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 control2.2.8 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 -- 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 systems2.6.5 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 Mechanical-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 leachate3.3 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 collection4.6 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; 4.9 Summary; Section 5: Integrated solid waste management and waste strategies; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Integrated solid waste management; 5.3 Planning a waste strategy; 5.4 Summary; Section 6: The end of waste and the cycle begins again; Glossary; References; Acknowledgements; Answer; Description.

Solid Wastes Management begins with a focus on processing municipal and similar commercial, as well as industrial wastes; assessing and minimising the environmental impacts of processing and disposal. The second section reviews the treatment technologies available (physical, biological and thermal), their advantages, disadvantages and environmental performance. The third section considers the environmental and health impacts of the technologies and reviews the use of models to predict landfill leachate, gas formation and pollution dispersion. The fourth section is on the human health impacts.

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