TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chandrappa, Ramesha
AU  - Das, Diganta Bhusan 
TI  - Solid waste management: principles and practice 
SN  - 9783642286803
AV  - TD 788 .C43 2012 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - SOLID WASTE
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -