Waste Management

WINNER: 2020 International Solid Waste Association Publication Award Among other factors, rapid global population growth, our development model a...

An updated edition of an underground classic This is the 4th edition of a self-published book that no respectable publisher would touch with a ten...

Garbage is a memoir of an exceptional trash collector from the streets and wharves of San Francisco. This is a rollicking first-person narrative th...

We've reached an environmental crisis point with plastic, and it's time to take action. But is it possible to make positive changes without radical...

Every day, every one of us contributes to the waste problem but, despite being a part of our lives, waste is poorly understood, even by those who s...

Waste Management and the Environment VIII contains a selection of papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Waste Management and the ...

The growing quantities of waste sludge generated in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants containing various organics and other cont...

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the technological systems, management practices and environmental imp...

Is waste (or trash) really so useless that, as William Faulkner once wrote, [r]ead everythingtrash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it....

Waste-to-Energy is one of the key technologies for sustainable waste management. The book by Laura Mastellone offers a comprehensive overview of th...

Over the past few years, the occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in the environment has attracted great interest regarding the possible harmful e...

Over the last couple of decades, rapid urbanisation, unplanned industrialisation, and a rising population jointly created several issues worldwide,...

This book provides an overview of biodegradation. The first chapter provides a detailed description on the ability of Rhodococcus UKMP-5M to act as...

Despite significant improvements in pollution abatement and environmental remediation over the past several decades, billions of people around the ...

In this collection, the authors open with a review of current state of the art methods for the recovery and reuse of selected monomers and biomacro...

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living condit...

An 800-CEO-READ Editor's Choice March 2019 How We Can Harness Carbon to Help Solve the Climate Crisis In order to rescue ourselves from climate c...

The first handbook on reclaimed wood, combining useful information, rich history, and design ideas Wood reclaimed from old houses, factories, bar...

Interest in solid and hazardous waste management is relatively recent, i.e., in the last three decades, and is driven by regulations in most countr...

An 800-CEO-READ Editor''s Choice March 2019 How We Can Harness Carbon to Help Solve the Climate Crisis In order to rescue ourselves from cl...

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second edition, provides a comprehensive overview of complementary strate...

Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural...

The accumulation of solid organic waste is thought to be reaching critical levels in almost all regions of the world. Organic waste needs to be man...

Rubber is used in a vast number of products, from tyres on vehicles to disposable surgical gloves. Increasingly both manufacturers and legislators ...

Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) in response to a growing desire for the...

Available estimates suggest that the amount of used electronics is large and growing, and that if improperly managed can harm the environment and h...

Under the Superfund program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) places some of the most seriously contaminated sites on the National Priorit...

In today''s globally connected marketplace, a wedding sari in rural north India may become a woman''s blouse or cushion cover in a Western boutique...

For twenty-two years politicians and businessmen pushed for the Adams Mine landfill as a solution to Ontario?''s garbage disposal crisis. This plan...

Millions of tons of municipal solid wastes (MSW) comprising a great proportion of ''''food & green garden wastes'''' generated from homes and i...

Rational use of natural resources has gained importance in the last several years. Solving this actual problem in terms of national economy suggest...