Environmental education and solid waste management / A. Nag, K. Vizayakumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nag, Ahindra.

Contributor:

Vizayakumar, K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Environmental education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The globe we live in have two types of environments, one is natural environment of air, soil, water, hills, trees (abiotic), etc., and the other one is plant, animals (biotic), etc., which is to called social environment. Man has managed to create comfortable habitat, using science and technology, religion and politics. In fact both the environments are lively and lovely. But with comfort comes propagation, the biological growth qualitative and quantitative, resulting in unhealthy by-products, which are in the form of solid, liquid and gaseous. Soon we find our paradise is transformed into inf

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; 1. Environmental Education and Management; 2. Solid Waste Characteristics, Collection, Transportation and Health Impacts; 3. Treatment of Solid Wastes; 4. Recovery, Recycling and Reuse; 5. Evaluation and Selection of Facilities for Solid Waste Management; 6. Solid Waste Management Planning, Monitoring and Control; 7. Organizational Design for Solid Waste Management; References; Appendix: Ministry of Environmental and Forests Notification; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-89239-4

9786611892395

81-224-2343-4

OCLC:

476201506