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Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
Science and Engineering
Authors: Rao M.N., Sultana Razia, Kota Sri Harsha
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: Science and Engineering presents the latest on the rapid increase in volume and types of solid and hazardous wastes that have resulted from economic growth, urbanization, and industrialization and how they have challenged national and local governments to ensure effective and sustainable management of these waste products.
The book offers universal coverage of the technologies used for the management and disposal of waste products, such as plastic waste, bio-medical wastes, hazardous wastes, and e-wastes.
1. Introduction2. Municipal Solid Waste3. Plastic Waste4. Biomedical Waste5. Hazardous Waste6. Electronic Waste7. Soil Remediation Technologies8. Waste Minimization9. Environment Impact Assessment10. Landfill Gases
Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Environmental Analysts, and Environmental Risk Managers
Dr. Razia Sultana, an Indian Scientist ,PhD inEnvironmental Science from Kakatiya University, India. she worked forAndhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board for 14 years and later joined Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) in Hyderabad and retired as a Director(Programs) after 21 years. She established Biotechnology Laboratory and Botanical Garden at EPTRI. Her professional visits were to most of the states of India, Japan, Sweden, Canada and USA. Dr.Sultana published papers, and has been a guide / examiner for Bachelor, Master, M.Phil and PhD students. She chaired/ presented technical papers in national and international conferences. Dr. Sultana assisted the Andhra Pradesh Government in bringing out special legislation on Water, Land andTrees Act,2000 and organized training programs, executed environmental projects and conducted research for national and international agencies. She also worked as Course Director for International Institute for Waste Management (IIWM), Bhopal. She served as a member of Environment Panel for Confederation of Indian Industries.She published quarterly Newsletters under Environment Information System (ENVIS) sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.
Dr. Sri Harsha Kota is currently an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India. He received his master’s and PhD degrees in Civil
- Covers both traditional and new technologies for Identifying and categorizing the source and nature of the waste
- Provides methods for the safe disposal of municipal solid wastes, plastic waste, bio-medical wastes, hazardous wastes, and e-wastes
- Presents technologies that can be used for transportation and processing (including resource recovery) of the waste
- Discusses reclamation, reuse, and recovery of energy from MSW