Hazardous Waste Management

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 28, 1986 - Science - 544 pages
Drawn from over 14 years of engineering and scientific experience, this is a comprehensive review of important approaches to hazardous waste management. Deals with all major technical areas in this field and takes a historical view of the evaluation of U.S. regulations and policy. Also includes valuable information on ways hazardous waste problems are addressed in foreign countries.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
THE REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
11
DEFINING HAZARDOUS WASTES
43
QUANTIFYING HAZARDOUS WASTES
107
FACILITY SITING
133
11
183
43
190
107
197
TREATMENT PROCESSES
307
133
363
INCINERATION
365
LANDFILL DISPOSAL
387
OCEAN DUMPING AND UNDERGROUND INJECTION
417
APPENDIXES
437
INDEX
523
227
525

HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTATION
279

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Gaynor W. Dawson and Basil W. Mercer are the authors of Hazardous Waste Management, published by Wiley.

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