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Titolo |
Recycling and incineration [[electronic resource] ] : evaluating the choices / / edited by Richard A. Denison, John Ruston ; foreword by John H. Chafee |
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Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1990 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DenisonRichard A |
RustonJohn |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Incineration - Evaluation |
Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Evaluation |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents ""; ""Figures""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction ""; ""Solid Waste: Dimensions of the Problem""; ""Seven Steps Toward Practical Solutions""; ""Beyond NIMBY: Putting This Handbook to Use""; ""Part One: Recycling and Incineration: The Basis for Comparison""; ""Chapter 1. Waste Generation and Waste Reduction""; ""Solid Waste Quantities""; ""Waste Composition""; ""Waste Reduction""; ""Chapter 2. Physical Capcacity to Manage the Waste Stream""; ""Incineration Technology, Potentials, and Residuals"" |
""Recycling Technology, Potentials, and Residuals""""Developing Markets for Secondary Materials""; ""Chapter 3. Economic Comparisons""; ""Life-cycle Cost Comparisons: Basic Concepts""; ""Life-cycle Costs of Incineration""; ""Life-cycle Costs of Recycling""; ""Chapter 4. Lessons from Comparisons""; ""Seattle�s Recycling Potential Assessment""; ""A First-Phase Recycling Program for New York City""; ""A Nonincineration Solid Waste Management Plan for the Town of North Hempstead, Long Island, New York""; ""Intensive Recycling Zones""; ""Leveling the Playing Field"" |
""Part Two: Health and Environmental Risks of MSW Incineration and Their Control""""The Role of Incineration in MSW Management""; ""The |
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Need for a Comprehensive Assessment of Risks from MSW Incineration""; ""The Nature of Health and Environmental Risks from MSW Incineration""; ""Chapter 5. MSW Incinerator Ash""; ""Inherent Toxicity of Incinerator Ash""; ""Leachability of Metals in Incinerator Ash""; ""Bioavailability and Direct Toxicity of Incinerator Ash""; ""Routes of Exposure to Incinerator Ash""; ""Fundamental Objectives of Ash Management""; ""Chapter 6. MSW Incinerator Air Emissions"" |
""Air Pollution Control""""Emission Limits""; ""Monitoring""; ""Chapter 7. Evaluating MSW Incinerator Health Risk Assessments""; ""Fundamentals and Limitations of Risk Assessment""; ""The Health Risk Assessment: A Thumbnail Sketch""; ""Summary: A Health Risk Assessment Checklist""; ""Part Three: Practical Aspects of Planning, Implementation and Environmental Review: Strategies for Effective Citizen Participa""; ""Chapter 8. Promises, Promises: Screening Out the Bad, Locking In the Good""; ""Ash Toxicity""; ""Injury to Recycling Efforts""; ""Air Emission Limits"" |
""Chapter 9. Important Elements of A Solid Waste Plan """"Identifying the Options and Assigning Priorities""; ""Gathering Essential Information""; ""Evaluating the Institutional Framework""; ""Participating in the Decision-making Process""; ""Siting""; ""Chapter 10. Permitting and Review for MSW Incinerators""; ""Environmental Impact Statements and Related Requirements""; ""Air Pollution Laws""; ""Solid Waste Laws""; ""Miscellaneous Requirements""; ""General Considerations""; ""Existing Facilities""; ""Appendices ""; ""A. Location and Status of MSW Incinerators in the United States"" |
""B. EDF Proposal for Design of MSW Incinerator Ash Monofills"" |
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