Waste Management and Treatment

Contents: Preface. 1. History of waste management. 2. Ecology and earth science. 3. Reuse of garbage. 4. Reverse Osmosis and filtration. 5. Bioconversion of biomass to fuels. 6. Thermal depolymerization. 7. Anaerobic digestion. 8. Mixed alcohol fuels. 9. Ultrasound. 10. Living machines and membrane bioreactor. 11. Sedimentation and forth flotation. 12. Sustainability and ecological process. 13. Iodine and use. 14. Ozone and earth. 15. Environmentalism and pollution prevention. Index.

Waste management practices differ for developed and developing nations for urban and rural areas and for residential and industrial producers. Management for non hazardous residential and institutional waste in metropolitan areas is usually the responsibility of local government authorities while management for non hazardous commercial and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the generator. (jacket)