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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480882403321

Autore

Goldman Benjamin A

Titolo

Hazardous waste management : reducing the risk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Island Press, 1986

ISBN

1-61091-276-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages)

Disciplina

363.7/28

Soggetti

Hazardous waste management industry - United States

Hazardous waste sites - United States

Business & Economics

Industries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- About Island Press -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About CEP -- Abbreviations -- CEP FINDINGS -- ONE. Busting the Shell Game: Where CEP Looked and What CEP Found -- TWO. Recommendations: A Starting Point for Individual Perspectives -- PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS -- THREE. Setting the Stage: Some Technical and Legal Backgound -- FOUR. A New Industry: Commercial Hazardous Waste Management -- FIVE. Hazardous Waste Management: Strategies and Technologies -- SIX. How to Choose: Tools for Evaluating Facilities -- CASE STUDIES -- 7. The Big Eight: Corporate Comparisons -- 8. Picking a Winner: CEP Comparative Facility Evaluation Method -- 9. Report Cards: Ten Hazardous Waste Management Facilities -- 10. Information Management: Ranking the Regulators -- Appendix A: Evaluating a Hazardous Waste Facility -- Appendix B: Federal Hazardous Waste Databases -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index -- Also Available from Island Press.