Waste Treatment and Disposal

172 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Providing a thorough and detailed review of other waste management options, this book examines the environmental impact of sewage and industrial effluent treatment on inland and coastal waters, in the atmosphere and on land. It looks into current practice in the design, engineering, operation and control of landfill sites, issues facing the materials recycling industry; factors affecting deep underground storage of radioactive fuel waste; and provides data from a number of case studies in cost-benefit analysis, demonstrating the utility of a consistent economic theory of waste management.