Design of landfills and integrated waste management / Amalendu Bagchi.
Material type: TextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, 2004Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 696 pISBN:- 0471254991
- 628.44564 21
- TD795.7 .B36 2004
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Rev. ed. of: Design, construction, and monitoring of landfills. 2nd ed. 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. I. Integrated Solid Waste Management -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Integrated Solid Waste Management -- 3. Source Reduction -- 4. Medical Waste Management -- 5. Incineration -- 6. Composting -- 7. Reuse and Recycling -- 8. Reuse of Industrial By-Products -- 9. Contaminated Soil Remediation -- 10. Redevelopment of Contaminated Land -- Pt. II. Landfill Design -- 11. Introduction -- 12. Site Selection -- 13. Leachate and Gas Generation -- 14. Waste Characterization -- 15. Natural Attenuation Landfills -- 16. Containment Landfills -- 17. Bioreactor Landfills -- 18. Liner Materials -- 19. Design of Landfill Elements -- 20. Landfill Construction -- 21. Landfill Remediation -- 22. Performance Monitoring -- 23. Landfill Operation -- 24. Compensatory Wetland Development -- 25. Health and Safety -- 26. Economic Analysis -- App. Conversion of U.S. Customary Units to International System of Units (SI).
"By combining integrated solid waste management with the traditional coverage of landfills, this new edition offers the first comprehensive guide to managing the entire solid waste cycle, from collection, to recycling, to eventual disposal. * Includes new material on source reduction, recycling, composting, contamination soil remediation, incineration, and medical waste management. * Presents up-to-date chapters on bioreactor landfills, wetland mitigation, and landfill remediation. * Offers comprehensive coverage of the role of geotechnical engineering in a wide variety of environmental issues."--Publisher description.
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