In the developing countries, pollution through solid waste, sludge from water and wastewater treatment plants and pollution of natural water resources have become one of the grave issues.
Wetlands for Water Pollution Control, Second Edition, covers the fundamental science and engineering principles relevant to the drainage and treatment of both storm and wastewater.
The packaging industry is under pressure from regulators, customers and other stakeholders to improve packaging's sustainability by reducing its environmental and societal impacts.
The management and disposal of radioactive wastes are key international issues requiring a sound, fundamental scientific basis to insure public and environmental protection.
Band 1 dieses zweibändigen Lehrbuches gibt dem Lernenden aufbauend auf den Grundlagen einen Einstieg in die verfahrenstechnische Behandlung der vielfältigen Probleme mit dispersen Stoffen.
Mining waste management is an important issue for the mining industry since it entails the safe and responsible disposal of waste created during mining operations.
Advanced separations technology is key to closing the nuclear fuel cycle and relieving future generations from the burden of radioactive waste produced by the nuclear power industry.
The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify.
Radioactive wastes are generated from a wide range of sources, including the power industry, and medical and scientific research institutions, presenting a range of challenges in dealing with a diverse set of radionuclides of varying concentrations.
This book highlights the latest findings on fundamental aspects of composting, the interaction of various microorganisms, and the underlying mechanisms.
In der Schifffahrt spielt Wasser allenthalben eine wichtige Rolle, in der gewerblichen Schifffahrt wird Wasser auch als Brauchwasser, als Grau- und Schwarzwasser sowie zur Nutzung durch den Menschen als Trinkwasser benötigt.
This book covers the latest in recycling and reuse research focused toward greater sustainability and includes chapters authored by the world's leading thinkers and practitioners in the field.
This book provides an essential overview of ecotechnologies (also known as green infrastructure or nature-based solutions) which are considered to be relatively resilient to variations in stormwater and wastewater inflow.
Food wastage has become a major problem with about one third of all food produced for human consumption going to waste, leading to major socioeconomic and environmental consequences in an increasingly resource-constrained world.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges associated with dye pollution and highlights opportunities for sustainable development in the textile industry.
The difficulties associated with making risk assessments on the basis of experimental results are familiar to practitioners in many fields- engineering, epidemiology, chemistry, etc.
This book explores the potential of advanced microwave techniques, specifically microwave-assisted pyrolysis, for the production, adsorption, and regeneration of activated carbon (AC) as a promising solution to address wastewater pollution caused by dyes.
This book offers insights into the current focus and recent advances in bioremediation and green technology applications for waste minimization and pollution control.
Resource recovery and recycling from millions of tons of wastes produced from industrial activities is a continuing challenge for environmental engineers and researchers.
This book is focused on the engineering of green materials, which comprise natural composites, bio-inspired armors, waste-added clay ceramics, lignocellulosic fibers, and biodegradable polymers.
This book reviews the consequences of improper disposal of greywater into the environment and the most appropriate treatment technologies for developing countries, focusing on the potential to reuse greywater as a production medium for biomass and bio-products.
Similar to the three previous publications, which collected the materials of the NATO-Russia ARWs held in Moscow in 1995, 1997 and 2002, this fourth book addresses a very important challenge of the present - complex decommissioning of the nuclear-powered vessels taken out of service and environmental rehabilitation of the centers of basing and everyday running of different-type nuclear vessels.
Dieses umfassende Handbuch für Praxis und Lehre vermittelt den aktuellen Kenntnisstand der anaeroben Behandlung organisch verschmutzter Industrieabwässer und von Schlämmen, die bei der Reinigung kommunaler und industrieller Abwässer anfallen.
Wind erosion has such a pervasive influence on environmental and agricultural matters that academic interest in it has been continuous for several decades.
This book explores state-of-art techniques based on methodological and modeling aspects of solid and hazardous waste management, specifically focusing on the recent trends in data acquisition and robust modeling of the results obtained.
Volume 9 of Chemical Mutagens consists mainly of chapters discussing the development and validation of short-term assays to detect the mutagenic effects of environmental chemicals.
This book provides insights into the current status of waste management in India and research approaches to minimize waste and convert useful waste into energy alternatives towards achieving environmental sustainability.
This book edition on "e;Wastewater Management and Technologies"e; brings together a wealth of expertise by the authors, who exemplify the wide range of options available-from nature-based solutions to different levels of technology-and the different experiences through case studies from around the world, with a particular focus on conditions in developing countries.
Professor Wolfgang Nentwig, Universität Bern, stellt die derzeit brennendsten Umweltaspekte in ihrer Gesamtproblematik anschaulich dar; sein Werk hebt sich damit positiv von den zahllosen Sammelwerken zu dieser Thematik ab.
This book deals with the general principles, policy instruments, sustainability of supply chain, and business of health-care waste (HCW) management including inputs on exercise in immune health defense against COVID 19.
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
Shows why plastics, in aggregate, have become a toxin to humans, wildlife, and the planet, and proposes novel solutions that involve neither traditional recycling nor giving up plastic.
