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Thermochemical Waste Treatment - Combustion, Gasification, and Other Methodologies (Hardcover): Elena Cristina Rada Thermochemical Waste Treatment - Combustion, Gasification, and Other Methodologies (Hardcover)
Elena Cristina Rada
R3,227 Discovery Miles 32 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Increasing attention is being paid to the valorization of solid wastes-converting them into energy or other useful products. This book describes recent research into methodologies and technologies for managing various forms of solid waste, while at the same time generating energy and revenue with less impact on the environment. Topics include combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and hydrothermal carbonization. The transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a more sustainable economy will require a solid foundation of ongoing scientific research. The editor of this compendium, a well-respected researcher in the field, has selected studies that help to build that foundation.

Nuclear Juggernaut - The transport of radioactive materials (Paperback): Martin Bond Nuclear Juggernaut - The transport of radioactive materials (Paperback)
Martin Bond
R1,470 Discovery Miles 14 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every day throughout Britain, by road, by rail and by sea, there are large numbers of routine movements of radioactive cargo. Materials at all stages of the nuclear cycle, from uranium ore to nuclear waste, from nuclear warheads to radioactive isotopes used in medicine, are constantly on the move. In normal circumstances handling low-level material exposes workers to small doses of radiation, but a serious accident could lead to widespread contamination and to the major risk of additional deaths from cancer. The accident record is not good. There are repeated small accidents and many people believe that the major accident is simply waiting to happen. This book gives a thorough account of what is moved, by wham and far what purpose. It considers the risks, including that of terrorism, the safety record and the precautions. It also highlights the perils of the secrecy surrounding the industry: for example, local councils are responsible for coping with any accident, but are not told when or where nuclear movements are taking place. Martin Bond's careful work is a large step towards order in a chaotic industry. Originally published in 1992

Waste Management and Valorization - Alternative Technologies (Hardcover): Elena Cristina Rada Waste Management and Valorization - Alternative Technologies (Hardcover)
Elena Cristina Rada
R3,523 Discovery Miles 35 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Edited by a leading researcher in the field, this book provides an overview of waste valorization and includes the editor's research in addition to other experts and recent and relevant studies on this critical topic. It covers treatment and pretreatment technologies and methodologies, energy recovery from solid wastes, recycling and reuse, additional cutting-edge valorization methodologies. Primarily aimed at researchers and advanced students in biochemical, engineering, and environmental fields, this book should also provide a valuable reference for municipal legislators and industry practitioners.

Landfilling of Waste - Leachate (Hardcover): T.H. Christensen, R. Cossu, R. Stegmann Landfilling of Waste - Leachate (Hardcover)
T.H. Christensen, R. Cossu, R. Stegmann
R17,974 Discovery Miles 179 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Landfilling of waste has increased dramatically over recent years and there have been many examples of landfills which are unacceptable on environmental and health grounds. This is one of a group of international reference books which address this problem, specifically in this case covering the strongly contaminated wastewater developed from landfills.

Sanitation, Latrines and Intestinal Parasites in Past Populations (Hardcover, New Ed): Piers D. Mitchell Sanitation, Latrines and Intestinal Parasites in Past Populations (Hardcover, New Ed)
Piers D. Mitchell
R4,104 Discovery Miles 41 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sanitation and intestinal health is something we often take for granted today. However, people living in many regions of the developing world still suffer with debilitating diseases due to the lack of sanitation. Despite its clear impact upon health in modern times, sanitation in past populations is a topic that has received surprisingly little attention. This book brings together key experts from around the world to explore fascinating aspects of life in the past relevant to sanitation, and how that affected our ancestors. By its end readers will realize that toilets were in use in ancient Mesopotamia even before the invention of writing, and that flushing toilets with anatomic seats were a technology of ancient Greece at the time of the minotaur myth. They will see how sanitation compared in ancient Rome and medieval London, and will take a virtual walk around the sanitation of York at the time of the Vikings. Readers will also understand which intestinal parasites infected humans in different regions of the world over different time periods, what these parasites tell us about early human evolution, later population migrations, past diet, lifestyle, and the effects of sanitation technology. There is good evidence that over the millennia people in the past realized that sanitation mattered. They invented toilets, cleaner water supplies, drains, waste disposal and sanitation legislation. While past views on sanitation were very different to those of today, it is clear than many past societies took sanitation much more seriously than was previously thought.

Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management - Cradle-to-Cradle for Sustainable Development (Hardcover): Salah el-Haggar Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management - Cradle-to-Cradle for Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
Salah el-Haggar
R2,781 Discovery Miles 27 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management was inspired by the need to have a text that enveloped awareness and solutions to the ongoing issues and concerns of waste generated
from industry. The development of science and technology has increased human capacity
to extract resources from nature and it is only recently that industries are being held accountable for the detrimental effects the waste they produce has on the environment. Increased governmental research, regulation and corporate accountability are digging up issues pertaining to pollution control and waste treatment and environmental protection.
The traditional approach for clinical waste, agricultural waste, industrial waste, and municipal waste are depleting our natural resources. The main objective of this book is to conserve the natural resources by approaching 100 % full utilization of all types of wastes by cradle - to - cradle concepts, using Industrial Ecology methodology documented with case studies. Sustainable development and environmental protection cannot be achieved without establishing the concept of industrial ecology. The main tools necessary for establishing Industrial Ecology and sustainable development will be covered in the book. The concept of "industrial ecology" will help the industrial system to be managed and operated more or less like a natural ecosystem hence causing as less damage as possible to the surrounding environment.
*Numerous case studies allow the reader to adapt concepts according to personal
interest/field
*Reveals innovative technologies for the conservation of natural resources
*The only book which provides an integrated approach for sustainabledevelopment including tools, methodology, and indicators for sustainable development

The Organic Waste Composting Handbook (Hardcover): Jackson,Lawrence The Organic Waste Composting Handbook (Hardcover)
Jackson,Lawrence
R3,464 R3,123 Discovery Miles 31 230 Save R341 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Effect of Algal Biofilm and Operational Conditions on Nitrogen Removal in Waste Stabilization Ponds - UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis... Effect of Algal Biofilm and Operational Conditions on Nitrogen Removal in Waste Stabilization Ponds - UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis (Paperback, New)
Mohammed Babu
R2,278 Discovery Miles 22 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discharge of nutrient rich wastewater causes eutrophication of surface water; therefore wastewater treatment before discharge is required. Wastewater stabilization ponds are low cost technology used by developing countries but not effective in nitrogen removal due to low nitrifier biomass in the water column. Introduction of surface area for attachment of nitrifiers has therefore been proposed.

This thesis reports the performance of pilot scale wastewater stabilization ponds fitted with baffles. The effect of baffles on nitrogen removal under tropical and two operational conditions was investigated. Under TKN/BOD ratio of 0.67, the baffled ponds performed better in nitrogen removal than the control pond. Total nitrogen mass balances showed that nitrification-denitrification, algal uptake and sedimentation were principle nitrogen removal mechanisms in biofilm waste stabilization ponds

This study shows the potential of biofilms in improving nitrogen removal in wastewater stabilization ponds. The BOD and TSS concentrations were sufficiently low to permit for reuse in irrigation. If the objective is reuse and optimization of resources, the effluents from the ponds had sufficient nitrogen content for use in agriculture.


Go Toxic Free - Easy And Sustainable Ways To Reduce Chemical Pollution (Hardcover): Anna Turns Go Toxic Free - Easy And Sustainable Ways To Reduce Chemical Pollution (Hardcover)
Anna Turns
R377 Discovery Miles 3 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Go Toxic Free is a vital guide to help us all make important changes to our lifestyles and consumption to help reduce the devastating impact of chemical pollution.

Plastic pollution has been headline news since David Attenborough's shocking Blue Planet II in 2017. But plastics are only part of the story, and the invisible world of chemical pollutants - in the soil, the air, our water systems and our own bodies - is just as concerning.

There's been a huge rise in chemical related health issues (affecting IQ, fertility, cancer and more) in recent years, and this isn't surprising when over 70 per cent of chemicals used in the EU are hazardous for health or the environment. This inspiring and practical book will make this invisible world visible, looking at the wider issues of harmful chemicals - what they are, where they're hidden and the extent of their environmental impact.

Taking you on an in-depth tour of your kitchen cupboard, your bathroom cabinet, your wardrobe and your garden, Anna Turns reveals the harmful chemicals that lurk inside your home, the damage they can cause and helpful swaps and tips to avoid them wherever you can.

Emerging Treatment Technologies for Waste Management (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Izharul Haq, Ajay S. Kalamdhad Emerging Treatment Technologies for Waste Management (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Izharul Haq, Ajay S. Kalamdhad
R7,733 Discovery Miles 77 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is focused on the current status of industrial pollution, its source, characteristics, and management through various advanced treatment technologies. The book covers the recycle, reuse and recovery of waste for the production of value-added products. The book explores industrial wastewater pollution and its treatment through various advanced technologies and also the source and characteristics of solid waste and its management for environmental safety. It discusses new methods and technologies to combat the waste-related pollution and focuses on the use of recycled products. This book is of value to upcoming students, researchers, scientists, industry persons and professionals in the field of environmental science and engineering, microbiology, biotechnology, toxicology, further it is useful for global and local authorities and policy makers responsible for the management of liquid and solid wastes.

Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment (Hardcover): Tom Dixon Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment (Hardcover)
Tom Dixon
R3,659 R3,302 Discovery Miles 33 020 Save R357 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wastewater: Assessment and Treatment (Hardcover): Gabriel Craig Wastewater: Assessment and Treatment (Hardcover)
Gabriel Craig
R3,420 R3,085 Discovery Miles 30 850 Save R335 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tailings and Mine Waste 2010 (Hardcover, New): The Organizing Committee of the 14th International Conference on Tailings and... Tailings and Mine Waste 2010 (Hardcover, New)
The Organizing Committee of the 14th International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste
R5,745 Discovery Miles 57 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tailings and Mine Waste 10 contains the contributions from the 14th annual Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, held by Colorado State University of Fort Collins, Colorado in conjunction with the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. The purpose of this series of conferences is to provide a forum for discussion and establishment of dialogue among all people in the mining industry and environmental community regarding tailings and mine waste.

Tailings and Mine Waste 10 includes over 40 papers which present state-of-the-art papers on mine and mill tailings and mine waste, as well as current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities, including technical capabilities and developments, regulations, and environmental concerns. The book will be of interest to mine and mill managers, engineers involved with tailings management and reclamation, geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineers, regulatory personnel, consulting engineers, and researchers.

Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modeling and Design (Hardcover): Linda Carr Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modeling and Design (Hardcover)
Linda Carr
R3,855 R3,473 Discovery Miles 34 730 Save R382 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chemical Lake Restoration - Technologies, Innovations and Economic Perspectives (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Miltiadis G.... Chemical Lake Restoration - Technologies, Innovations and Economic Perspectives (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos
R3,429 Discovery Miles 34 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to structure, in a complete and sequential way, the mainstream technical knowledge which is related to eutrophication control. The book considers the development of innovative technologies for phosphate removal, while supporting the restoration of currently degraded lakes and reservoir systems. In addition, this book contains key-aspects of future benchmark interests being specially framed under the ongoing development of a circular economy. In particular, the book will contribute to a better understanding of the problem of internal P-loads and P-sources disposition towards a more effective control of nutrients' enrichment in lakes. The chemical routes and environmental fate of such lake nutrients will be viewed in the light of innovative technologies (engineering dimensions) and circular economy perspectives (economics dimensions). The main theme extends to an economic appreciation of environmental polluted aquifers. The book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience, covering a wide spectrum of scientific fields, such as environment, physical chemistry, surface chemistry, interfacial phenomena, coastal engineering, bio-engineering, environmental policy makers, and economists.

Removal and Degradation of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Wastewater Treatment (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Sara... Removal and Degradation of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Wastewater Treatment (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz, Paqui Blanquez Cano, Montserrat Sarra Adroguer
R9,789 Discovery Miles 97 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reviews water treatment technologies for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs). It provides the reader with an overview of state-of-the-art techniques and recent efforts to develop more sustainable approaches. After nearly two decades of research into the presence and impact of PhACs in the environment, they remain one of the hottest topics in the fields of environmental chemistry, toxicology and engineering. Accordingly, intensive research efforts are currently being devoted to water treatment technologies that can reduce the presence of these emerging contaminants in water bodies. This book examines various types of contaminated water from industry, hospitals and urban wastewater. It provides the reader with a range of potential solutions for water treatment and reuse, and addresses the advancement of analytical tools for evaluating the performance and efficiency of treatment technologies.

Global Waste Management - Models for Tackling the International Waste Crisis (Hardcover): Kamila Pope Global Waste Management - Models for Tackling the International Waste Crisis (Hardcover)
Kamila Pope
R5,274 Discovery Miles 52 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

WINNER: 2020 International Solid Waste Association Publication Award Among other factors, rapid global population growth, our development model and patterns of production and consumption have increased waste generation worldwide to unsustainable rates. This rise has led to crises in many countries where waste management practices are no longer sound. Global Waste Management outlines the emerging global waste crisis considering the perspectives of developed and developing countries around the world and the international relationships between them. This book provides an ecological viewpoint as well as studying these problems from a legal and justice standpoint. Global Waste Management contextualises the problems faced when dealing with waste including the causes and origins. Focus is given to cross border waste transfer, as an ongoing and controversial practice, making waste management a global matter. This book scrutinizes existing international, European and Brazilian regulation on waste to highlight the complexity of the subject and the weaknesses of the law. Using a critical and socio-ecological approach, the book proposes an original model of governance to support a new system of global waste management that takes into account ecological sustainability and social justice to overcome the waste crisis. To create these models, a theoretical framework on socio-ecological justice is developed and combined with different discourses and theories described throughout the book. This is the essential guide to understanding the global waste crisis and the future of waste management.

Designing America's Waste Landscapes (Hardcover, 2003. Corr 2nd): Mira E. Engler Designing America's Waste Landscapes (Hardcover, 2003. Corr 2nd)
Mira E. Engler
R1,722 Discovery Miles 17 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the physical costs of our society's breakneck consumption, sprawl, and technological innovation and production is the increasing amount of terrain relegated to accommodating the resulting waste and wasted space. These "marginal landscapes" can be divided into four distinct categories: sinks; ruins or abandoned land; toxic or damaged land; and waste landscapes. Although Professor Engler discusses all four types, she is concerned mostly with waste landscapes - "landfills, recycling and waste transfer centers, and sewage treatment plants," as she addresses two distinct aspects of waste landscapes: 1) the historic and cultural context of waste, and 2) the professional planning practices and aesthetic concerns of those who deal with waste and its landscapes. Ultimately, Professor Engler seeks to change our ideas about waste places through her discussion of how landscape design can function within the scientific and technological parameters of safety and environmental concerns to make waste places more central to our thinking and perception. In so doing, she reviews the physical evolution of waste sites, and scrutinizes perceptions and representations of these landscapes, and grounds her ideas in critiques of what environmental designers and artists have done recently with waste places to change public perceptions. Designing America's Waste Landscapes is a pioneering and original work that will appeal to professional planners and landscape designers, and students and scholars in landscape design and planning, environmental studies, urban studies, cultural geography, and even the history of technology.

Novel Materials for Dye-containing Wastewater Treatment (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Ali Khadir Novel Materials for Dye-containing Wastewater Treatment (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Ali Khadir
R3,183 Discovery Miles 31 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book highlights novel materials for dye-containing wastewater treatment and presents an up-to-date information on dye degradation/adsorption using new promising materials such as nanocomposites. Development of various industrial sectors, including textile, food, paper, leather, rubber, cosmetic and printing has led to generation of wastewater which contain dye molecules as well as other inorganic and organic compounds. Considering serious health hazards and environmental damage associated with dyes in the environment, researchers and professionals have been attempting to find the most effective methods of treatment. Of late, various composites have received wide attention due to their outstanding properties in wastewater treatment, that are presented in this book.

Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials (Hardcover, New): Rick Houghton Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials (Hardcover, New)
Rick Houghton
R4,405 Discovery Miles 44 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Deliberately, accidentally, or consequentially, first responders and waste site workers handle unknown substances of varying degrees of danger every day. Unidentified chemicals involved with clandestine production of WMD agents or drugs, explosive materials, unlabeled waste, and forensic samples all pose a threat to the worker and those they protect. A straightforward, concise handbook of practical strategies is needed to perform effective risk assessment and management in the face of uncertainty. Written for emergency workers responsible for the safe response to and management of unknown hazardous materials, Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials providesreadily applicable strategies for developing and implementing a fluid concept of risk analysis based on hazard characterization in emergency situations where definitive identification of the material may be impractical or even impossible. Using a hands-on approach involving the manipulation of small amounts of material, the author discusses strategies to identify threats and vulnerabilities, ascertain exposure, and reduce or eliminate impact. The book begins with an overview of chemical and physical terms and definitions. It continues with a look at types of hazards presented by chemical compounds and mixtures, organisms, and radiation sources. It covers approximately 63 portable technologies for field identification or characterization and examines general technological advantages and disadvantages relative to hazard identification. The final chapter presents strategies for use in identifying or characterizing suspected weapons of mass destruction, illegal drugs, explosive substances, biological hazards, and other hazardous materials. Each chapter includes extensive references and a comprehensive index. Providing a sweeping overview of hazards and emphasizing risk analysis and public safety, Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials gives first responders an advantage they deserve.

Organic Waste: Recycling and Treatment (Hardcover): Ollie Hall Organic Waste: Recycling and Treatment (Hardcover)
Ollie Hall
R3,671 R3,314 Discovery Miles 33 140 Save R357 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rhizobiont in Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Vivek Kumar, Ramprasad, Manoj Kumar Rhizobiont in Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Vivek Kumar, Ramprasad, Manoj Kumar
R5,310 Discovery Miles 53 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book describes many novel approaches of microbial bioremediation including conventional and modern approaches, metagenomics, biosurfactants and nano-based bioremediation. Also presents up-to-date knowledge about biodegradation of solid and liquid contaminants in the rhizospheric zone by plant (rhizo)-microbiome interface. It also illustrates communication pathways based on evolving methodologies, bioinformatic tools which provides insights into the functional dynamics of bioremediation process by the host-microbiome interface. The different chapters explain the mechanism and outcomes during the process of bioremediation. The book broadly depicts the following: Advances in bioremediation through nanoremediation, rhizo-remediation, bioremediation of different ecosystems like polluted waters, industrial effluents, bioremediation of metal and organic pollutants, toxic dyes etc. The book is very useful for researchers and students in the fields of applied and environmental microbiology. It is also meant for industry experts and professionals working in the field of bioremediation and waste management.

Waste Recycling Technologies for Nanomaterials Manufacturing (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf, Gomaa A. M.... Waste Recycling Technologies for Nanomaterials Manufacturing (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf, Gomaa A. M. Ali
R4,892 Discovery Miles 48 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses the recent advances in the wastes recycling technologies to provide low-cost and alternative ways for nanomaterials production. It shows how carbon nanomaterials can be synthesized from different waste sources such as banana fibers, argan (Argania spinosa) seed shells, corn grains, camellia oleifera shell, sugar cane bagasse, oil palm (empty fruit bunches and leaves) and palm kernel shells. Several nanostructured metal oxides (MnO2, Co3O4,....) can be synthesized via recycling of spent batteries. The recovered nanomaterials can be applied in many applications including: Energy (supercapacitors, solar cells, etc.) water treatments (heavy metal ions and dyes removal) and other applications. Spent battery and agriculture waste are rich precursors for metals and carbon, respectively. The book also explores the various recycling techniques, agriculture waste recycling, batteries recycling, and different applications of the recycled materials.

Metal, Metal-Oxides and Metal-Organic Frameworks for Environmental Remediation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Saravanan Rajendran,... Metal, Metal-Oxides and Metal-Organic Frameworks for Environmental Remediation (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Saravanan Rajendran, Mu Naushad, Lorena Cornejo Ponce, Eric Lichtfouse
R3,705 Discovery Miles 37 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reviews principles, techniques and applications of metal, metal oxides, metal sulfides and metal-organic frameworks for removal and degradation of pollutants. Natural materials are often much more advanced than synthetic materials in terms of circularity and are functional, often biodegradable, recyclable and generate little waste. They are, therefore, a source of inspiration for new synthetic materials. In particular, recent research has focused on various types of functional materials such as organic, inorganic, nanostructured and composites for the remediation of environmental pollution.

Wastewater Management: Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Gabriel Craig Wastewater Management: Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Gabriel Craig
R3,442 R3,113 Discovery Miles 31 130 Save R329 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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