Solid Waste Engineering - Hardcover

Vesilind, P. Aarne; Worrell, William A.; Reinhart, Debra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534378145 ISBN 13: 9780534378141

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING is one of a handful of engineering textbooks to address the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and processing the refuse created by our urban society. While the authors discuss issues such as regulations and legislation, their main emphasis is on solid waste engineering principles. They maintain their focus on principles by first explaining the basic principles of the field, then demonstrating how these principles are applied in real world settings through worked examples.

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Synopsis

This text provides engineers with a basic framework for the implementation of improved solid waste management systems. Material is geared especially to engineers in less developed countries. Coverage includes municipal solid waste characteristics and quantities, collection of municipal solid waste, landfills, processing of waste, combustion and ene

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0534378145
• ISBN 13: 9780534378141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448