Waste & Recycling

Offering broad coverage of basic and advanced principals and applications, this volume provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on innovative and alternative approaches. It investigates a varie..

A timely addition to the literature, this book highlights the desorption/release mechanisms for the purpose of resolving remediation dilemmas. It gives readers the added advantage of case studies at both the microscopic and macroscopic scales and provides both experimental and numerical investigatio..

Household Chemicals and Emergency First Aid..

This excellent resource describes the various Federal agency programs, guidelines, laws, and requirements regarding potential exposure to carcinogens in the environment-ambient air, water, and soil-workplace environment-food and drugs and other consumer products...

Written by a public health official Impact of Hazardous Waste on Human Health provides the unique perspective available only from an insider. The author addresses why: hazardous waste issues must be more vigorously examined, site remediation is critical, risk management must extend beyond waste site..

This second edition of the best-selling In Situ Treatment Technology serves as an even more comprehensive reference source. It provides an understanding of technologies, their strengths and limitations, and the details necessary to implement them. The latest EPA and DOD updates and the new detailed ..

This complete guide to infectious and medical waste management is required reading for everyone who handles, treats, transports, disposes of, or is responsible for this waste. This valuable book gives you the expertise of the authors' combined 30 years' experience with this vital topic...

With contributions from a panel of experts from industry, government, and academia, this volume is a practical guide to the latest innovations in materials processing and fabrication. It examines current and developing processes in the aerospace, industrial, commercial, military, and electronic indu..

The growth in the world’s nuclear industry has resulted in a heightened focus on the need for next-generation nuclear fuel-cycle technologies. This volume provides a comprehensive look at the state of the science underlying solvent extraction in its role as the most powerful separation technique for..

This book reviews of recent findings on the mitigation of gas emission from landfills and sludge processing. It covers methane and the migration of POPs, heavy metal ions, ammonia and nitrate from landfills to the water-soil system and to the atmosphere. It also discusses strategies for mitigating t..

Management of Problem Soils in Arid Ecosystems..

Here is your new handbook full of information and guidance necessary to understand and comply with the myriad and complex hazardous waste regulations...