Management of pollutant emission from landfills and sludge / Malgorzata Pawlowska and Lucjan Pawloski, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pawowska, Magorzata.

Pawowski, ucjan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landfill gases--Environmental aspects.

Landfill gases.

Sanitary landfills--Management.

Sanitary landfills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book gives an overview of recent findings on the mitigation of gas emission from landfills and sludge processing. Special attention is given to methane and the migration of POPs, heavy metal ions, ammonia and nitrate from landfills to the water-soil system and to the atmosphere. Strategies for mitigating the impact of pollution on ecosystems are also discussed. This book contains thirty-one selected papers presented at an International Workshop on Management of Pollutant Emission from Landfills andSludge, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland,16-19 September 2006."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter Mitigation of gas emission from landfills

chapter Pathway of POPs in the waste, wastewater and landfill leachate

chapter Migration of heavy metals from waste disposal sites and sewage sludge

chapter Minimization of the impact of waste and sewage sludge on the environment

chapter Chemical composition and treatment of landfill leachate

chapter Possibility of practical utilization of waste and sewage sludge

chapter Miscellanea.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611062255

9781498718165

1498718167

9780429152597

0429152590

9781482266047

1482266040

9781281062253

1281062251

9780203932186

0203932188

OCLC:

648330103