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Solid waste management : principles and practice / Ramesha Chandrappa and Diganta Bhusan Das

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, c2012Description: vii, 414 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9783642286803
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TD 788 .C43 2012
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Waste quantities and characteristics -- 3. Storage and collection -- 4. Materials recovery and recycling -- 5. Disposal -- 6. Biomedical waste -- 7. Hazardous waste -- 8. Waste from electrical and electronic equipment -- 9. Waste from industry and commercial activity -- 10. Radio active waste -- 11. Health and safety issues -- 12. Environmental issues -- 13. Issues in disaster affected area -- 14. Solid waste and livelihood -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: While thousands of people depend on waste for their livelihood throughout the world, many others face problems due to poor waste management. In this context solid waste has not remained an issue to be tackled by the local urban bodies alone.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Main General Circulation Gen. Ed. - COE GC TD 788 .C43 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000006867

Includes index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Waste quantities and characteristics -- 3. Storage and collection -- 4. Materials recovery and recycling -- 5. Disposal -- 6. Biomedical waste -- 7. Hazardous waste -- 8. Waste from electrical and electronic equipment -- 9. Waste from industry and commercial activity -- 10. Radio active waste -- 11. Health and safety issues -- 12. Environmental issues -- 13. Issues in disaster affected area -- 14. Solid waste and livelihood -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index.

While thousands of people depend on waste for their livelihood throughout the world, many others face problems due to poor waste management. In this context solid waste has not remained an issue to be tackled by the local urban bodies alone.

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