International Perspectives on Municipal Solid Wastes and Sanitary Landfilling
International Perspectives on Municipal Solid Wastes and Sanitary Landfilling

Author: Bozzano G Luisa

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0080984517

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This volume provides a perspective on how different countries cope with the municipal solid waste problem politically, administratively, and technically--with a particular focus on sanitary landfilling. Fifteen countries report on the quantities of such waste generated, its composition, and on various management methods used. In addition they report on sanitary landfilling, the impacts of past practices, current practices for leachate control, and landfill gas management. Finally, the role of government, new handling strategies, and likely future directions in waste management are discussed.

International Perspectives on Municipal Solid Wastes and Sanitary Landfilling
International Perspectives on Municipal Solid Wastes and Sanitary Landfilling

Author: International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association. Working Group on Sanitary Landfilling

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Published: 1990

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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This volume provides a perspective on how different countries cope with the municipal solid waste problem politically, administratively, and technically--with a particular focus on sanitary landfilling. Fifteen countries report on the quantities of such waste generated, its composition, and on various management methods used. In addition they report on sanitary landfilling, the impacts of past practices, current practices for leachate control, and landfill gas management. Finally, the role of government, new handling strategies, and likely future directions in waste management are discussed.

Waste Policy
Waste Policy

Author: Alexander Gillespie

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-08-28

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1784715883

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From 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 literatu

Control and Treatment of Landfill Leachate for Sanitary Waste Disposal
Control and Treatment of Landfill Leachate for Sanitary Waste Disposal

Author: Aziz, Hamidi Abdul

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-12-02

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 1466696117

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal is an ever-increasing problem in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries. To date, landfilling is still the preferred option for the disposal and management of MSW due to its low-cost operation. While this solution is advantageous from a cost perspective, it introduces a high level of potential pollutants which can be detrimental to the local environment. Control and Treatment of Landfill Leachate for Sanitary Waste Disposal presents research-based insights and solutions for the proper management and treatment of landfill leachate. Highlighting relevant topics on emerging technologies and treatment innovations for minimizing the environmental hazards of waste disposal, this innovative publication contributes to filling in many of the gaps that exist in the current literature available on leachate treatment. Waste authorities, solid waste management companies, landfill operators, legislators, environmentalists, graduate students, and researchers will find this publication beneficial to their professional and academic interests in the area of waste treatment and management.

Landfilling of Waste
Landfilling of Waste

Author: T.H. Christensen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-10-28

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 1000143899

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Landfilling of Waste: Biogas is the third in a series of reference books which provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and identify new directions in landfill technology and landfill research. As well as describing gas generation and composition, the book covers the environmental aspects, discusses gas production, extraction and transportation, treatment and utilization, emissions and safety, and ends with a selection of case studies.

Organising Waste in the City
Organising Waste in the City

Author: Zapata, María José

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2013-05-30

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1447306384

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This book offers a critical perspective on the issue of organising waste in cities, which has often been positioned in terms of relatively narrow engineering, economic and physical science approaches. It emphasises the ways in which the notion of waste, and the narratives and discourses associated with it, have been socially constructed with corresponding implications for waste governance and local waste handling practices. Organising 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. Organised into four main sections and with an integrative introduction and conclusion, the book not only provides new insights into the hidden stories of urban and municipal household solid waste and waste landscapes, but also connects concerns regarding urban waste to such issues as globalisation, governance, urban ecology, and social, economic and environmental justice.

Solid waste management in the world's cities.
Solid waste management in the world's cities.

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Publisher: UN-HABITAT

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 9211322189

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In our rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities. This title provides a fresh perspective and data on one of the biggest issues in urban development.

Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change
Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change

Author: M.A.K. Khalil

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 364284605X

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Methane plays many important roles in the earth's environment. It is a potent "greenhouse gas" that warms the earth; controls the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere (OH) indirectly affecting the cycles and abundances of many atmospheric trace gases; provides water vapor to the stratosphere; scavenges chlorine atoms from the stratosphere, terminating the catalytic ozone destruction by chlorine atoms, including the chlorine released from the man-made chlorofluorocarbons; produces ozone, CO, and CO2 in the troposphere; and it is an index of life on earth and so is present in greater quantities during warm interglacial epochs and dwindles to low levels during the cold of ice ages. By all measures, methane is the second only to CO2 in causing future global warming. The book presents a comprehensive account of the current understanding of atmospheric methane, and it is an end point for summarizing more than a decade of intensive research on the global sources, sinks, concentrations, and environmental role of methane.