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Waste incineration and the environment / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in environmental science and technology ; 2.
- Issues in environmental science and technology ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Incineration--Environmental aspects.
- Incineration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [England] : Royal Society of Chemistry, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Waste incineration is finding increasing favour as a waste disposal method and this Issue considers the topic of waste disposal and the place of incineration as an option. It reviews the emissions and environmental impacts of incineration and available control technologies, specific research upon emissions of trace metals and organic micropollutants, and the methodologies for environmental impact assessment. There is currently great interest and considerable controversy over waste incineration and this book gives a dispassionate view of the scientific and technical issues involved. It provides
- Contents:
- Incineration as a waste management option/ J. Petts
- Pollutants from incineration : an overview/ P.T. Williams
- Recovering energy from waste : emissions and their control/ G.W. Rae
- Organic micropollutant emissions from waste incineration/ G.H. Eduljee
- Pilot-scale research on the fate of trace metals in incineration/ G.J. Carroll
- The US approach to incinerator regulation/ E.M. Steverson
- Environmental assessment and incineration/ D.O. Harrop.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591244158
- 1591244153
- 9781847552327
- 1847552323
- OCLC:
- 850161071
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