1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463328403321

Titolo

Recycling and incineration [[electronic resource] ] : evaluating the choices / / edited by Richard A. Denison, John Ruston ; foreword by John H. Chafee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1990

ISBN

1-61091-307-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DenisonRichard A

RustonJohn

Disciplina

363.7285

Soggetti

Incineration - Evaluation

Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Evaluation

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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



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""



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996280396003316

Titolo

2014 IT Professional Conference (IT Pro 2014) : Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA 22 May  2014

Pubbl/distr/stampa

IEEE

ISBN

1-4799-4141-7

Soggetti

Information technology - Management

Information technology - Security measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia