Handbook of solid waste management / [edited by] George Tchobanoglous, Frank Kreith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreith, Frank.

Tchobanoglous, George.

Series:

McGraw-Hill handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2002]

Summary:

In a world where incinerators are no longer an option and landfills are filled to capacity, cities are hard pressed to find a solution to the problem of what do with their solid waste. In this practical resource more than 20 top industry and government experts provide all the tools needed to successfully plan, design, implement, and manage a cost-efficient, environmentally sound municipal waste management system. Focusing on the six primary functions of an integrated system: source reduction, toxicity reduction, recycling and reuse, composting, waste-to-energy combustion, and landfilling -- the HANDBOOK fully explores each technology and examines its problems, costs, and legal and social ramifications. Addressing both the technical and regulatory aspects of municipal waste disposal, the authors cover such wide-ranging topics as facility siting, financing a solid waste management program, environmental risk assessment and considerations, oil and battery recycling, tire disposal, ash disposal, emission monitoring and control, and much more.

Contents:

1.1 Waste Generation and Management in a Technological Society 1

1.2 Issues in Solid Waste Management 2

1.3 Integrated Waste Management 8

1.4 Implementing Integrated Waste Management Strategies 11

1.5 Typical Costs for Major Waste Management Options 13

1.6 Framework for Decision Making 19

1.7 Key Factors for Success 22

Chapter 2. Federal Role in Municipal Solid Waste Management / Barbara Foster, Edward W. Repa 1

2.1 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1

2.2 Clean Air Act 22

2.3 Clean Water Act 35

2.4 Federal Aviation Administration Guidelines 38

2.5 Flow Control Implications 38

Chapter 3. Solid Waste State Legislation / Kelly Hill, Jim Glenn 1

3.2 Trends in Municipal Waste Generation and Management 1

3.3 The Waste Reduction Legislation Movement 3

3.4 The Effect of Legislation 5

3.5 State Municipal Solid Waste Legislation 8

3.6 State Planning Provisions 8

3.7 Permitting and Regulation Requirements 9

3.8 Waste Reduction Legislation 9

3.9 Establishing Waste Reduction Goals 10

3.10 Legislating Local Government Responsibility 12

3.11 Making Producers and Retailers Responsible for Waste 16

3.12 Advanced Disposal Fees 18

3.13 Special Waste Legislation 20

3.14 Market Development Initiatives 21

3.15 State Funding 25

3.16 Flow Control Legislation: Interstate Movement of Unprocessed and Processed Solid Waste 25

Appendix State Solid Waste Regulatory Agencies 28

Chapter 4. Planning for Municipal Solid Waste Management Programs / James E. Kundell, Deanna L. Ruffer 1

4.1 State Solid Waste Management Planning 1

4.2 Local and Regional Solid Waste Management Planning 7

Chapter 5. Solid Waste Stream Characteristics / Marjorie A. Franklin 1

5.1 Municipal Solid Waste Defined 1

5.2 Methods of Characterizing Municipal Solid Waste 2

5.3 Materials in Municipal Solid Waste by Weight 3

5.4 Products in Municipal Solid Waste by Weight 11

5.5 Municipal Solid Waste Management 19

5.6 Discards of Municipal Solid Waste by Volume 24

5.7 The Variability of Municipal Solid Waste Generation 25

Chapter 6. Source Reduction: Quantity and Toxicity

Part 6A. Quantity Reduction / Harold Leverenz 1

6A.2 Effects of Source Reduction 2

6A.3 Involvement by Government 6

6A.4 Developing a Source Reduction Plan 15

6A.5 Strategies for Source Reduction 17

Part 6B. Toxicity Reduction / Ken Geiser

6B.1 The Toxicity of Trash 27

6B.2 Waste Management Policy 30

6B.3 Product Management Policy 33

6B.4 Production Management Policy 37

6B.5 A Sustainable Economy 39

Chapter 7. Collection of Solid Waste / Hilary Theisen 1

7.1 The Logistics of Solid Waste Collection 1

7.2 Types of Waste Collection Services 2

7.3 Types of Collection Systems, Equipment, and Personnel Requirements 14

7.4 Collection Routes 22

7.5 Management of Collection Systems 25

7.6 Collection System Economics 25

Chapter 8. Recycling / Harold Leverenz, George Tchobanoglous, David B. Spencer 1

8.1 Overview of Recycling 1

8.2 Recovery of Recyclable Materials from Solid Waste 3

8.3 Development and Implementation of Materials Recovery Facilities 10

8.4 Unit Operations and Equipment for Processing of Recyclables 38

8.5 Environmental and Public Health and Safety Issues 70

8.6 Recycling Economics 74

Chapter 9. Markets and Products for Recycled Material / Harold Leverenz, Frank Kreith 1

9.1 Sustainable Recycling 1

9.2 Recycling Markets 3

9.3 Market Development 8

9.4 Trade Issues 16

Chapter 10. Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW) / David E.B. Nightingale, Rachel Donnette 1

10.2 Problems of Household Hazardous Products 3

10.3 HHW Regulation and Policy 16

10.4 Product Stewardship and Sustainability 21

10.5 Education and Outreach 26

10.6 HHW Collection, Trends, and Infrastructure 29

Chapter 11. Other Special Wastes

Part 11A. Batteries / Gary R. Brenniman, Stephen D. Casper, William H. Hallenbeck, James M. Lyznicki 1

11A.1 Automobile and Household Batteries 1

Part 11B. Used Oil / Stephen D. Casper, William H. Hallenbeck, Gary R. Brenniman

11B.1 Used Oil 15

Part 11C. Scrap Tires / John K. Bell

11C.2 Source Reduction and Reuse 32

11C.3 Disposal of Waste Tires 33

11C.4 Alternatives to Disposal 34

Part 11D. Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris / George Tchobanoglous

11D.1 Sources, Characteristics, and Quantities of C&D Debris 39

11D.2 Regulations Governing C&D Materials and Debris 42

11D.3 Management of C&D Debris 42

11D.4 Specifications for Recovered C&D Debris 11.44

11D.5 Management of Debris from Natural and Humanmade Disasters 11.46

Part 11E. Computer and Other Electronic Solid Waste / Gary R. Brenniman, William H. Hallenbeck

11E.2 Hazardous Components in Computers and Electronic Waste 11.50

11E.3 Disposing of Computers is Hazardous 11.53

11E.4 Extended Producer Responsibility and Electronic Toxin Phaseouts 11.55

11E.5 Can a Clean Computer Be Designed? 11.57

11E.6 What Can You Do As a Computer Owner? 11.58

11E.7 Contacts and Resources for Dealing with Computer Waste 11.58

Chapter 12. Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes / Luis F. Diaz, George M. Savage, Clarence G. Golueke 12.1

12.2 Technology 12.14

12.3 Economics 12.27

12.4 Marketing Principles and Methods 12.33

12.5 Environmental, Public, and Industrial Health Considerations 12.40

Appendix 12A. Partial Listing of Vendors of Equipment and Systems for Composting MSW and Other Organic Wastes 12.50

Appendix 12B. Costs for Composting MSW and Yard Wastes 12.68

Chapter 13. Waste-to-Energy Combustion Introduction / Frank Kreith

Part 13A. Incineration Technologies / Calvin R. Brunner 13.1

13A.1 Incineration 13.3

Part 13B. Ash Management and Disposal / Floyd Hasselriis

13B.1 Sources and Types of Ash Residues 13.85

13B.2 Properties of Ash Residues 13.86

13B.3 Ash Management 13.93

13B.4 Landfill Disposal 13.95

13B.5 Regulatory Aspects 13.97

13B.6 Actual Leaching of MWC Ash 13.99

13B.7 Treatment of Ash Residues 13.100

13B.8 Environmental Impact of Ash Residue Use 13.101

13.B9 Ash Management Around the World 13.102

13.B10 Beneficial Use of Residues 13.104

13B.11 Analysis of Ash Residue Test Data 13.109

Part 13C. Emission Control / Floyd Hasselriis

13C.2 Emissions from Combustion 13.124

13C.3 Emission Standards and Guidelines 13.126

13C.4 Emission Control Devices 13.132

13C.5 Controlled and Uncontrolled Emission Factors 13.154

13C.6 Variability of Emissions 13.160

13C.7 Dispersion of Pollutants from Stack to Ground 13.161

13C.8 Risk Assessment 13.165

13C.9 Calculation of Municipal Waste Combustor Emissions 13.168

13C.10 Conversions and Corrections 13.171

Chapter 14. Landfilling / Philip R. O'Leary, George Tchobanoglous 14.1

14.1 The Landfill Method of Solid Waste Disposal 14.2

14.2 Generation and Composition of Landfill Gases 14.10

14.3 Formation, Composition, and Management of Leachate 14.30

14.4 Intermediate and Final Landfill Cover 14.47

14.5 Structural and Settlement Characteristics of Landfills 14.54

14.6 Landfill Design Considerations 14.58

14.7 Landfill Operation 14.69

14.8 Environmental Quality Monitoring at Landfills 14.77

14.9 Landfill Closure, Postclosure Care, and Remediation 14.84

Chapter 15. Siting Municipal Solid Waste Facilities / David Laws, Lawrence Susskind, Jason Corburn 15.1

15.2 Understanding the Sources of Public Concern 15.1

15.3 A Typical Siting Chronology 15.4

15.4 Building Consensus on Siting Choices 15.8

Chapter 16. Financing and Life-Cycle Costing of Solid Waste Management Systems / Nicholas S. Artz, Jacob E. Beachey, Philip R. O'Leary 16.1

16.1 Financing Options 16.2

16.2 Issues in Financing Choices 16.5

16.3 Steps to Secure System Financing 16.8

16.4 Life-Cycle Costing 16.10.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0071356231

OCLC:

49512568