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Waste Treatment and Disposal.
Title:
Waste Treatment and Disposal.
Author:
Barbour, Anthony K.
ISBN:
9781847552334
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (170 pages)
Series:
Issues in Environmental Science and Technology ; v.3

Issues in Environmental Science and Technology
Contents:
Waste Treatment And Disposal -- Contents -- Integrated Pollution Control and Waste Minimization -- 1 An Introduction to Integrated Pollution Control -- 2 Process Regulation -- 3 Monitoring -- 4 BATNEEC -- 5 Published Guidance -- 6 Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) -- 7 Cleaner Technology -- 8 Waste Minimization -- 9 Conclusion -- Sewage and Industrial Effluents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regulatory Framework -- 3 Sewage Treatment -- 4 Industrial Effluents -- 5 Future Developments -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Landfill -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Principles of Landfill Practice -- 3 Landfill Processes -- 4 Landfill Design, Engineering, and Control -- 5 Landfill Gas -- 6 Site Closure and Aftercare -- 7 Costs, Financial Provision, and Liabilities -- 8 Landfill-The Future? -- 9 Conclusion -- Emissions to the Atmosphere -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regulatory Framework in the UK -- 3 Characterization of Emissions -- 4 National and Global Impacts -- 5 Localized Impacts -- 6 Mitigation of Impacts -- Recycling Waste Materials-Opportunities and Barriers -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The UK Waste Context -- 3 Recycling -- 4 General Issues Affecting Recycling -- 5 Technical Issues Affecting Recycling of Specific Materials -- 6 Materials Case Study: Options for Scrap Tyre Recycling -- 7 Conclusions -- Disposal of Nuclear Fuel Waste -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Canadian Disposal Concept -- 3 Qualitative Discussions of Long-term Performance -- 4 Quantitative Case Study of Long-term Performance -- 5 Implementation of Disposal -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- The Economics of Waste Management -- 1 The Waste Disposal Problem -- 2 The Economic Approach to Waste Management -- 3 Integrated Waste Management: An Economic Theory Approach -- 4 Measuring Waste Disposal Externalities -- 5 Economic Instruments for Integrated Waste Management -- 6 Conclusions.

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Abstract:
This book examines the environmental impact of sewage and industrial effluent treatment on inland and coastal waters, in the atmosphere and on land.
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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