Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management IssuesDesigned for undergraduate courses in civil or environmental engineering departments which take an engineering approach to solid waste management, this work provides coverage of separation, transformation and recycling of waste materials, and offers a presentation of the integrated solid waste management system. Spreadsheets are used to develop results for waste generation, transportation, recycling, transformation and disposal. |
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Legislative Trends and Impacts | 23 |
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agencies aluminum amount anaerobic digestion baled biodegradable capacity carbon cardboard chemical collection routes collection vehicle combustion commingled MSW compaction compactor composting container system conveyor cost curbside collection Determine developed disposal engineering Environmental equipment estimate Example factor food waste fraction of MSW ft³ fuel gas production gases geomembrane glass h/trip haul hazardous waste landfill cover landfill gas landfill liner layer lb/ft³ lb/yd³ leachate leachate collection lift liner loading materials recovery materials recovery facility mechanical metals methane monitoring municipal solid waste operation organic fraction paper percent plant plastic problem process flow diagram quantities recovered recyclable materials refuse-derived fuel residential screen separation shredded sludge soil solid waste management source-separated specific weight storage Table temperature ton/d ton/h transfer station transport truck types Typical vadose zone waste collection waste components waste materials yard wastes yd³