The waste crisis : landfills, incinerators, and the search for a sustainable future / by Hans Tammemagi

Author: Tammemagi, H. Y.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Waste -- Starting from basics -- Historical perspectives: what can we learn? -- Integrated waste management: more than just landfills -- Recycling and composting: making a molehill out of a mountain -- Wastes: know your enemy -- Landfills: how do they work? -- Are there better disposal methods? -- Incineration: the burning issue -- Containment, encapsulation, and treatment -- Case histories -- The all-powerful NIMBY -- A new approach -- Futuristic garbology: a vision.

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0195128982
9780195128987
1429404760 (electronic bk.)
9781429404761 (electronic bk.)
9781601196828 (electronic bk.)
1601196822 (electronic bk.)
9781280530500
1280530502
0195351681 (e-book)
9780195351682 (e-book)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

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