Municipal Solid Waste Management -

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Sommaire:
1 Introduction.- 1.1 The Problem with Waste.- 1.2 History of Waste Management.- 1.3 Directing Material Flows.- 1.4 Conclusions.- References.- 2 Waste Disposal: What are the Impacts?.- 2.1 The Diversity of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW).- 2.2 Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.- 2.3 MSW Management and Technology in China.- References.- 3 Recycling, Thermal Treatment and Recovery.- 3.1 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Zero Waste Approach.- 3.2 Mechanical Sorting Processes and Material Recycling.- 3.3 Conventional Thermal Treatment Methods.- 3.4 Emissions from Incinerator Ash Landfills.- 3.5 Secondary Raw Materials from Waste.- 4 Biological and Bio-Mechanical Processes.- 4.1 Mechanical-Biological Treatment of Waste (MBP).- 4.2 Composting and Anaerobic Digestion.- 4.3 Active Landfill Control and Stabilization of MSW.- 4.4 Biotechnology for the Treatment of Inorganic Wastes.- 5 Advanced Thermal Treatment Processes.- 5.1 Energy Recovery from Waste.- 5.2 Optimizing Incineration for Heavy Metal Recovery.- 5.3 High-Temperature Melting of Municipal Solid Waste.- 5.4 The Characteristics, Behavior and Durability of High Temperature Materials.- 5.5 Separate Treatment of Hazardous MSW Components.- 6 Ecology: Which Technologies Perform Best?.- 6.1 Assessment Tools for Waste Treatment Systems.- 6.2 An Introduction to Life-Cycle Assessment.- 6.3 Case Study: An LCA of Waste Treatment Processes.- 6.4 Long-Term versus Short-Term Impacts.- 6.5 Conclusions.- References.- 7 Assessing and Improving Social Compatibility.- 7.1 An Introduction to Social Compatibility.- 7.2 The Tool Social Compatibility Analysis SCA.- 7.3 Instruments for Improving Social Compatibility.- 7.4 Siting Waste Facilities: Case Studies.- 7.5 Conclusions.- References.- 8 Towards Sustainable WasteManagement.- 8.1 Sustainability of Waste Management and Treatment.- 8.2 Scenarios for a Future Waste Management and Treatment.- 8.3 Case studies.- 8.4 Recommendations for Development Towards Sustainability.- 8.5 Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 9 Concluding Remarks.