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Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1 Assessing Global Waste Management 1
The Growing Problem of Garbage and Waste 2
Hazardous and Nonhazardous Waste 3
Waste Streams 9
Ecosystem Health 11
Waste Management 14
Waste Transport 16
Landfilling 22
Case Study: The Birth of a Throwaway Society 28
Separation and Treatment Technology 28
The Salvage Industry 30
Case Study: Denmark-A Model in Waste Management 31
Conclusion 34
2 Electronic Products and Metals 36
Components of E-Waste 39
Household Batteries 42
Electronics Pollution 43
Heavy Metals from E-Waste 44
White Goods 45
Separation and Reuse 47
Case Study: Community Answers to Surplus Computers 50
New Technologies for Reducing E-Waste 51
Clean Computers 53
Conclusion 55
3 Incineration 57
Methods in Municipal Waste Incineration 60
Incineration and Energy Production 63
Case Study: The Development of the Clean Air Act 64
Incinerated Materials and Air Quality 70
Hospital Waste 72
Clean Incineration 74
Rislc Assessment and Global Needs 75
Conclusion 77
4 Vitrification 79
History of Vitrification 80
High-Level Radioactive Waste 84
The Properties of Glass 85
Handling Immobilized Waste 87
Case Study: The Hanford Nuclear Waste Site 88
Innovations for Vitrifying Radioactive Waste 94
Enriched Uranium and Plutonium 95
Conclusion 100
5 Solidification and Stabilization 101
Controlling Solid and Liquid Waste Streams 102
The Sediment Cycle 104
Rachel Carson 106
Solidification 106
Chemical and Biological Stabilization 109
Case Study: The Sandoz Chemical Spill in Switzerland 113
Underground Disposal 115
Yucca MountainDisposal Site 118
New Technologies in Waste Stabilization 121
Conclusion 123
6 Reduction and Compaction 125
Nonhazardous Solid Waste 127
Volume Reduction 128
Composting 130
Compaction Systems 133
Organic Fertilizers 135
Paper Compaction 137
Products from Compacted Waste 139
Conclusion 142
7 Wastewater Treatment 143
The History of Sanitation 143
Constituents of Wastewater 145
Nitrogen and Phosphorus 148
Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Methods 149
Septic Systems 152
Physical and Chemical Treatments 152
Biological Treatments 156
Natural Treatment Systems 157
Case Study; Wetland Waste Treatment in California 158
Reclamation and Reuse 161
Case Study: San Diego's Recycled Water 163
Conclusion 165
8 Future Needs 167
Glossary 169
Further Resources 176
Index 189
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Waste Treatment: Reducing Global Waste
Excellent book for children on fallacies of modern-day "global warming" movement. Explains how climate change is natural, that humans are not causing it, and that climate change will not cause world wide catastrophes.
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