Pollution Control and Waste Management in Developing Countries (Environmental Studies) - Softcover

9780850925579: Pollution Control and Waste Management in Developing Countries (Environmental Studies)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850925576 ISBN 13: 9780850925579

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2000

A comprehensive, practical view of environmental management, this book records the experience gained through regional seminars in Africa over several years. It uses real examples to illustrate the points it makes. Subjects covered are: air pollution; coastal and marine pollution; managing domestic, industrial, mining, biomedical, nuclear and radioactive waste; solid waste re-use and recycling; waste water treatment; bioremediation; microbiological assessment and monitoring of pollutants; laboratory waste management; moving hazardous waste between nations; best practice for building a distributed waste network. The book will be of tremendous benefit to policy-makers, non-governmental organisations, intergovernmental organisations, university and research institutions as well as concerned citizens.

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Synopsis

A comprehensive, practical view of environmental management, focusing on pollution control and waste management. It records the experience gained through Commonwealth Secretariat regional seminars conducted in Africa over several years. It deals with the following subjects, using real examples to illustrate points made: air pollution; coastal and marine pollution; managing domestic, industrial, mining, biomedical, nuclear and radioactive waste; solid waste reuse and recycling; bioremediation; microbiological assessment and monitoring of pollutants; laboratory waste management; moving hazardous waste trans-nationally; best practice for building a distributed waste network. The book should be useful to policy-makers and non-governmental organizations, as well as to the academic and research world.

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