Solid Waste Engineering

Description

Managing solid waste has become crucial for the health of urban citizens and for improving competitiveness of cities. Solid waste is any garbage, refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded materials; solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Solid waste management is a crucial matter of urban management. In developing countries, it has remained neglected for the past numerous decades. Quantity of municipal solid waste is relentlessly rising, but collection efficiency and infrastructure is not increasing proportionality.
Waste materials that are organic such as plant material, food scraps and paper products; can be recycled using biological composting and digestion processes to decompose the organic matter. The organic material that is produced is then recycled as mulch or compost for agricultural and landscaping purposes. In addition, methane from the process can be captured and used to generate electricity. Hospital waste is highly contagious and can be a severe threat to human health, if not managed in a scientific and discriminate manner.
This book provides reference and serves as a guide and for inspiration of future research into the arena of solid waste management. It is indispensable to environmentalists, scholars, and administrators dealing with environmental protection. The author is a proficient subject expert with many accolades to their name.