The waste crisis : landfills, incinerators, and the search for a sustainable future

• Main Author: Tammemagi, H. Y. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Subjects: Integrated solid waste management.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 0195128982; 9780195128987; 1429404760; 9781429404761; 9781601196828; 1601196822; 9781280530500; 1280530502; 0195351681; 9780195351682
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps

Table of Contents:

• Waste
• Starting from basics
• Historical perspectives: what can we learn?
• Integrated waste management: more than just landfills
• Recycling and composting: making a molehill out of a mountain
• Wastes: know your enemy
• Landfills: how do they work?
• Are there better disposal methods?
• Incineration: the burning issue
• Containment, encapsulation, and treatment
• Case histories
• The all-powerful NIMBY
• A new approach
• Futuristic garbology: a vision.