Handbook of Solid Waste Management, Second Edition PDF

This practical handbook offers engineers and public officials the only integrated approach to the planning, design, and management of efficient, economical and environmentally responsible solid waste disposal systems. The second edition will update chapter 3, Solid Waste Characteristics, chapter 4, chapter 5. These chapters deal with federal and state regulations. Chapter 9, Recycling, Chapter 12, Landfilling will be updated. New materials on optical separation techniques, weight based collection systems, yard waste management, economics, collection cost and technologies, safety and risk assessment were added.