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Waste Treatment
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: Anne Maczulak, Ph.D.
  • From the Series: Green Technology
  • Trim Size: 7-3/8 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0816072043
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7204-0
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $40.00
  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 09/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 628
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 216

Summary

Hazardous and nonhazardous wastes must be grouped by their physical form, chemical content, degree of hazard to the environment, or source in order to be treated by waste managers. These groupings also allow environmental scientists to learn about the trends in our society's waste and in society itself. Waste types can change dramatically in a period of less than 100 years. For example, waste from electronic products poses a big problem in the world today but this was not considered a serious threat in the early 1900s.

The waste treatment industry plays a role in removing, treating, and disposing of human, household, and industrial wastes, either by burning, decomposing, or chemically transforming them so that the Earth's activities can continue. Beginning with a look at the global waste problem, Waste Treatment defines the different classifications of materials that are treated today in waste management, including one of the most important concepts—waste stream. Waste streams are all the sources of various wastes as they move through the environment toward a final disposal. The control of waste streams is the central theme throughout this new, full-color book.

Chapters include:

  • Assessing Global Waste Management
  • Electronic Products and Metals
  • Incineration
  • Vitrification
  • Solidification and Stabilization
  • Reduction and Compaction
  • Wastewater Treatment.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and line illustrations. Index. Glossary. Sidebars. Print and Web resources. Tables and charts.

About the Author(s)

Anne Maczulak, Ph.D., has more than 25 years of experience as a microbiologist in university laboratories. She completed her undergraduate and master's studies at Ohio State University and earned her doctorate from the University of Kentucky. She has authored peer-reviewed journal articles and technical reports and has served on corporate microbiology committees. Maczulak has given presentations to national environmental health associations as well as workshops on surface water.

Reviews and Awards

"A useful resource and reference book..."


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