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by H. Lanier Hickman, Jr., P.E., DEE, Immediate Past Executive Director, Solid Waste Association of North America - 1999 Hardcover 688 pp.
As a recognized expert in the field, the author presents a review and expanded discussion about the policies, politics, regulations, technologies, systems, and practices of integrated solid waste management. Written from a practitioner’s point of view, the book takes a “no nonsense” approach to the practicalities and realities of planning, designing, and managing integrated solid waste management systems. Not only for practicing professionals as a handy reference refresher, the book has also been developed so undergraduate and graduate students majoring in engineering, natural resources, or environmental sciences will be able to gain a working knowledge of the topic. Excellent reference source for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination in Environmental Engineering. Readers will learn the fundamentals of design and the principles for each method and practice of integrated municipal solid waste management. CONTENTS include Policies and Roles; Legislation and Regulations; Planning, Management, Organization, Financing; Collection Principles and Systems Design; Transfer Station Principles and Facility Design; Recycling Principles and Facility Design; Composting Principles and Facility Design; Waste-to-Energy Principles and Facility Design; Landfill Principles and Facility Design; Managing Special and Construction/Demolition Wastes.
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