Waste Management : New Research.

Intro -- WASTE MANAGEMENT: NEW RESEARCH -- WASTE MANAGEMENT: NEW RESEARCH -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: TANNERY SLUDGE COMPOST: USE FOR CROP PRODUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INDUSTRIAL WASTES -- 2. TANNERY SLUDGE -- 3. TANNERY SLUDGE COMPOST -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: WASTE FOR LIFE (WFL): POVERTY REDUCING SOLUTIONS TO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WASTE FOR LIFE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- 3. NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES (NFCS) -- 4. PROJECT APPROACH -- 4.1. Background Research -- 4.1.1. Scoping and Needs Assessment -- 4.1.2. Feasibility Study -- 4.1.3. Stakeholder Analysis -- 4.1.4. Social Impact Assessment (SIA) -- 4.2. Technical Process -- 4.2.1. Materials Development -- 4.2.2. Production Method - The Hot Press -- 4.2.3. Product Development -- 5. IMPLEMENTATION ON THE GROUND -- 5.1. Lesotho -- 5.2. Argentina -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: SPATIAL INEQUALITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN A MILLENNIUM CITY: THE NEXUS BETWEEN GOVERNANCE AND POVERTY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN GOVERNANCE, POVERTY AND SPATIAL INEQUALITY -- POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR SWM -- Central Government -- Regional Authorities -- Local Authorities -- The Private Sector -- METHODOLOGY AND FIELDWORK -- EXPLORING THE CURRENT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ACCRA -- Waste Generation -- Solid Waste Collection -- Waste Recovery and Recycling -- Composting -- Waste Disposal -- Private Sector Participation -- ANALYSING SPATIAL INEQUALITY IN MSWM IN ACCRA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: TREATMENT OF OILY WASTEWATERS FROM METALWORKING PROCESSES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRIMARY TREATMENT -- Gravity Separators -- Centrifuges and Hydrocyclones -- SECONDARY TREATMENT -- Chemical Methods -- Flotation -- Filtration.

Electrochemical Methods -- Membrane Processes -- Evaporation -- TERTIARY TREATMENT -- Adsorption on Activated Carbon -- Biological Treatment -- Ion Exchange -- Reverse Osmosis -- INTEGRATED OR HYBRID PROCESSES -- Membrane Hybrid Processes -- Membrane Hybrid Processes with Mechanical Pretreatment of the Feed -- Membrane Hybrid Processes with Chemical Pretreatment of the Feed -- Destabilization/Membrane Process -- Demulsification/Reverse Osmosis Process -- Flotation/Membrane Process -- Membrane Hybrid Processes with Purification of the Permeate or Concentrate -- Combination of Two Membrane Processes -- Microfiltration/Ultrafiltration Process -- Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration Process -- Ultrafiltration/Reverse Osmosis Process -- Nanofiltration/Reverse Osmosis Process -- Membrane Reactors -- Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR) -- Membrane Chemical Reactor -- Destabilization/Evaporation Process -- Destabilization/Filtration Process -- CASE STUDIES -- Steel Industry -- Copper Industry -- Integrated Process for the Treatment of Waste Metalworking Fluids -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: AN APPROACH FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE AS SUPPORT TOOL FOR INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- General -- Objectives of this Chapter -- HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE GENERATION AND COMPOSITION -- Methods of Household Solid Waste Composition Studies -- Monitoring of Waste Flow -- Waste Composition -- Outline of Survey -- Relevant Factors Influencing HSW Generation -- Modeling Household Solid Waste Generation -- HOUSEHOLD ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR TOWARD WASTE DISCHARGE AND RECYCLING -- Questionnaire Survey -- Questionnaire Structure and Contents -- Analysis -- Relevant Factors for Household Behavior and Attitudes -- EVALUATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE WASTE TREATMENT METHODS -- Background -- LCIA Application for HSW Treatment Practices.

GHG Emissions from Combustion -- Evaluation of Alternative Treatment Practices -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: SOLID RESIDUES AS AMENDMENTS OF SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH HEAVY METALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: REMEDIATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONOF SOLID RESIDUES -- LIME: LIMESTONE MINING RESIDUE -- RED MUD: BAUXITE MINING RESIDUE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: BIOLOGICAL RECYCLING OF BIO-WASTE AND COMPOST UTILISATION FROM A LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GOAL AND SCOPE -- METHODOLOGY -- THE LCA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION: MINIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM OIL PALM PROCESSING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GLOBAL OIL PALM CULTIVATION -- 3. PALM OIL PRODUCTION PROCESS -- 4. WASTES FROM PALM OIL PROCESSING -- Liquid Effluent -- Solid Wastes -- 5. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY -- 6. UTILIZATION OF PALM OIL MILL BY-PRODUCTS AND RESIDUES -- Solid Residues -- EFB -- Fibre -- Liquid Residue - POME -- Products from Oil Palm Biomass -- 7. SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT -- 8. FUTURE PROSPECTS: RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: MODELING AND SIMULATIONOF PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SINGAPORE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT -- 2.1. Waste Management in Singapore -- 2.2. Concept of Process Sustainability -- 2.3. Sustainability Measurement with Metrics - Existing Modeling Approaches -- 2.4. Sustainability Simulation - Agent-based Methods -- 3. METRICS-DRIVEN SUSTAINABILITY MODELING INWASTE MANAGEMENT -- 3.1. Metrics Development Process and Techniques -- 3.2. Environmental Sustainability Metrics -- 3.2.1. Quantification Methods.

3.2.2. Emission Sources Analysis of Waste-to-Material Recovery Processes -- 3.2.3. Formulation of GHG Emissions Metric Models -- 3.2.4. Application Issues of GHG Emission Metrics -- 3.3. Economic Valuation Metrics -- 3.3.1. Process Cost Modeling Method -- 3.3.2. Cost Metrics Development -- 3.4. Metrics to Measure Social Responsibility of Processes -- 3.5. Formulation of the Contextual Sustainability Metrics -- 3.5.1. Waste Minimization Metrics -- 3.5.2. In-process Recycling Metrics -- 3.5.3. Resources Conservation Metrics -- 4. AGENT-BASED SUSTAINABILITY SIMULATION -- 4.1. Sustainability Simulation Model -- 4.2. Simulation Scenarios -- 4.3. Agent System Design and Implementation -- 4.3.1. Multi-agent Environment for Process Sustainability Assessment -- 4.3.2. Functional Structure of the Software Agent -- 4.3.3. Module Design -- 4.3.4. Implementation of Agent-based Solutions -- 5. CASE STUDY: EVALUATING PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY OFWASTE-TO-MATERIAL RECOVERY OPTIONS -- 5.1. Overview of the Waste-to-Material Recovery System Studied -- 5.2. Deterministic Analysis of Process Sustainability Performances -- 5.2.1. Impact of Processing Technology Choice on Carbon Footprint and Unit Cost -- 5.2.2. Toxicity Management in the Closed-Loop Metal Recovery Process -- 5.2.3. Evaluation and Comparison of Process Sustainability for Waste Minimization atSource -- 5.3. Monte Carlo Simulation for Process Profitability Analysis -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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