Integrated Solid Waste Management – A Life Cycle Inventory 2e McDougall Hardback

Integrated Solid Waste ManagementA Life Cycle Inventory\nAuthor(s): Forbes R. McDougall, Peter R. White, Marina Franke, Peter Hindle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780632058891, 978-0632058891\nSynopsis\nThe first edition described the concept of Integrated Waste Management (IWM), and the use of Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) to provide a way to assess the environmental and economic performance of solid waste systems. Actual examples of IWM systems and published accounts of LCI models for solid waste are now appearing in the literature. To draw out the lessons learned from these experiences a significant part of this 2nd edition focuses on case studies - both of IWM systems, and of where LCI has been used to assess such systems. The 2nd edition also includes updated chapters on waste generation, waste collection, central sorting, biological treatment, thermal treatment, landfill and materials recycling. This 2nd .