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Wastes generated in a community can be a valuable energy and
material resource. However, past and current waste disposal and
treatment practices consume energy and have led this resource to
become a serious environmental burden. Fortunately, being a
resource as well as a burden has generated some extremely creative
and economically attractive waste-to-energy systems to utilize
wastes while mitigating their environmental impact. It is hoped
that this book will promote an appreciation of the environmental
problems, energy demand and resources, the economics and risks
involved that are essential to define the role of these systems in
the future. The problems of urban air pollution, acid rain, global
greenhouse effect and surface and groundwater degradation all can
be tied directly or indirectly to how we produce and utilize energy
and dispose of wastes. All communities have wastes, be they
wastewater, municipal solid wastes, industrial or agricultural
wastes, and the community must deal with them. It is possible to
consolidate many of these wastes to gain real benefits in terms of
the environment, economics, energy supply and conservation and
materials recovery. This text summarizes s
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