Waste Treatment and Disposal 2e

by PaulT.Williams (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2005

  $70.79

  Following on from the successful first edition of Waste Treatment & Disposal, this second edition has been completely updated, and provides comprehensive coverage of waste process engineering and disposal methodologies. Concentrating on the range of technologies available for household and commercial waste, it also presents readers with relevant legislative background material as boxed features. NEW to this edition:* Increased coverage of re--use and recycling* Updating of the usage of different waste treatment technologies* Increased coverage of new and emerging technologies for waste treatment and disposal* A broader global perspective with a focus on comparative international material on waste treatment uptake and waste management policies

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.23

  The book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students whose studies include a component on 'Waste Treatment and Disposal', including degree courses in Environmental, Civil, Chemical and Energy Engineering and Environmental Science. It is also aimed at professionals in the waste treatment and disposal industry. The book covers the main areas of waste treatment and disposal with particular emphasis on the UK, but examples from Europe, North America and the Far East are also used for comparison throughout the text. The main areas of waste treatment covered include: legislative and economic aspects of waste treatment and disposal; characteristics of different types of waste; waste reduction and reuse; recycling of many different types of waste; landfill operation and formation and control of landfill gas and leachate; utilisation of landfill gas for energy recovery; incineration of waste; incinerator operation; the various types of incinerator emissions - their formation and control; and energy recovery. Other types of waste treatment and disposal - Pyrolysis, Gasification, Composting and Anaerobic Digestion and finally the integration of the different waste treatment and disposal options are also covered.