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Waste management : a reference handbook / David E. Newton.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Newton, David E., author.
Series:
Contemporary World Issues
Contemporary world issues
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Integrated solid waste management.
Refuse and refuse disposal.
Refuse disposal industry.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (341 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2021]
Summary:
"A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at the waste management industry in the United States and elsewhere, as includes food scraps, recycling, and other kinds of solid waste"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Background and History
Definitions
Waste Disposal and Management in History
Early Civilizations
Ancient Greece and Rome
The Middle Ages
The Age of Sanitation
Waste Management Legislation
Current Status of Solid Wastes in the United States
Integrated Solid Waste Management
An Overview
The Details
Generation
Recycling and Composting
Incineration
Landfills
Special Problems
References
2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Running Out of Room
Exportation of Hazardous Wastes
Exportation of Plastic Wastes
Plastic Wastes
Nuclear Wastes
Electronic Wastes
Industrial Wastes
Agricultural Wastes
Agricultural Wastes as Biofuels
Agricultural Hazardous Wastes
Agricultural Waste and Climate Change
Mining Wastes
Environmental Justice
3 Perspectives
Introduction
Computational Approaches to Precise Toxicology Research
The Recycling Puzzle
The Search for Safe and Effective Wastewater Management Solutions
Ecological Feces and Urine Alchemy in Shogun Japan
Colonel Waring's Epoch Cure
Composting Helps Keep the Soil Beneath Our Feet Healthy and Vibrantly Alive!
The Flow of Waste: Earth Day to the Tesla Gigafactory
Waste Management and Tribes
Sludge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
4 Profiles
Air &amp
Waste Management Association
Robert Bullard (1946-)
Dollie Burwell (1948-)
Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890)
Environmental Protection Agency
Alfred Fryer (1830/31-1892)
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Hazel Johnson (1935-2011)
Keep America Beautiful
Charles J. Moore (dates unavailable)
National Recycling Coalition
National Waste &amp
Recycling Association
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Boyan Slat (1994-).
Solid Waste Association of North America
Beverly Wright (1947-)
5 Data and Documents
Data
Table 5.1. Materials Generated in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960-2015 (thousandsof tons)
Table 5.2. Materials Generated in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960-2015
Table 5.3. Municipal Solid Wastes Recycled and Composted, 1960-2015
Table 5.4. Materials Combusted with Energy Recovery, 1970-2015
Table 5.5. Materials Landfilled in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960-2015
Table 5.6. List of Superfund National Priority List Sites, 1983-2019
Table 5.7. Trend Analysis for Hazardous Waste Generation, 2001-2017, National and by Selected States
Documents
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)
Margaret Bean et al. v. Southwestern Waste Management Corp. (1979)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980),
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)
Principles of Environmental Justice (1991)
Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Templet (1991)
Environmental Equity: Reducing Risks for All Communities (1992)
United States of America v. Asarco Incorporated (Consent Decree) (1998)
Not in My Backyard: Executive Order 12898 and Title VI as Tools for Achieving Environmental Justice (2003)
Electronic Waste Recycling Act (2003)
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (2018)
Negotiating Superfund Settlements (2019)
6 Resources
Books
Articles
Reports
Internet
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
9798216034001
9781440872839
144087283X
OCLC:
1413729877

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