The Waste Crisis : Landfills, Incinerators, and the Search for a Sustainable Future.
Title:
The Waste Crisis : Landfills, Incinerators, and the Search for a Sustainable Future.
Author:
Tammemagi, Hans Y.
ISBN:
9780195351682
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (294 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: Waste -- Magnitude of the Problem -- Life Inside a Landfill -- Looking for Solutions -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 2: Starting from Basics -- Sustainable Development -- General Principles -- Public Involvement -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 3: Historical Perspectives: What Can We Learn? -- Garbage through the Ages -- America After the Turn of the Century -- The Age of Consumerism and the Waste Explosion -- The Crisis -- Summary of Landfill Evolution -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 4: Integrated Waste Management: More than Just Landfills -- What Is Integrated Waste Management? -- Comparative Cost Analysis-Apples and Oranges? -- How Much Recycling Is Achievable? Exploding the Myth -- The Bottom Line -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 5: Recycling and Composting: Making a Molehill Out of a Mountain -- Recycling -- Composting -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 6: Wastes: Know Your Enemy -- Classifying Wastes by Generator -- Classifying Waste by Chemical Composition -- Waste Characteristics -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 7: Landfills: How Do They Work? -- Siting -- Landfill Design: Anatomy of a Landfill -- Operation -- Landfill Dynamics: Decomposition -- Leachate -- Landfill Gas: An Exploitable Resource -- Environmental Monitoring -- Closure and Post-Closure Care -- Future Developments -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 8: Are There Better Disposal Methods? -- Existing and Abandoned Mines: The Hole Is Already There -- Landfill Mining: "Play it Again, Sam" -- Ocean Dumping: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" -- Deep-Well Injection -- Injection with Hydrofracturing -- Exotic Solutions -- Summary -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 9: Incineration: The Burning Issue -- Types of Incinerators -- Air Emissions -- What to Do with the Ash?.
Other F actors -- The Case Against Incineration -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 10: Containment, Encapsulation, and Treatment -- Plastics and Polymers -- Clay Materials -- Waste Treatment -- Containing Wastes -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 11: Case Histories -- State-of-the-Art Recycling: The Guelph Wet-Dry Recycling Centre -- A Monster: The Fresh Kills Landfill -- A Modern Nonhazardous Landfill: East Carbon -- An Open Pit Megaproject: Eagle Mountain Landfill -- An Integrated Hazardous Waste Facility: Swan Hills -- Nuclear Waste Disposal: The High-Tech Approach -- Burn Baby Bum: The Lancaster County Incinerator -- Conclusion -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 12: The All-Powerful NIMBY -- The Causes of NIMBY -- Radioactive Waste: NIMBY on the Grandest Scale -- A Rare Success Story: Swan Hills, Alberta -- Building an Equitable Siting Process -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 13: A New Approach -- Starting from Basics -- Guidelines -- Breaking Dependence on Near-Surface Landfills -- Change in Emphasis-A New Waste Management Hierarchy -- Non-Technical Issues -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- 14: Futuristic Garbology: A Vision -- Discussion Topics and Assignments -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
As populations continue to increase, society produces more and more waste. Yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to build new landfills, and the existing landfills are causing significant environmental damage. Finding solutions is not simple; the problem is enormous in size, vital in terms of its impact on the environment, and complex in scope. This book provides a vast look at solid waste management in North America and seeks solutions to the waste crisis. It describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem, focusing on municipal wastes and placing them in the perspective of other wastes such as hazardous, biochemical, and radioactive debris. It describes the components of an integrated waste management program, including recycling, composting, landfills, and waste incinerators, and it presents in detail the scientific and engineering principles underlying these technologies. To illustrate both the problems and solutions of waste management programs, the authors provide seven case histories, among them the Fresh Kills (Staten Island, New York), the East Carbon Landfill (Utah), and the Lancaster County Municipal Waste Incinerator (Pennsylvania). The Waste Crisis is unique in its attempt to analyze waste management in a broader societal context and to propose solutions based on basic principles. And by doing so, it encourages readers to challenge commonly held perceptions and to seek new and better ways of dealing with waste. As such, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who deals with or feels the need to confront the growing problems of waste management.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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