Pichtel, John, 1957-

Waste management practices : municipal, hazardous, and industrial / John Pichtel - Second edition - xxxvii, 644 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Previous edition: 2005

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- A brief history of waste management -- Regulatory development -- Characterization of solid waste -- Municipal solid waste collection -- Recycling solid wastes -- Municipal solid waste processing: materials recovery facilities -- Composting MSW -- Incineration of MSW -- The sanitary landfill -- Identification of hazardous waste -- Hazardous waste generator requirements -- Hazardous waste transportation -- Treatment, storage, and disposal facility requirements -- Incineration of hazardous wastes -- Hazardous waste treatment -- Land disposal of hazardous waste -- Universal wastes -- Management of used oil -- Medical and infectious wastes -- Construction and demolition debris -- Electronics waste

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Refuse and refuse disposal--Management
Hazardous wastes--Management
Factory and trade waste--Management

TD791 / .P46 2014