ABSTRACT

With specialized and succinct coverage, Concise Handbook of Waste Treatment Technologies provides readers with an integrated overview of various waste treatment technologies and related issues. Rather than dealing separately with each type of waste material, the book summarizes important waste treatments from a holistic perspective.

  • Presents a comprehensive review of the most used terminologies and methods in waste management
  • Explains how waste materials are treated and managed in a manner compatible with engineering, health, safety, and environmental regulations and laws
  • Includes discussion of basic solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes
  • Accessible to both specialists and non-specialists

This guidebook is written for early career professionals, non-specialists, and specialists in environmental and chemical engineering and related disciplines seeking to understand proper waste and management and disposal techniques.

chapter 1|4 pages

General Concept of Waste Management

chapter 2|6 pages

Waste Impact on Health and Environment

chapter 4|6 pages

Classification of Waste Materials

chapter 5|6 pages

Waste Management Hierarchy

chapter 6|9 pages

Solid Waste Management

chapter 7|15 pages

Waste Treatment Processes

chapter 8|18 pages

Biowaste Solid Materials Treatment

chapter 9|16 pages

Waste Disposal by Thermal Processes

chapter 10|21 pages

Industrial Wastewater Treatment

chapter 11|17 pages

Effluent Gas Control: Clean-up System

chapter 12|12 pages

Economics of Waste Treatment and Management