Waste management

Enzymes in Action is a timely survey of a modern development in organic chemistry.

The 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster offered a timely opportunity for an expert assessment of the current situation and suggestions for approaches to managing the information associated with the site and surrounding contaminated territories.

Urban population growth dramatically alters material and energy fluxes in the affected areas, with concomitant changes in landscape, altered fluxes of water, sediment, chemicals and pathogens and increased releases of waste heat.

Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and disposal?

The problem of pollution of the environment arose for the first time with the beginning of Industrialization.

This publication constitutes the Proceedings of a Workshop held in Bordeaux (France) on 8th - 10th October, 1980, under the auspices of the Commissior: of the European Communities, as part of the CEC research programme on 'Effluents from Livestock' and the Concerted Action COST 68 bis 'Treatment and Use of Sewage Sludge'.

The agricultural value of sewage sludges is well known and a lot of published data has demonstrated the positive effects of sludge appli- cations on plant growth and yield.

Following the end of World War II there was a major migra- tion of population in the United States and Scandinavian countries to urban areas.

Disposal of organic sludge and liquid agricultural wastes is a universal problem.

In order to validate predictive models of the very long-term processes which affect the performance of radioactive waste repositories, there has been an increased interest in the information and understanding which can be obtained from studying similar mechanisms in natural systems.

Five billion people, at present the world population, inevitably affect the quality of the environment.

The protection of groundwater resources has emerged in recent years as a high priority topic on the agenda of many countries.

A challenge facing society today is how to develop a meaningful strategy for integrated hazardous waste management.

The Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning and Related Problems"e; was held at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia on June 19-22, 1995.

Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce, yet the needs for cleanup are so huge.

The Australasia-Pacific Region supports approximately 50% of the world's population.

Biotechnology for Waste Management and Site Restoration covers: waste management - solid, gaseous, liquid; site restoration - radioactivity, organics, toxic metals; educational, economic, social and business aspects; and international collaboration.

The European Union initially demonstrated its interest in waste in the late 70s with the progamme on Waste Recycling Research and Development.

Regional Approaches to Water Pollution in the Environment integrates knowledge and experience on pollution problems related to industrial, agricultural and municipal activities and former military sites, with special emphasis on the Black Triangle: the region situated at the borders between North Bohemia, Polish Lower Silesia and South Saxony.

Most of the nuclear facilities built since the Second World War have ceased active operation and have been decommissioned.

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In the past decades, environmental scientists, economists and physicists have been juggling critical issues within environmental strategies and environmental management styles in order to find a feasible medium between limited resources, long term demands and objectives, and interest groups.

The aim of this book is to offer a river-basin management plan which is directly implementable and consistent with the European Union -Water Framework Directive (EU WFD).

This text book provides the theoretical background of rock fracture mechanics and displacement discontinuity methods used for the modelling of geomechanical problems.

The existence of life at high temperatures is quiet fascinating.

Over the past ten years, innovative technologies have shown that advanced oxidation processes are highly promising when applied to the remediation of polluted water or wastewater as they don't generate any sludge or solid material of hazardous nature.

Over the past 50 years the volume of wastewater has grown exponentially as a result of the increasing world population and the expansion of industrial developments.

This report is a useful tool for countries starting to recycle aggregates or construction and demolition waste.

Ion-exchange Technology II: Applications presents an overview of the numerous industrial applications of ion-exchange materials.

Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention explores the most up-to-date studies in the field of water pollution.

Ion-exchange Technology I: Theory and Materials describes the theoretical principles of ion-exchange processes.

The environment of our planet is degrading at an alarming rate because of non-sustainable urbanization, industrialization and agriculture.

This book places the main actors in environmental microbiology, namely the microorganisms, on center stage.

The effective removal of dyes from aqueous waste is an important issue for many industrialized countries.

The book addresses the development of the basic knowledge of the subsurface solute transfer with a particular emphasis on field data collection and analysis coupled with modeling (analytical and numerical) tool application.

A survey of recent developments in the field of plutonium disposal by the application of advanced nuclear systems, both critical and subcritical.

Water - and its governance - is becoming a global concern partly because it is turning into a goods in short supply, with devastating effects on literally billions of people, but also because it is the "e;carrier"e; of global warming; whether through irregular weather patterns or through flooding, water is how global warming will be 'felt'.

The fourth edition of "e;The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements"e; comprises all chapters in volumes 1 through 5 of the third edition (published in 2006) plus a new volume 6.

Rapid industrialization is a serious concern in the context of a healthy environment.

This book details three main topics: the screening and characterization of hydrocarbons from air, soil and water; technologies in the biodegradation of hydrocarbons; and the bioconversion of hydrocarbons for biofuel/chemicals, as well as recent developments in the remediation of hydrocarbons and their environmental benefits.

This publication suggests how Pakistan could strengthen solid waste management and in doing so reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The Screening Tool for Energy Evaluation of Projects (STEEP) is designed to help improve energy use efficiency in water and wastewater treatment systems.

Asia has experienced massive economic growth, characterized by rapid urbanization and industrialization, changing demographics, and increasing consumption and demand for resources.

This compendium features 18 projects that demonstrate the use of waste-to-energy technologies in the municipal, agricultural, and industrial sectors.

This handbook features best practices for integrating waste to energy and related technologies into the operations of various industries.

Nanotechnology is an emerging and promising field for advanced applications in industrial, commercial and medical sectors, and nanomaterials can be found today in sunscreens, deodorants and textiles.