Waste

Waste, and how to manage it, is one of the greatest challenges faced by modern society, with improved waste management key to achieving global sustainability goals. In recent years there have been rapid changes in this area from both a research and legislative perspective, and Waste: A Handbook for Management, Second Edition presents both the latest developments and ongoing challenges in a single volume.

Extensively updated, this new edition reframes a number of original chapters from a universal waste perspective, and includes additional information on a wide range of hot topics and developing areas, such as hydraulic fracturing, microplastics, waste management in developing countries and waste-exposure-outcome pathways. Beginning with an overview of the current waste landscape in Part 1, including green engineering, processing principles and regulations, Part 2 goes on to outline waste streams and treatment methods for over 25 different types of waste, covering the entire waste spectrum from mine sites to space. Part 3 then reviews best practice and management, highlighting challenges for developing countries, risk assessment, contaminant pathways and risk trade-offs.

With an overall focus on waste recovery, reuse, prevention and life cycle analysis, Waste: A Handbook for Management, Second Edition draws on the experience of an international team of expert contributors to provide reliable guidance on how best to manage wastes for scientists, managers, engineers and policy makers in both the private and public sectors.

• Covers the assessment and treatment of multiple different waste streams in a single book.
• Provides a hands-on report on each type of waste problem written by an expert in the field
• Highlights new findings and evolving problems in waste management via discussion boxes