Recycling and Incineration : Evaluating the Choices.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Solid Waste: Dimensions of the Problem -- Seven Steps Toward Practical Solutions -- Beyond NIMBY: Putting This Handbook to Use -- Part One: Recycling and Incineration: The Basis for Comparison -- Chapter 1. Waste Generation and Waste Reduction -- Solid Waste Quantities -- Waste Composition -- Waste Reduction -- Chapter 2. Physical Capcacity to Manage the Waste Stream -- Incineration Technology, Potentials, and Residuals -- Recycling Technology, Potentials, and Residuals -- Developing Markets for Secondary Materials -- Chapter 3. Economic Comparisons -- Life-cycle Cost Comparisons: Basic Concepts -- Life-cycle Costs of Incineration -- Life-cycle Costs of Recycling -- Chapter 4. Lessons from Comparisons -- Seattle's Recycling Potential Assessment -- A First-Phase Recycling Program for New York City -- A Nonincineration Solid Waste Management Plan for the Town of North Hempstead, Long Island, New York -- Intensive Recycling Zones -- Leveling the Playing Field -- Part Two: Health and Environmental Risks of MSW Incineration and Their Control -- The Role of Incineration in MSW Management -- The Need for a Comprehensive Assessment of Risks from MSW Incineration -- The Nature of Health and Environmental Risks from MSW Incineration -- Chapter 5. MSW Incinerator Ash -- Inherent Toxicity of Incinerator Ash -- Leachability of Metals in Incinerator Ash -- Bioavailability and Direct Toxicity of Incinerator Ash -- Routes of Exposure to Incinerator Ash -- Fundamental Objectives of Ash Management -- Chapter 6. MSW Incinerator Air Emissions -- Air Pollution Control -- Emission Limits -- Monitoring -- Chapter 7. Evaluating MSW Incinerator Health Risk Assessments -- Fundamentals and Limitations of Risk Assessment.

The Health Risk Assessment: A Thumbnail Sketch -- Summary: A Health Risk Assessment Checklist -- Part Three: Practical Aspects of Planning, Implementation and Environmental Review: Strategies for Effective Citizen Participa -- Chapter 8. Promises, Promises: Screening Out the Bad, Locking In the Good -- Ash Toxicity -- Injury to Recycling Efforts -- Air Emission Limits -- Chapter 9. Important Elements of A Solid Waste Plan -- Identifying the Options and Assigning Priorities -- Gathering Essential Information -- Evaluating the Institutional Framework -- Participating in the Decision-making Process -- Siting -- Chapter 10. Permitting and Review for MSW Incinerators -- Environmental Impact Statements and Related Requirements -- Air Pollution Laws -- Solid Waste Laws -- Miscellaneous Requirements -- General Considerations -- Existing Facilities -- Appendices -- A. Location and Status of MSW Incinerators in the United States -- B. EDF Proposal for Design of MSW Incinerator Ash Monofills -- C. Model Resolution -- D. Pertinent Issues and Questions -- E. Consultants, Requests for Qualifications, and Requests for Proposals -- F. List of Abbreviations -- Index.

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