Waste treatment and disposal

This book addresses the application of the water, energy and food nexus in the MENA Region.

Resource Recovery Technology for Municipal and Rural Solid Waste: Classification, Mechanical Separation, Recycling, and Transfer describes the practical considerations in recycling solid waste-from source characterization to recycling of end product-with the aim of maximizing pollution control and resource recovery.

Electronic waste, which includes everything from refrigerators to smartphones, is one of the world's fastest growing waste streams.

This book explores microbial intervention in wastewater treatment for resource recovery, bioenergy production, and environmental sustainability.

In this collection, the authors report on the pretreatment methods for waste activated sludge based on pulsed electric field and corona discharge techniques.

The discipline of surface and colloid chemistIy has experienced a considerable resurgence since the early sixties.

Current wastewater treatment technologies are not sustainable simply due to their high operational costs and process inefficiency.

This very unique research-oriented edited collection introduces waste and pollution treatment methods that can be adopted at local and international levels and examines appropriate resource management strategies for environmentally related issues.

The concept of Sustainable Development, implicating the protection of soil and groundwater, the limitation of waste production and the re-use of soild waste materials is still the leading theme of WASCON '94.

From wastestream to mainstream, a practical guide to composting toilet systems.

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.

Algal Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Environmental Applications focuses on algae's possibilities, assets, and functions as a renewable and sustainable resource that can act as an excellent alternative to withstand adverse environmental conditions to generate useful products.

The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material.

Looking at the politics of nuclear waste, this book examines the subject from an international standpoint.

New edition covers the latest practices, regulations, and alternative disinfectants Since the publication of the Fourth Edition of White's Handbook of Chlorination and Alternative Disinfectants more than ten years ago, the water industry has made substantial advances in their understanding and application of chlorine, hypochlorite, and alternative disinfectants for water and wastewater treatment.

The purpose of this book is to provide a base of information and analysis to assist in implementation of the policy of reducing and/or minimizing hazardous waste generation in manufacturing and more specifically in the process industries.

The prevailing global environmental crisis is primarily because of non-standardized parameters for environmental regulation.

Unravels fundamental engineering for the treatment, recovery, and disposal of solid waste, sludge and wastewater in the petroleum, chemical, and unconventional oil and gas processing industries This new edition unravels essential requirements for the process design and engineering of the equipment and facilities pertaining to waste management for gas refineries, chemical plants, oil terminals, and petrochemical plants.

A comprehensive guide to sludge management, reuse, and disposal When wastewater is treated, reducing organic material to carbon dioxide, water, and bacterial cells the cells are disposed of, producing a semisolid and nutrient-rich byproduct called sludge.

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.

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.

This book presents original results on the use of cassava wastewater as a substitute for potable water in ceramic formulations.

In the context of climate change and fossil fuel pollution, solar energy appears as a cheap and sustainable fuel for many environmental applications, yet the efficiency of techniques has to be improved.

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.

Nuclear sites become contaminated with radionuclides due to accidents and activities carried out without due consideration for the environment.

Biochar Ecotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment summarizes current accomplishments in biochar ecotechnologies for enhancing agricultural production, encouraging sustainable waste management, and fostering a circular bioeconomy by advancing the pyrolysis process at both large-scale industrial and small-scale-local levels.

This book chiefly focuses on environmental flow, water pollution and water quality.

A guide to the extraction, isolation and purification of bioactive compounds from agricultural wastes, and their applications Recovering Bioactive Compounds from Agricultural Wastes offers a guide to the many uses of agricultural wastes from the production of major food types including tea, coffee, cacao, cashew, fruit and vegetables, wine, edible oils, sugar, starch and more.

This book presents the application of system analysis techniques with case studies to help readers learn how the techniques can be applied, how the problems are solved, and which sustainable management strategies can be reached.

Every sector faces unique challenges in the transition to sustainability.

Marine debris is a global pollution problem affecting marine life, maritime commerce and environmental quality.

This book covers state-of-the-art technologies, principles, methods and industrial applications of electronic waste (e-waste) and waste PCB (WPCB) recycling.

Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook provides the most reliable methodology for identifying which waste types are produced from particular industrial processes and how they can be treated.

This book discusses the recent advances in the wastes recycling technologies to provide low-cost and alternative ways for nanomaterials production.

Textile products are produced, distributed, sold and used worldwide.

Sediment and Dredged Material Treatment forms the second volume in the SEDNET mini-series, Sustainable Management of Sediment Resources.

This monograph consists of manuscripts submitted by invited speakers who participated in the symposium "e;Industrial Environmental Chemistry: Waste Minimization in Industrial Processes and Remediation of Hazardous Waste,"e; held March 24-26, 1992, at Texas A&M University.

This book provides high-quality research results and proposes future priorities for more sustainable development and energy security.

A "e;zero waste"e; society and the "e;circular economy"e; trend are urgently needed.

This book describes the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of waste management and environmental geomechanics as presented by leading researchers, engineers and practitioners at the International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design (IC_SWMD), held in Ludhiana (Punjab), India on November 2-3, 2018.

This volume addresses the latest results of the Major Water Program of the Chinese Government which aims at the restoration of polluted water environments and sustainable management of water resources in China.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of nuclear power engineering, as presented by researchers and engineers at the Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering (SCOPE), which was organized by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), and held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on November 13-15, 2023.

With rampant industrialization, the management of waste generated by various industries is becoming a mammoth problem.

Minerals are essential commodities for the growth of mankind, and all the progress of humanity owes unequivocally to minerals.

This volume provides an overview of recent trends in bioremediation techniques.

This book overviews the cutting-edge applications of biotechnological tools and techniques in valorizing industrial waste to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Business models, which aims at determining how efficient can be a life cycle strategy from different point of view (customer, policy, environment, economics,.