Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues

Preface
Perspectives
Evolution of Solid Waste Management
Legislative Trends and Impacts
Part - 2: Sources, Composition and Properties of Solid Waste
Sources, Types and Composition of Municipal Solid Wastes
Physical, Chemical and Biological Properties of Municipal Solid Waste
Sources, Types and Properties of Hazardous wastes Found in Municipal Solid Waste
Part - 3: Engineering Principles
Solid Waste Generation and Collection Rates
Waste Handling and Separation, Storage and Processing at the Source
Collection of Solid Waste
Separation and Processing and Transformation of Solid Waste
Transfer and Transport
Disposal of Solid Wastes and Residual Matter
Part - 4: Separation, Transformation and recycling of Waste Materials
Materials Separation and Processing Technologies
Thermal Conversion Technologies
Biological and Chemical Conversion Technologies
Recycling of Materials Found in Municipal Solid Waste
Part - 5: Closure, Restoration and Rehabilitation of Landfills
Remedial Actions at Inactive Waste Disposal Sites
Part - 6: Solid Waste Management and Planning Issues
Meeting Federal and State Mandated Diversion Goals
Implementation of Solid Waste Management Options
Planning, Siting and Permitting of Waste Management Facilities
Appendix - A: Glossary
Appendix - B: Metric Conversion Factors
Appendix - C: Physical Properties of Water
Appendix - D: Presentation and Analysis of Solid Waste Management Data
Appendix - E: Typical Cost Data and Cost Estimating Procedures for Equipment Used in Solid Waste Management Systems
Appendix - F: Solubility of Landfill Gases Dissolved in Water
Appendix - G: Carbonate Equilibrium
Appendix - H: Physical Properties of Selected Volatile and Semivolatile Organic Compounds
Appendix - I: Landfill Gas Flow Heat Loss Computations
Indexes