ISBN: 9789389354621 (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 2nd Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Municipal solid waste. 3. Plastic waste. 4. Bio medical waste. 5. Hazardous waste. 6. Electronic waste. 7. Soil remediation technologies. 8. Waste minimization. 9. Environment impact assessment. References. This book is meant to meet the requirements of Civil and Chemical engineering students opting for specialization in environmental engineering and sciences. The technologies described in the book will be of great use to decision-makers in municipalities, hospitals, industries, regulatory bodies, planning and government departments in designing systems for safe disposal of municipal solid wastes, plastic waste, bio-medical wastes, hazardous wastes and e-wastes. Bio-medical wastes, Hazardous wastes, Industrial solid wastes, plastic waste and e-wastes are also posing problems of collection, transport, treatment and disposal. Waste management is an essential task which has important consequences for public health and well being, the quality and sustainability of urban environment and the efficiency and productivity of the urban economy. The book presents the fundamentals of solid and hazardous waste management in a lucid manner. The technologies adopted for efficient treatment, effective storage and safe disposal of municipal, biomedical, industrial, hazardous and electronic wastes are dealt with in great detail.…