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

• Autore: Tammemagi H. Y
• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.