Chemistry and creativity Waste Treatment and Disposal, 2nd Edition
PAUL T. WILLIAMS
Professor of Environmental Engineering
The University of Leeds, UK
Following on from the successful first edition of Waste Treatment & Disposal, this second edition has been completely updated, and provides comprehensive coverage of waste process engineering and disposal methodologies. Concentrating on the range of technologies available for household and commercial waste, it also presents readers with relevant legislative background material as boxed features.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.
1.1 History of Waste Treatment and Disposal.
1.2 European Union Waste Management Policy.
1.3 Waste Strategy of the European Community.
1.4 Policy Instruments.
1.5 EU Waste Management Legislation.
1.6 The Economics of Waste Management.
1.7 Options for Waste Treatment and Disposal.
2 Waste.
2.1 Definitions of Waste.
2.2 Waste Arisings.
2.3 Municipal solid waste (MSW).
2.4 Hazardous waste.
2.5 Sewage sludge.
2.6 Other Wastes.
2.7 Waste Containers, Collection Systems and Transport.
3 Waste Recycling.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Waste recycling.
3.3 Examples of Waste Recycling.
3.4 Economic Considerations.
3.5 Life Cycle Analysis of Materials Recycling.
4 Waste Landfill.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 EC Waste Landfill Directive.
4.3 Site Selection and Assessment.
4.4 Considerations for Landfills.
4.5 Types of Waste Landfilled.
4.6 Landfill Design and Engineering.
4.7 Landfill Liner Materials.
4.8 Landfill Liner Systems.
4.9 Processes Operating in Waste Landfills.
4.10 Other Landfill Design Types.
4.11 Landfill Gas.
4.12 Landfill Leachate.
4.13 Landfill Capping.
4.14 Landfill Site Completion and Restoration.
4.15 Energy Recovery from Landfill Gas.
4.16 Old Landfill Sites.
5 Waste Incineration.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 EC Waste Incineration Directive.
5.3 Incineration Systems.
6 Other Treatment Technologies; Pyrolysis, Gasification, Combined Pyrolysis-Gasification, Composting, Anaerobic Digestion.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Pyrolysis.
6.3 Gasification.
6.4 Combined Pyrolysis-Gasification.
6.5 Composting.
6.6 Anaerobic Digestion.
7 Integrated Waste Management.
7.1 Integrated Waste Management.
This second edition arises from the 1998 first edition (published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
1998) which was largely based on the UK. This new book has been substantially revised
and rewritten to cover waste treatment and disposal with particular emphasis on Europe.
Increasingly in Europe the European Commission legislation has had a major influence on
the management of solid waste and hence the need for a European focussed text. The book
is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking courses in Environmental
Science and Environmental, Civil, Chemical and Energy Engineering, with a component
of waste treatment and disposal. It is also aimed at professional people in the waste management
industry.
