Environmental And Health Impact Of Solid Waste Management Activities -- Contents -- Overview of Waste Management Options: Their Efficacy and Acceptability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key Issues -- 3 What Is Waste? -- 4 How Is Waste Managed? -- 5 Recycling -- 6 What Is Integrated Waste Management? -- 7 Trends in Waste Management -- 8 Public Attitudes -- 9 Conclusions -- Health Risks of Materials Recycling Facilities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous Research Concerning Waste Handsorting -- 3 A Further Study on MRFs -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 Acknowledgements -- Microbial Emissions from Composting Sites -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bioaerosol Components -- 3 Potential Ill Health Effects among Compost Workers -- 4 Compost Site Case Studies -- 5 Ill Health Case Studies -- Health Effects and Landfill Sites -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of Epidemiological Studies -- 3 Adverse Birth Outcomes -- 4 Theoretical Basis of Purported Effects -- 5 Summary -- Emissions from Solid Waste Management Activities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Waste Landfill -- 3 Incineration -- 4 Other Waste Treatment Processes -- Health Impacts of Waste Incineration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Emissions -- 3 Dispersion and Peak Concentration -- 4 Health Impacts and Costs -- 5 Monetary Valuation -- 6 Calculation of Damage -- 7 Damage Costs per Kilogram of Pollutant -- 8 Damage Costs per Kilogram of Waste -- 9 Conclusions -- 10 Acknowledgements -- Methodological Issues Related to Epidemiological Assessment of Health Risks of Waste Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Design of an Epidemiological Study -- 3 Disease/Health Measurement -- 4 Exposure Measurement -- 5 Confounding -- 6 Statistical Considerations -- 7 Criteria for Causation -- 8 Use of Epidemiological Studies in Risk Management -- Subject Index.