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The waste crisis : landfills, incinerators, and the search for a sustainable future / / Hans Tammemagi



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Autore: Tammemagi H. Y Visualizza persona
Titolo: The waste crisis : landfills, incinerators, and the search for a sustainable future / / Hans Tammemagi Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1999
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 pages) : iilustrations
Disciplina: 363.72/85
Soggetto topico: Integrated solid waste management
Refuse and refuse disposal
Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2000.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 1 Waste; 2 Starting from Basics; 3 Historical Perspectives: What Can We Learn?; 4 Integrated Waste Management: More than Just Landfills; 5 Recycling and Composting: Making a Molehill Out of a Mountain; 6 Wastes: Know Your Enemy; 7 Landfills: How Do They Work?; 8 Are There Better Disposal Methods?; 9 Incineration: The Burning Issue; 10 Containment, Encapsulation, and Treatment; 11 Case Histories; 12 The All-Powerful NIMBY; 13 A New Approach; 14 Futuristic Garbology: A Vision.
Sommario/riassunto: As populations continue to increase, society produces more and more waste. Yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to build new landfills, and the existing landfills are causing significant environmental damage. Finding solutions is not simple; the problem is enormous in size, vital in terms of its impact on the environment, and complex in scope. This book provides a vast look at solid waste management in North America and seeks solutions to the waste crisis.
Titolo autorizzato: The waste crisis  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-756142-X
0-19-988091-3
1-280-53050-2
9786610530502
0-19-535168-1
1-60119-682-2
1-4294-0476-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818195803321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.