The Waste Crisis

Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries

The Waste Crisis
S Hossain
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25 Aug 2022 US
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9781119811930
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The Waste CrisisExplore modern solutions to the most critical issues in waste management policy and designIn The Waste Crisis: Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries, an accomplished team of sustainability researchers deliver a concise insight of modern waste management practices that acts as a handbook for waste management professionals. Along with flow charts and example problems, the authors offer readers the information necessary to support decision making based on country, city size, population, waste generation volume, type, geographical location, and more. The book begins with an overview of current waste management practices, including waste generation, collection, processing, composting, recycling, and disposal. It moves on to a series of case studies from over ten countries and presentations of sustainable waste management strategies. The Waste Crisis: Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries concludes with a series of practical and effective final recommendations for future best practices. It also includes: Practical discussions of material flow, cost-effective material recovery, anaerobic digestion, composting, recycling, disposal, training, and human capacity buildingComprehensive explorations of unique and robust decision-making strategies for designers, policy makers, and regulatorsIn-depth treatments of ready-to-implement waste management systems perfect for systems designersThe Waste Crisis: Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries is an indispensable resource for waste, recycling, and resource management professionals. It? ? ? s also perfect for waste management system designers and decision makers seeking a one-stop guide to issues of sustainability in the developing world.
Sahadat Hossain is Director, Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability, and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. He has over 20 years of experience in sustainable waste management, reuse of recycling materials, landfill gas to energy, and landfill mining. H. James Law is Vice President and Project Director of SCS Engineers, USA and ISWA Board Member and Chair of the Working Group on Landfill headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He has over 36 years of professional experience in geotechnical engineering and solid waste management, landfill design, cell construction, final closure and remediation. Araya Asfaw is managing partner of Sustainability Advisory Group, a private limited company registered in Ethiopia, advising government and non-government organizations and the private sector on sustainability and resiliency. He was Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Addis Ababa University.
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ISBN-13: 9781119811930
Published: 25 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Format: Hardback
Height: 246mm
Width: 177mm
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 872g
Pages: 384

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