Solid wastes management / / edited by Stephen Burnley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830243603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England ; ; Milton Keynes, England : , : Wiley : , : In association with The Open University, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-86394-1; 1-118-86392-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.445
• Soggetti: Refuse and refuse disposal - Management; Technology - Waste management; Waste disposal in the ground
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Section 1: Wastes basics""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 What is waste?""; ""1.3 Waste categories""; ""1.4 Waste quantities and composition""; ""1.5 Household wastes""; ""1.6 Waste policy and regulation""; ""1.7 Waste reduction and reuse""; ""1.7.1 Reduction and reuse in the home""; ""1.7.2 Commercial and industrial waste reduction""; ""1.8 Summary""; ""Section 2: Waste management technologies""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Landfill""; ""2.2.1 Regulation""; ""2.2.2 Site operation""; ""2.2.3 Site restoration and after-use""; ""2.2.4 Gas and leachate formation and composition""""2.2.5 Gas control""; ""2.2.6 Gas combustion""; ""2.2.7 Leachate control""; ""2.2.8 Leachate treatment""; ""2.3 Waste incineration""; ""2.3.1 Conventional incineration""; ""2.3.2 Fluidised bed incineration""; ""2.3.3 Emissions abatement technologies""; ""2.3.4 Performance of pollution abatement plant""; ""2.3.5 Solid residue treatment""; ""2.4 Advanced thermal processing techniques""; ""2.4.1 Gasification""; ""2.4.2 Pyrolysis""; ""2.4.3 Use of advanced thermal processes""; ""2.5 Anaerobic digestion""; ""2.5.1 Process""; ""2.5.2 Gas and digestate use""""2.5.3 Digestion performance â€? a case ; study""; ""2.6 Composting""; ""2.6.1 Process""; ""2.6.2 Biofilters""; ""2.6.3 Composting technology: windrows and static piles""; ""2.6.4 Enclosed systems""; ""2.6.5 Uses of composts""; ""2.6.6 Legislation""; ""2.7 Materials recycling""; ""2.7.1 Recycling potential""; ""2.7.2 Collection""; ""2.7.3 Processing""; ""2.8 Mechanicalâ€?biological treatment""; ""2.8.1 Simple biostabilisation plant""; ""2.8.2 More complex SRF-producing processes""; ""2.8.3 Complex materials, energy and compost plant""; ""2.8.4 SRF and RDF""; ""2.9 Summary""""Section 3: Waste management process and environmental impact modelling""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Leachate formation within a landfill""; ""3.2.1 Water balance""; ""3.2.2 Water-retention characteristics""; ""3.2.3 Evapotranspiration and run-off""; ""3.2.4 Minimising leachate""; ""3.3 Other landfill processes""; ""3.3.1 Leachate migration through site liners""; ""3.3.2 Leachate migration beyond the liner""; ""3.3.3 Predicting landfill gas generation""; ""3.3.4 Landfill gas engine emissions dispersion""; ""3.4 Incineration emissions""; ""3.5 Life-cycle assessment""; ""3.5.1 Case study: stages 1 and 2""""3.5.2 Case study: stages 3 and 4""; ""3.5.3 Waste system model""; ""3.6 Summary""; ""Section 4: Health impacts of waste management""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Emissions and impacts""; ""4.3 Critical reading of the literature""; ""4.4 Assessing the health impacts of waste management""; ""4.5 Health and safety issues associated with waste collection""; ""4.6 Health impacts of landfill""; ""4.7 Health impacts of incineration""; ""4.8 Health impacts of recycling and biological processing""; ""4.8.1 Bioaerosols""; ""4.8.2 Dust""; ""4.8.3 Emission levels and control measures""