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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tammemagi, H. Y.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integrated solid waste management.

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : iilustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

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

OCLC:

476015472