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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1990
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.7285
• Soggetto topico: Incineration - Evaluation; Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Evaluation
• Altri autori: DenisonRichard A RustonJohn
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Recycling and incineration
• ISBN: 1-61091-307-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816120403321
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