Waste management

Used Battery Collection and Recycling covers all aspects of spent battery collection and recycling.

This, the first of two volumes, gives a comprehensive treatment of the civil engineering work relating to sewers and emphasises the practical aspects of repair and renovation.

Until a few years ago, hydropower, road tunneling and mining were the main fields interested in rock mechanics.

The environmental impact of industrial waste is one of the most serious challenges facing the chemical process industries.

Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial, and Military Sources is the comprehensive source of information on radiation in the environment and human exposure to radioactivity.

Handbook of Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimization Technologies is an essential tool for plant managers, process engineers, environmental consultants, and site remediation specialists that focuses on practices for handling a broad range of industrial solid waste problems.

All industries produce waste products that unless treated or mitigated in some way will be harmful to the human or natural environment.

Many engineers, from the chemical and process industries, waste treatment system management and design to the clean-up of contaminated sites, are engaged in careers that address hazardous wastes.

There is increasing political and environmental pressure on industry to clean up the water which it uses in many processes, and to re-use this water where possible.

Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste presents a critical review of designing, siting, constructing and demonstrating the safety and environmental impact of deep repositories for radioactive wastes.

Olive Processing Waste Management contains a comprehensive review of literature and patent survey concerning olive processing waste.