersion of waste materials. It considers resource accounting both at the process level and at the materials level, and in addition offers policy suggestions for waste and resource accounting.The book opens with an introduction to industrial metabolism and its various implications. It then goes on to examine resource accounting at the national and sectoral level, through the systematic application of the mass-balance principle to estimate materials losses at different stages of the production process. It then examines one cluster of industries (related to chlorine) in greater detail. At the process level the use of chemical process simulation software in the estimation of waste emissions is examined, specifically focusing on cases where emissions data is unavailable or unreliable. Finally it introduces, for the first time, a common single measure for evaluating and comparing process or sectoral resource and waste flows between time periods, between sectors and between regions and nations. This measure is known as exergy, and although not new in itself, it has never before been used systematically for these purposes. In conclusion the author summarizes the main problems of resource and waste accounting and offers some policy recommendations for the implementation of accounting for resources.Accounting for Resources, 1 will be welcomed by environmental managers and scientists, economists, practitioners and government policymakers.Trade Review'This detailed and comprehensive presentation of years of research and thought by the authors, demonstrates that they have made substantial progress towards their goal. This is an important and impressive publication. Important, because it provides the most comprehensive examination of the physical workings of the industrial economy of the United States known to exist. Impressive, because it represents the efforts of only two individuals whose span of technical competence makes them truly unique. The book, which contains both general overview, and detailed technical chapters, has something for everyone with an interest in this subject . . . This book is a major contribution towards understanding what is required to bring our industrial economy into harmony with our environment. To accomplish this, the authors, by their own admission, were required to do considerable detective work. In doing this hard work they have made the task of those who follow considerably easier.' -- Donald G. Rogich, Journal of Industrial EcologyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Background: Industrial Metabolism and Materials Flow Analysis (MFA) 2. Agricultural Industries 3. Forest Industries 4. Extractive Materials: Fuels 5. Extractive Materials: Minerals and Metals 6. Chemical Industry Material Flows and Wastes: Inorganic Chemicals 7. Chemical Industry Material Flows and Wastes: Organic Chemicals 8. Lost Mass, Wastes and Toxic or Hazardous Emissions 9. Counting with Dollars: From Mass-Flow to Input–Output
£102.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Radioactive Waste Management 2000: Challenges,
Book SynopsisThe papers in this volume have been written and brought together by a group of experts, each of whom deals with radioactive waste management on a daily basis, as well as having the deep knowledge and level of expertise that only industry insiders can achieve. Topics covered here include: treatment issues; waste mangement practice; transport and storage; and environment and regulations.Table of ContentsPart 1 Treatment issues: the new Dounreay low-level liquid effluent treatment plan; the disposal of a radioactive cell; technical and operational risk management strategies for the Sellafield Drypac Plant (SDP). Part 2 Waste management practice: radiation inheritance of Russian nuclear fleet and ecological safety problems relating to utilization of nuclear submarines and rehabilitation of other facilities in the Navy; decontamination and waste minimization techniques in nuclear decommissioning; transuranic waste management at Los Alamos National Laboratory; disposition of Russian nuclear submarines - outlines of the concept and implementation problems; management of accumulated operational wastes at BNFL's decommissioning reactor sites. Part 3 Transport and storage: transportation of spent fuel in Japan; engineering considerations associated wtih plant used for storage of intermediate level waste - a regulator's view; the packaging of waste for safe long-term management; independent monitoring of solid low-level radioactive waste disposals in the UK; round robin test for the non-destructive assay of 220 litre radioactive waste packages; the feasibility of surface for high-level waste. Part 4 Environmental and regulation: application of in-line monitoring to waste minimization during soil remediation; contained water management within the Chernobyl "shelter object"; ALARP as applied to high-level waste - the regulatory approach at Sellafield; radiation safety problems arising with damaged nuclear submarines utilization; experience in nuclear decommissioning and waste management; disposal of radioactive waste - a puzzle in four dimensions.
£191.66
Momentum Press Hazardous Waste Management, Volume II: Characterization and Treatment Processes
Book SynopsisThis second volume focuses on treatment technologies that are commonly applied at hazardous waste sites and site characterization. Environmental engineers are responsible for cradle-to-grave handling and management of a hazardous waste. To fulfil this responsibility, a practicing engineer needs to apply their knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations; environmental audits; toxicology; site characterization; and treatment processes to transform the hazardous waste site to a condition where it cannot cause adverse effect to human health and the environment. Volume I of this series covered the regulatory landscape, basic environmental chemistry principles, fate and transport of contaminants, toxicology, and risk assessment. This second volume focuses on treatment technologies that are commonly applied at hazardous waste sites and site characterization. It covers physicochemical processes (air stripping, adsorption, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis), incineration, stabilization and solidification, biological treatment, and land disposal. Numerous solved examples provide a step-by-step approach to apply these technologies in real-life situations. The two volumes combined present a clear roadmap to the reader to integrate these topics in practice.
£38.66
Rutgers University Press Garbage in the Garden State
Book SynopsisGarbage in the Garden State is the only book to examine the history of waste management in New Jersey. The state has played a pioneering role in the overall trajectory of waste management in the US. Howell's book is unique in the way that it places the contemporary challenges of waste management into their proper historical context – for instance, why does the system for recycling seem to work so poorly? Why do we have so many landfills in New Jersey, but also simultaneously not enough landfills or incinerators? Howell acknowledges that New Jersey is sometimes imagined, particularly by non-New Jerseyans, as a giant garbage dump for New York and Philadelphia. But every place has had to struggle with the challenges of waste management. New Jersey's trash history is in fact more interesting and more important than most. New Jersey’s waste history includes intensive planning, deep-seated political conflict, organized crime, and literally every level of state and federal judiciary. It is a colorful history, to say the least, and one that includes a number of firsts with regard to recycling, comprehensive planning, and the challenging economics of trash. Trade Review"Garbage in the Garden State shines a light on a topic that has not received substantial attention. Reinforced by excellent research and an indisputable understanding of waste policy, Howell reveals the Garden State as the center of discussions and debates on the solid waste issue for years and an innovator in a number of ways.” -- Martin V. Melosi * author of The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present *Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Origins of Waste Management Planning in New Jersey 3 Planning, Siting, Operating, and Financing Landfills 4 Recycle or Incinerate? 5 Limits to the System 6 Conclusions and Looking Forward Acknowledgments Notes Index
£107.20
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes Solidification, Second Edition
Book SynopsisSolidification is one of the oldest processes for producing complex shapes for applications ranging from art to industry, and remains as one of the most important commercial processes for many materials. Since the 1980s, numerous fundamental developments in the understanding of solidification processes and microstructure formation have come from both analytical theories and the application of computational techniques using commonly available powerful computers. This book integrates these developments in a comprehensive volume that also presents and places them in the context of more classical theories. This second edition highlights the key concepts within each chapter to help guide the reader through the most important aspects of the topics. The figures are now in color, in order to improve the visualization of phenomena and concepts. Recent important developments in the field since the first edition was published have also been added. The three-part text is aimed at graduate and professional engineers. The first part, Fundamentals and Macroscale Phenomena, presents the thermodynamics of solutions and then builds on that subject to motivate and describe equilibrium phase diagrams. Transport phenomena are discussed next, focusing on the issues of most importance to liquid-solid phase transformations, then moving on to describing in detail both analytical and numerical approaches to solving such problems. The second part, Microstructure, employs these fundamental concepts for the treatment of nucleation, dendritic growth, microsegregation, eutectic and peritectic solidification, and microstructure competition. This part concludes with a chapter describing the coupling of macro- and microscopic phenomena in microstructure development. The third and final part describes various types of Defects that may occur, with emphasis on porosity, hot tearing and macrosegregation, presented using the modeling tools and microstructure descriptions developed earlier.Table of ContentsOverview Introduction Solidification processes References PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS AND MACROSCALE PHENOMENA Thermodynamics Introduction Thermodynamics of unary systems Binary alloys Departure from equilibrium Exercises References Phase diagrams Motivation Binary systems Ternary systems Exercises References Balance Equations Introduction Mass balance Momentum balance Energy balance Solute balance in multicomponent systems Scaling Exercises References Analytical solutions for solidification Introduction Solidification in a superheated melt Solidification in an undercooled melt The effect of curvature Exercises References Numerical methods for solidification Introduction Heat conduction without phase change Heat conduction with phase change Fluid flow Optimization and inverse methods Exercises References PART II MICROSTRUCTURE Nucleation Introduction Homogeneous nucleation Heterogeneous nucleation Mechanisms for grain refinement Exercises References Dendritic growth Introduction Free growth Constrained growth Growth of a needle crystal Convection and dendritic growth Phase-field methods Exercises References Eutectics, peritectics and microstructure selection Introduction Eutectics Peritectics Phase selection and coupled zone Exercises References Microsegregation and homogenization Introduction 1-D microsegregation models for binary alloys Homogenization and solution treatment Multicomponent alloys Exercises References Macro- and microstructures Introduction Equiaxed grains growing in a uniform temperature field Grains nucleating and growing in a thermal gradient Columnar grains Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition Micro-macroscopic models Exercises References PART III DEFECTS Porosity Introduction Governing equations Interdendritic fluid flow and pressure drop Thermodynamics of gases in solution Nucleation and growth of pores Boundary conditions Application of the concepts Exercises References Deformation during solidification and hot tearing Introduction Thermomechanics of castings Deformation of the mushy zone Hot tearing Hot tearing criteria and models Exercises References Macrosegregation Introduction Macrosegregation during planar front solidification Composition field and governing equations Macrosegregation induced by solidification shrinkage Macrosegragation induced by fluid flow Macrosegregation induced by solid movement Exercises References
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Treatment and Disposal of Solid and Hazardous
Book SynopsisInterest in solid and hazardous waste management is relatively recent, i.e., in the last three decades, and is driven by regulations in most countries. It began with industrial hazardous waste followed by municipal solid waste, and subsequently by many other categories of waste.This book presents numerous examples and case studies of innovative tools, treatment methods and applications in this growing area of research and development. It describes in detail laboratory methods of measuring the biodegradation of specific organic fractions, like floral waste, and also discusses the treatment of yard and food waste by anaerobic digestion and landfill leachate using constructed wetlands. Case studies are provided that show how remote sensing (RS) and GIS were used to develop an integrated solid waste management plan for a city and to evaluate the environmental impacts of stone quarrying activities.The book also features chapters discussing the implications of natural radioactivity in beach placers and their impact on groundwater and other parts of the environment, as well as the twelve principles of green chemistry and their application in the reuse and recycling of solid waste. Moreover, it includes examples of waste to energy, like refuse derived fuel and biofuel generation and an evaluation of their potential, and covers topics such as life cycle assessment as a tool for developing integrated solid waste management systems and an overview of municipal solid waste management rules, illustrating the importance of technological inputs in the development of regulatory frameworks.Written by leading practitioners and scholars in the field, the book enables readers to understand and apply these principles and practices in their endeavours.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Remediation of Heavy Metals
Book SynopsisThe book presents recent remediation techniques for heavy metal contamination in wastewater, with a focus on recently-developed and sustainable materials such as metal oxides and their composites, two-dimensional materials, organic-inorganic ion exchange materials, nanomaterials, bagasse, and olive-oil waste chelating materials. Chapters also describe the analysis of heavy metals, membranes for water treatment, sources and impact of heavy metals and opportunities and challenges in heavy metal remediation.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Analytical methods for the determination of heavy metals in water Mauricio Llaver, María N. Oviedo, Pamela Y. Quintas, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud Chapter 2 Olive-oil waste for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater M.A. Martín-Lara, M.J. Muñoz-Batista, G. Blázquez, A. Pérez, M. Calero Chapter 3 Metal oxide composites for heavy metal ions removal Safoura Daneshfozoun, Anum Tahir, Zaman Tahir, Awais Ali Aslam, Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Mohd Azmuddin Abdullah Chapter 4 Two-dimensional materials for heavy metal removal Siyuan Luo, Hong Chen Chapter 5 Membranes for heavy metals removal Luciano Marder, Tatiane Benvenuti, Alexandre Giacobbo, Marco Antônio Siqueira Rodrigues, Jane Zoppas Ferreira, and Andréa Moura Bernardes Chapter 6 Metal oxides for removal of heavy metal ions Trishamoni Kashyap1, Biswajit Choudhury Chapter 7 Organic-Inorganic Ion Exchange Materials for Heavy Metal Removal from Water Mesut Yılmazoğlu Chapter 8 Low-cost technology for heavy metal cleaning from water Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Zaman Tahir, Masoom Fatima, Sadaful Hassan, Zulfiqar Ali, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Mohd. Azmuddin Abdullah Chapter 9 Use of nanomaterials for heavy metal remediation Wojciech Stawiński, Katarzyna Wal, Kamila Startek Chapter 10 Ecoengineered approaches for the remediation of polluted river ecosystems Shabnam Shaikh, Kunal R. Jain, Datta Madamwar, Chirayu Desai Chapter 11 Ballast water definition, components, aquatic invasive species, control and management and treatment technologies Mohamed A. Hassaan and Ahmed El Nemr Chapter 12 Source, pollution and remediation of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium from industrial, mining effluents Aliya Naz; Abhiroop Chowdhury; Brijesh Kumar Mishra Chapter 13 Pesticides in Drinking Water and Removal Techniques Jagvir Singh and Anuradha Chapter 14 Opportunities and challenges in heavy metal removal from water Mriganka Sekhar Manna and Chanchal Bhaumik Chapter 15 Modification of Bagasse for Heavy Metal Removal form Water Radwa A. El-Salamony Chapter 16 Chelating materials for the removal of heavy metals from water Pamela Y. Quintas, Emiliano F. Fiorentini, Leticia B. Escudero Chapter 17 Sources of heavy metals pollution Vhahangwele Masindi, Philani Mkhonza, Memory Teker
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Secret Life of Chemicals
Book SynopsisThis book provides extensive information on the chemicals that inhabit our environment, our food, our water and our air and the impact that they may be having on human health. The author is a medical scientist, with training in the law. The book documents current understanding about pesticides in food, the plastics revolution, toxic metals, air, water and electronic waste pollutants, chemical exposure in the workplace, radiation pollutants, chemical exposure and hearing loss, how our bodies deal with chemicals, genetic variability and the risk of disease, the effect of chemicals on genes, mitochondria and the immune system and what we can do about it all. Industrialisation has resulted in many thousands of chemicals, which are being continuously developed and often escaping from where they are used into our human environment, without us really knowing enough about them. In high dosages or with continuous small dosage, the evidence suggests, that many of them could interfere with human health and some of them are known to be doing so. But for the vast majority, we are left wondering whether some could be responsible for some diseases the causes of which are inadequately understood. Every chapter is thoroughly reinforced with several pages of references from the peer-reviewed literature.Table of ContentsPreface: Julian Cribb, FRSA FTSE Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: Pesticides in our food Chapter 3. The plastics revolution Chapter 4. Toxic metals Chapter 5. The Indestructibles Chapter 6. Air pollutants Chapter 7. Chemicals from paper manufacture and use Chapter 8. Chemical exposure in the workplace Chapter 9. Fluorocarbons Chapter 10: Radiation Chapter 11. How do our bodies deal with chemicals? Chapter 12: Genetic variability and the risk of disease – the advantages and disadvantages of being different Chapter 13. Environmental chemicals and our genes Chapter 14. Environmental chemicals and mitochondria Chapter 15. Environmental chemicals and our immune system Chapter 16: Just because the amounts are small, does it mean they are safe? Chapter 17. What can we do for a better future?
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Technologies and Drivers for Managing Plastic Solid Waste in Developing Economies
Book SynopsisThis book discusses sustainable waste management technologies for managing end-of-life (EoL) post-consumer and packaging plastic solid waste (PSW) from domestic and commercial waste streams. It does so particularly in the context of providing a way forward for developing economies.Treating recycling and composting of, and energy recovery from, plastics, the book is directed at individuals who are responsible for or have a significant role in solid waste management. Academics and students in solid waste management pursuing research or study in solid waste management with particular interest in plastics will find this book useful. Sustainable options for managing PSW are presented with reference to the scientific, engineering, and management standpoints to enable decision makers and relevant stakeholders in industry arrive at the best decision for achieving sustainable resource management. The book further integrates waste management and technologies so that PSW recycling can be viewed from environmental, economic, and social perspectives. Greener technologies for PSW management are addressed so as to provide drivers that will influence key stakeholders and policy-makers achieve sustainability in this field.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Post-Consumer Plastic Solid Wastes.- Technologies for Managing Plastic Solid Wastes.- Sustainability in Post-Consumer PSW Management Technologies.- Drivers to Sustainable Post-Consumer PSW Management in Developing Economics.- Policy-Makers' Responsibilities.- Contributions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Environmental Management in India: Waste to
Book SynopsisThis book presents unique connectivity between waste management within the agenda 2030 of India. This book is the first publication presenting up-to-date work and knowledge about waste management and waste technologies to transfer waste to wealth in India. Besides, this book also presents the role of waste management and its contribution to achieving a sustainable development program in India, with vast implication worldwide. The main focuses of the book include waste and wealth and the associated technologies, recycling of solid waste, utilization of hazardous waste, use of nanoparticle in waste management, urban solid waste, generation of energy from organic waste, clean technologies, and use of waste in agriculture. The book is a unique source of information on the transformation of waste to wealth in India. This book is of interest to research communities in the field of waste management in India, and in similar socioeconomic countries, but also, due to the planetary implications, has global interest.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Waste Management and the Agenda 2030 in the Indian Context.- Waste is Wealth: An Initiative Towards Recycling.- Possible waste to wealth technologies for mixed solid waste in India.- Characterization andValorization of Steel Slag (SS) as a Recycled Aggregates in Indian Concrete Industry”.- Utilization Hazardous Electronic Waste – Waste to Wealth.- Application of green synthesis nanoparticles for the removal of metal ions from industrial waste.- Management of Solid Waste in Pharmaceutical Industries of India.- Erosion Management of Riparian Ecosystem in Coal Mining Area through Selective Vegetation.- Urban Solid Waste Management For Enhancement of Agriculture Productivity In India.- Potential for Energy Generation and Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste Generated in Himachal Pradesh, India.- Food Waste to Bio-Energy: A Clean Technology for sustainable Rural Development.- Development of Low cost microbial fuel cell for converting waste to electricity and abating pollution.- Recent Developments in Energy Recovery from Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge via Anaerobic Digestion.- Mitigating heavy metal pollution using bio-waste derived adsorbent from Pineapple Crown Leaves.- Synthesis, characterization and application of a bio-waste (Beal shell) derived adsorbent for heavy metal remediation.- Gold phytomining in India: An Approach to Circular Economy in the 21st Century.- Management of Environmentally Stressed Areas in Watershed using Multi Criteria Decision Tool in GIS: A Noble Technique to Conserve Soil for Agriculture.- Conclusions and Recommendations.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Proceedings of International Conference on
Book SynopsisThis volume presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD – 2021), held at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research and Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India. It covers several important aspects of sustainable civil engineering practices, dealing with effective waste and material management, natural resources, industrial products, energy, food, transportation and shelter, environmental impact mitigation, waste minimization and management, sustainable infrastructure, and geospatial technology for sustainable and clean environment. Emphasis is placed on conserving and protecting the environment and the natural resource base essential for future development. The book includes case studies and ongoing research work from various fields related to civil engineering presented by academicians, scientists, and researchers. The book also discusses engineering solutions to sustainable development and green design issues. Special emphasis is given on qualitative guidelines for the generation, treatment, handling, transport, disposal, and recycling of wastes. The book is intended as a practice-oriented reference guide for researchers and practitioners. It will be useful for anyone working in sustainable civil engineering and related fields.Table of ContentsChapter1. Effect of Lime And Brick Ash Inclusion on Engineering Behaviour of Expansive Soil.- Chapter2. Know your Daily Rainfall in any Location in India- A Web-based Approach Developed in Google Earth Engine.- Chapter3. IoT- Based Innovative Technological Solutions for Smart Cities and Villages.- Chapter4. A Review on Utilization of E-Waste in Construction.- Chapter5. Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) for Treatment of Storm water Runoff.- Chapter6. Textile Industry Wastewater Treatment using Eco-friendly Techniques.- Chapter7. Sustainable Treatment of Metal-Contaminated Soil by Electrokinetic Remediation.- Chapter8. Eco-Restoration of lakes and water sustainability in urban areas.- Chapter9. Microplastics: Environmental Issues and their Management.- Chapter10. Elucidating the Effect of Cement Dust on Selective Soil Parameters around J&K Cements Limited, Khrew.- Chapter11. Development of Correlation between Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity and Rebound Hammer Test Results for Condition Assessment of Concrete Structures for Sustainable Infrastructure Development. Chapter12. Alternative Fine Aggregates to Produce Sustainable Self Compacting Concrete: A Review.- Chapter13. Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Column Using Diamond Tie Configuration under Elevated Temperatures for Sustainable Performance: A Review.- Chapter14. Reusable and Recyclable Industrial Waste in Geopolymer Concrete.- Chapter15. Infrared Thermography Parameter Optimization for Damage Detection of Concrete Structures Using Finite Element Simulations.- Chapter16. Eco-friendly Concrete Admixture from Black Liquor Generated in Pulp and Paper Industry.- Chapter17. Behavioural study on concrete with organic materials for CO2 absorption.- Chapter18. An Efficient Design and Development of IoT based Real-Time Water Pollution Monitoring and Quality Management System.- Chapter19. Numerical Study of Composite Wrapped Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Close-in Blast.- Chapter20. Evaluation of conventional red bricks with compressed stabilized earth blocks as alternate sustainable building materials in Indian context.- Chapter21. Experimental Study on Alternative Building Material using Cement and Stone Dust as Stabilizers in Stabilized Mud Block.- Chapter22. Utilizing the Potential of Textile Effluent Treatment Sludge in Construction Industry: Current Status, Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions.- Chapter23. Identification of Suitable Solid Waste Disposal Sites for the Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia, Using Geospatial Technology and AHP Method.- Chapter24. Framing Conceptual Design of Adopting Interlocking Bricks Technology in Construction.- Chapter25. Arriving Factors in the Conceptual Design Framework of 3D Printing Techniques for Building construction.- Chapter26. Scenic Evaluation of the Hills for Tourism Development - A Study on the Hills Of Tamilnadu, India.- Chapter27. Influence of Groundnut Shell Ash and Waste Plaster of Paris on Clayey Soil for Sustainable Construction.- Chapter28. Influence of Metakaolin and Steel Fiber on Strength of Concrete - A Critical Review.- Chapter29. Decadal monitoring of Coastline shifts and recommendation of Non-structural Protection measures along the coast of Rameshwaram, Tamilnadu, India.- Chapter30. Development of sustainable concrete using slag and calcined clay.- Chapter31. Assessment of the impact of bacillus cereus bacteria on strength and water absorption capacity of sustainable concrete.- Chapter32. Design and Development of Corona-19 Pandemic Situation-based Remote Voting System.- Chapter33. Waste Pozzolanic Material as a substitute of Geopolymer Mortar.- Chapter34. Study of the carbon emissions from construction of a house in plain region using standard construction material and eco-friendly/ alternative materials.- Chapter35. Experimental investigation of the impacts of partial substitution of cement with rice husk ash (RHA) on the characteristics of cement mortar.- Chapter36. A Mini review on Current Advancement in Application of Bacterial Cellulose in Pulp and Paper Industry.- Chapter37. Effect of agro-waste as a partial replacement in cement for sustainable concrete production.- Chapter38. Analysis and Evaluation of Geopolymer Concrete from Mechanical standpoint.- Chapter39. Municipal Waste Management in India: A Critical Review of Disposal System and Model Implementation.- Chapter40. Experimental Study on Light Weight Geopolymer Concrete Using Expanded Clay Aggregate.- Chapter41. Seismic Response of Composite Bridges: A Review.- Chapter42. Assessing and Correlating the Flow Duration Curve and Drought Index for the Environmental Flow Requirements.- Chapter43. Effect on Rheological and Hardened properties of Fly ash-GGBS based High Strength Self Compacting Concrete with inclusion of Micro and Nano Silica.- Chapter44. Mechanical Property study on Glass fibre concrete with partial replacement of fine aggregate with steel slag.- Chapter45. Mechanical Properties of Geopolymer Concrete Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate with Waste Crushed Glass.- Chapter46. A Performance Study on Lithium based admixture in the properties of concrete.- Chapter47. Self-Curing Concrete Made By Using Hemp: A Review.- Chapter48. Research Progress of India in Waste Management at Global Level: A Bibliometric Evaluation.- Chapter49. Performance Evaluation of Acrylic Based Coating on Carbonation Depth on Different Grades of Concrete.- Chapter50. Cost Benefit Analysis of Retrofitting for Existing Building as Net Zero Energy Building: A Case Study in Composite Climate Zone.- Chapter51. Advances in Building Materials Industry by Annexation of Nano Materials.- Chapter52. Experimental Investigations on Utilization of Electroplating Waste Sludge in Manufacturing of Polymer Based Checkered Tiles.- Chapter53. Alccofine as a partial substitute of cement with scrap iron slag as a coarser material in high strength non-conventional concrete as an experimentational representation. Chapter54. Water Pollution: “Dal Lake a case study”.- Chapter55. Durability Properties of Admixture of Fly ash, Bottom Ash And GBFS.- Chapter56. Comparative Studies of Compressive Strength on Different Brick Masonry Prisms.- Chapter57. Monitoring and Management of Construction Sites Using Drone.- Chapter58. Experimental Investigation on Buckling Behaviour of Transmission Tower using Cold Formed and Hot Rolled Steel.- Chapter59. Assessment of indoor air quality of buildings made of bricks developed from paper pulp waste.- Chapter60. Review on Shear Strengthened RC Rectangular beams with FRP Composites.- Chapter61. Machine Learning Based Quality Prediction of Reuse Water in Sewage Treatment Plant.- Chapter62. "Prediction, Impact and Mitigation of Ambient Air Quality Pollutant Concentrations in Chandigarh" A Review.- Chapter63. A Review of Environmental Flow Evaluation Methodologies – Limitations and Validations.- Chapter64. Sustainable development of Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribes’ population in select villages of Himachal Pradesh, India: A Cross Sectional Study.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment
Book SynopsisThis volume discusses contemporary techniques, technologies, and solutions for industrial wastewater remediation and treatment. It covers biological, chemical, and physical aspects of wastewater treatment, with a background on the generation of wastewater associated with different industries, as well as a comparison of traditional treatment technologies with new advancements. The authors also describe the reuse and recovery of nutrients and precious metals from wastewater, and how such sustainable strategies can be incorporated into industrial wastewater planning and legislation. The book also contains practical and theoretical aspects of various industries and their wastewater management practices in a changing climate, with an emphasis on recent research examining the environmental impact of wastewater. The work will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers studying wastewater pollution and remediation, wastewater management-based NGOs, and people involved in the planning and legislation of industrial operations. Table of Contents1-Chemical characterization of municipal and industrial wastewater.- 2- Adsorptive remediation of wastewater.- 3-Enzymatic degradation of organic matter in wastewater.- 4-Microbial degradation of wastewater.- 5-Phytoremediation of wastewater.- 6- Advance oxidation techniques for wastewater remediation.- 7-Application of nanomaterials for the remediation of wastewater.- 8-Membrane-based remediation of wastewater.- 9- Gravity separation/sedimentation of wastewater.- 10-Sandbank filtration techniques for wastewater treatment.- 11- Constructed wetlands for the remediation of wastewater.- 12- Sterilization techniques of the wastewater. - 13-Recent advancement in nutrients removal from wastewater.- 14-Recovery and reuse of metals from wastewater.- 15-Legislation and industrial responsibilities for discharge of wastewater in the environment.
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Springer International Publishing AG The African Marine Litter Outlook
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of marine litter in Africa with a focus on plastics. From distribution, to impacts on environmental and human health, this book looks at what is known scientifically. It includes a policy analysis of the instruments that currently exist, and what is needed to help Africa tackle marine litter—including local and transboundary sources. Across 5 chapters, experts from Africa and beyond have put together a summary of the scientific knowledge currently known about marine litter in Africa. The context of the African continent and future projections form a backdrop on which the scientific knowledge is built. This scientific knowledge incorporates quantities, distributions, and pathways of litter into the marine environment, highlighting where the impacts of marine litter are most felt in Africa. These impacts have widespread effects, with ecological, social, economic, and human health repercussions. While containing detailed scientific information, this book provides a sound knowledge base for policymakers, NGOs and the broader public.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Marine Litter in Africa.- Chapter 2. Marine litter sources and distribution pathways.- Chapter 3. Impacts and Threats of Marine Litter to Africa Chapter.- Chapter 4. Legal and Policy Frameworks to address marine litter through improved livelihoods.- Chapter 5. The way forward, building upon-the-ground innovation.
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Springer International Publishing AG Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling
Book SynopsisThis open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried out in collaboration with academia, industry and government agencies following a triple-helix approach. Discarded fishing gear constitutes a large part of marine plastics. Preventing future discharge of fishing gear into the ocean is a vital step in combating plastic pollution. Circular economy is one of the tools in the European Green deal, targeting waste minimisation. Closing the loop for waste fishing nets by transferring them to a resource could be a solution for preventing discharge at sea: exploring this opportunity is at the core of this book.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Marine Mammals and Interactions with Debris in the Northeastern Atlantic Region: Synthesis and Recommendations for Monitoring and Research. Chapter 2: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing and Managing Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear.Chapter 3: Developing a circular economy for fishing gear in the Northern Periphery and Arctic Region: challenges and opportunities. Chapter 4: Circular Business Models for SMEs in the Fishing Gear Industry.Chapter 5: Opportunities for Circular Business Models and Circular Design related to Fishing Gear.Chapter 6: Quadruple Helix Relational Approach to Recycling Fishing Nets: Cluster Development in the Norwegian West Coast Region. Chapter 7: Life Cycle Assessment of Fishing and Aquaculture Gear Recycling.Chapter 8: Engaging Volunteers as Experts in Data-Driven Research Projects and a Circular Economy: The Case of PlastOPol.Chapter 9: The role of non-profit organizations (NGOs) in value creation: Lessons from the recycling of fishing gear in Norway. Chapter 10: Sotenäs Marine Recycling Centre in Sweden: A Case Study related to Waste Fishing Gear.Chapter 11: The effect of fishing nets aging on metal uptake.Chapter 12: Possible applications for waste fishing nets in construction material.Chapter 13: The influence of Involvement and Attribute Importance on Purchase Intentions for Green Products.Chapter 14: Role of resource users' knowledge for developing realistic strategies for a circular economy for plastics from the Norwegian fishing sector.Chapter 15: Concluding remarks.
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Springer Valorization of Biomass Wastes for Environmental
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Biomass waste is a boon or bane for society: A comprehensive analysis.- Chapter 2: Approach to reducing agricultural waste via sustainable agriculture practices.- Chapter 3: Biomass waste and bio-energy production: Challenges and alternatives.- Chapter 4: Enzyme-Mediated Strategies for Effective Management and Valorization of Biomass Waste. Chapter 5: Nanotechnological advancements for enhancing lignocellulosic biomass valorization.- Chapter 6: A state of art of biofuels production using biomass wastes: Future perspectives.- Chapter 7: Role of pre-treatment approaches to generate value-added products using agriculture biomass.- Chapter 8: Utilizing Biomass-Derived Composites in 3D Printing to Develop Eco-friendly Environment.- Chapter 9: Bioenergy production using biomass wastes: Challenges of circular economy.- Chapter 10: Application of enzymes in biomass waste management.- Chapter 11: Pre-treatment techniques for derivation of value-added products from agro-waste
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Springer Transforming Agriculture Residues for Sustainable
Book SynopsisSection 1. Introduction.- Agriculture Waste and Its Impact on the Environment.- Valorization Strategies for Agriculture Residues: An Overview.- Section 2. Routes for Value Addition to Agricultural Waste.- Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion Technologies for Agriculture Waste.- Biotechnological Approaches for Agriculture Waste Transformation.- Emerging Technologies for Efficient Extraction of Value From Agriculture Waste.- Production of Metallic Nanoparticles From Agriculture Waste and Their Applications.- Section 3. Recent Trends in Valorization of Agricultural Waste.- Production of Bioactive Compounds From Agriculture Residues With Food and Pharmaceutical Applications.- Agricultural Waste for Bio-Fertilizers and Soil Amendments.- Conversion of Agricultural Residue Into High-Value Animal Feed and Bedding.- Sustainable Packaging Solutions From Agriculture Waste.- Conversion of Agriculture Residues for Bioenergy Production.- Utilization of Agriculture Waste in Water and Wastewat
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Springer Advancement in Solid Waste Management and
Book SynopsisMaterial Flow and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Landfill Mining.- Domestic Hazardous Waste: A Lurking Danger in Solid.- Comparative Life Cycle Impact Assessment for End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries Recycling Processes.- Hydrodynamic Study on Hilly Region to Understand the Impact of High Velocity Variation on Environmental Pollution.- Areca Sheath Waste: An Underutilised Entrepreneurial Resource.- Influence of Lead and Hexavalent Chromium Concentrations on Geotechnical Properties of Black Cotton Soil.- Enhancement of Mechanical Behaviour of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Using Modified Mixing Approach in Combination with Surface Treatment Method.- Unwasting a Crisis Away: A Case Study of Anakkayam, a Village in Kerala.- Additional Power Generation and GHG Emission Reduction by Installation of Waste Heat Recovery for Open Cycle Gas Turbine.- Role of Plants in Abandoned Mine Reclamation and Removal of Potentially Toxic Elements.- Use of Plastic Waste as Soil Stabiliser.- Recycling of Polyprop
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Springer PlantationCrop Wastes Valorization for Economic Sustainability
Book SynopsisPart 1: Introduction.- Ch 1: Plantation Crops: Residue Utilization for Industrial Biotechnology and Economic Sustainability.- Part 2: Edible crops.- Ch 2: Date Palm Fruit Processing Wastes and By-Products: Valorization Using Bioprocess Technology.- Ch 3: Turning trash into treasure: Unlocking the Value of Palmyrah Palm Waste.- Ch 4: Palmyra palm fruit processing wastes and by-products: Valorization using bioprocess technology.- Ch 5: Avocado, jackfruit and apple: general aspects, waste production and biotechnological applications.- Ch 6: Biotechnological potentialities and valorization of mango peel and stone waste: Their potential applications.- Part 3: Beverage crops.- Ch 7: Potential and sustainable utilization of tea processing waste: a review.- Ch 8: Valorization of coffee bean processing wastes and grounds for effective recovery of value-added bio-based products.- Ch 9: Biotechnological approaches for cocoa bean processing waste valorization: a review.- Part 4: Masticatory and Nut crops.- Ch 10: Traditional and functional uses of unmarketable betel leaf (Piper betel L.) pertaining to the food and other sectors.- Ch 11: Areca nut waste valorization into bioproducts, biomaterials and biofuels.- Ch 12: Cashew apple and nutshell: a potential bio-resource for the production of beverages, bio-sourced chemicals, materials, and fuels.- Part 5: Oil yielding crops.- Ch 13: Coconut husk and shell waste: a bioresource for the production of materials and bioenergy.- Ch 14: Management of Palm oil mill processing wastes and effluents: Biotechnological advances.- Ch 15: Valorization of olive oil industry solid wastes and effluents into biofuels and value-added bio-products.- Ch 16: Valorization of Olive Mill Wastewater: A review.- Part 6: Industrial crops.- Ch 17: Bamboo crop waste management: A review of methods, mechanism, and prospects.- Ch 18: Valorization of rubber wood waste and crumb rubber factory as a source of bioenergy and bioproducts.- Part 7: Life cycle analysis.- Ch 19: Life cycle analysis of plantation crop waste valorization processes: Economic assessment and sustainability.- Ch 20: Policy options, development of sustainability indicators, environmental impacts and management options of plantation crop residues.
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Springer Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control
Book Synopsis1.Water quality distribution in durgam cheruvu lake.- 1.2Monitoring of water quality variation trends in a coastal wetland system, a ramsar site: a gis and water quality index based assessment.-1.3 Efficiency evaluation of fe-cu composite adsorbent for arsenic removal.-1.4 Quality improvement of a piped water supply with high hardness and chloride by electro-dialysis process.-1.5 Assessment of attenuation potential of a fine-grained indian clay soil for lead (pb2+) removal with performing batch study and kinetic-isotherm modelling.-1.6 Artificial neural network (ann) modeling of fluoride adsorption by chloride-doped-polyaniline in a fixedbed column study.-1.7 Modeling and optimization of arsenic removal in presence of total organic carbon (toc) by iron functionalized reduced graphene oxide (frgo) .-2.1 Removal of methyl green dye by adsorption using nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon nitride.- 2.2 Combined carbon and nitrogen removal from synthetic wastewater in an mbhbr coupled with mbr.-2.3 Sulfuric acid-impregnated petai pod activated carbon for landfill leachate treatment: ann prediction modelling.-2.4 Machine learning-based performance evaluation and optimization of biological reactors for sewage water treatment.-2.5 Synthesis and application of ag+-htnt on br9 adsorption from wastewater.- 2.6 Phosphate adsorption from wastewater on the synthetic low-cost adsorbent synthetic-iron-oxide-merged-crushers-waste (siomcw).-2.7 Reuse implications of spent biosorbent in removal of dye .-2.8 Adsorptive removal of methylene blue and congo red in binary solute using raw rice husk as a low-cost adsorbent.-3.1The carbon footprint of an urban area: a case study on the“l ward”(kurla) of municipal corporation of greater mumbai.-3.2 The greenhouse gas emission of mumbai city.- 3.3 A study of the quality and effectiveness of environmental impact assessment (eia) in the context of indian active pharmaceutical ingredients (api) industry.-3.4 Design of a sustainable, modified concrete by partial replacement of cement using ground granulated blast furnace slag and limestone powder to reduce carbon footprint.-4.1 Influence of waste tyre derived material on shear strength of soil.- 4.2 Sorptivity of plasticized alkaliactivated concrete from waste.-4.3 Development of composite insulation board using high- density polyethylene caps of bottles for cavity wall applications.- 4.4 Physical and chemical characterization of various grades of natural fine aggregate and recycled fine aggregate.-4.5 Predicting e-waste trajectory: a comparative analysis.- 5.1 Forecasting solid waste generation and its composition in visakhapatnam: a case study.-5.2 Performance of batch studies on composting of kitchen vegetable waste.-5.3A sustainable strategy to control urban pollution from municipal solid waste management practice- a case study of smart city, newtown.-6.1The potential application of mercury-resistant bacterial strain (iitism24id) in mercury removal.-6.2Primary treatment of synthetic plastic waste materials.- 6.3Recovery of lithium from end-oflife mobile phone battery waste.-6.4Distribution of microplastics in semi-urban estuary water along the west coast of india.
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Springer Transformation radioaktiver Abfälle: Von der
Book SynopsisDieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über den Umgang mit radioaktiven Reststoffen. Es zeigt auf, welche Quellen für radioaktive Abfälle es gibt, wie die Optionen Zwischenlagerung und Endlagerung gestalte sind, sowie, welche Problem sich aus dem Transport radioaktiver Stoffe ergeben. Schließlich beschreibt es noch die Möglichkeit der Transmutation - also die Elementumwandlung durch gezielte Kernreaktionen - und eine dazugehörige Anwendung.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Radioaktivität.- Zerfallsgesetze.- Quellen radioaktiven Materials.- Aufbereitung.- Zwischenlagerung.- Endlagerung.- Transport.- Organisationen (international, Deutschland).- Transmutation.- Transmutation physikalische Grundlagen.- Transmutation existierende Verfahren.- Spaltprodukt-Transformator.
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New India Publishing Agency Waste and By-products Utilization
Book SynopsisThe book Waste and By-products Utilization presents a comprehensive approach to waste management, incorporating both theoretical concepts and practical applications. This balanced approach aims to enable readers to make informed decisions, design and operate waste management systems in a responsible manner. The book provides a detailed examination of waste management in urban environments, including both liquid and solid waste management, as well as industrial waste management, including hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. Additionally, the book covers a range of waste management technologies, providing readers with options for controlling pollution and maximizing resource recovery from waste. The inclusion of new technologies in the book equips readers with the necessary tools to plan and evaluate alternative solid waste management systems. The book is not only suitable as a textbook for academic institutions but also serves as an important resource for professionals, such as engineers, biologists, chemists, and environmental scientists, working in consulting firms or environmental agencies. Overall, the information presented in the book is valuable for waste management practitioners, helping them to effectively manage waste in an environmentally conscious manner.
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New India Publishing Agency Detritus and Decomposition in Ecosystems
Book SynopsisThe current publication provides a comprehensive examination of the movement and degradation of detritus in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In addition to presenting a thorough analysis of the decomposition process, the book offers an extensive account of the biotic and abiotic factors that impact the rate of decomposition. The book also highlights the role of decomposition in nutrient cycling and delineates contemporary concepts of humus biosynthesis. This book will be particularly useful for postgraduate students with Ecology as one of their primary subjects, as well as researchers involved in soil biology, biochemistry, soil sciences, and ecosystem structure and function.
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New India Publishing Agency Food Processing Waste Management: Treatment and
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New India Publishing Agency Recycling of Industrial Effluents
Book SynopsisThe growth in population has caused extensive industrialization, resulting in pollution on multiple levels. Different types of industries release their effluents into various bodies of water, creating a persistent need for recycling these effluents before discharging them. The book aims to provide its readers with comprehensive information on recycling industrial effluents, covering everything from the fundamentals to various recycling methods.
£46.32
New India Publishing Agency Quality Control and Waste Utilization of
Book SynopsisThis book would serve as a valuable addition to the scientific literature on recent advancements in agriculture, meat science technology, food safety, dairy technology, cereal science, nanotechnology, waste utilization, and quality assurance of food and functional foods. The content of the book has been systematically designed to include significant and scientific research and advancements for new product development and advanced knowledge on the nutritional attributes of dairy and cereal-based products. As such, this book would be an essential reference material for students, researchers, and academicians working in various aspects of foods.
£84.57
New India Publishing Agency Detritus and Decomposition in Ecosystems
Book SynopsisThe present book is a detailed assessment of the pools and fluxes of detritus in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Besides presenting a comprehensive analysis of the process of detritus decomposition, the book gives an exhaustive account of the biotic and abiotic factors affecting the rate of detritus decomposition. Portrayal of the role of decomposition in nutrient cycling and delineation of the contemporary concepts of humus biosynthesis are the noteworthy features of this book. The book would be serve the needs of post-graduate students having Ecology as one of their major subject and researchers engaged in soil biology and biochemistry, soil sciences and ecosystem structure and function.Table of Contents01. Detrius. Spatio-temporal Variability 02. Detrius. Effects on Physical and Chemical Environment 03. Detrius. Effects on Biological Environment 04. Decomposition. Processes, Patterns in Terrestrial & Aquatic Ecosystems 05. Decomposition. Biotic Controls 06. Decomposition. Abiotic Controls 07. Decomposition. Importance
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New India Publishing Agency Agriculture and Waste Management for Sustainable
Book SynopsisIn this publication, the author has thoughtfully selected a range of important topics such as global warming, e-waste management, solid waste management, organic farming, vermicomposting, and alternatives to fossil fuels. The book has been designed to provide a wealth of informative content for the benefit of science and engineering students, as well as research scholars, who are working on these subjects. It is hoped that this book will serve as a useful reference tool and a valuable addition to their personal libraries. All of the topics addressed in the book are subject to debate, with some individuals expressing support and others expressing opposition. The author has endeavored to analyze each topic from a scientific standpoint. Global warming, for instance, is a topic that remains controversial, with some individuals denying its existence. However, there are already visible signs of its impact, such as irregular rainfall patterns, extreme heat in some areas, and cold temperatures in others, which indicate an imbalance in nature. The book also discusses a systematic, cost-effective, and employment-generating approach to managing solid waste in urban areas. Additionally, the book delves into vermicomposting, a technique for producing compost that is easy to implement and can be done on a small scale. The potential benefits and challenges associated with vermicomposting are discussed in detail. Finally, the book explores the need for alternatives to petroleum-based fuels, which are essential for maintaining the progress of nations. The text presents facts and figures to support this argument, making a compelling case for the need for alternative energy sources. It is hoped that the diverse range of topics covered in this book will encourage readers to approach it from a variety of perspectives.
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IAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulation System:
Book SynopsisThe Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulation System (NFCSS) is a scenario based computer simulation tool that can model various nuclear fuel cycle options in various types of nuclear reactors. It is very efficient and accurate in answering questions such as: the nuclear mineral resources and technical infrastructure needed for the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle; the amounts of used fuel, actinide nuclides and high level waste generated for a given reactor fleet size; and the impact of introducing recycling of used fuel on mineral resource savings and waste minimization. Since the first publication on the NFCSS as IAEA-TECDOC-1535 in 2007, there have been significant improvements in the implementation of the NFCSS, including a new extension to thorium fuel cycles, methods to calculate decay heat and radiotoxicity, and demonstration applications to innovative reactors.
£15.15
IAEA Handbook for Regulatory Inspectors of Nuclear
Book SynopsisThis publication addresses inspection basics, concepts and methods on how to plan inspection activities, perform inspections of safety related structures, systems and components, evaluate the safety significance of inspection findings, and document the results. It presents high level considerations for the inspection of selected programmatic areas including plant operations, radiation protection, fire protection and maintenance activities at nuclear power plants (NPPs). The publication focuses on the regulatory inspection of operating NPPs and, when applicable, describes how the same inspection techniques can be applied to facilities undergoing construction, preoperational testing, and decommissioning. The general techniques described may be also used in the inspection of other types of nuclear facilities.
£15.15
