title: Basics of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Technology
author:  Kanti L. Shah 
description: This easy-to-read and pragmatic book offers a systematic treatment of solid and hazardous waste management technology. Encouraging self-learning, with a focus on current technical and scientific fundamentals, it covers all the basic concepts and tools needed for making decisions. Chapter topics include environmental legislation and regulations; sources; composition and characteristics; physical, chemical, and biological properties; storage, collection and transportation; processing technologies; source reduction and reuse; disposal; and management and control of landfill leachate and gas. For civil engineers and scientists facing a first time involvement in any aspect of solid and hazardous waste management, this book will be a valuable reference.
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  Waste Management
  in the Chemical and Petroleum Industries
  
  Waste Management in
  the Chemical and
  Petroleum Industries
  
  Waste Management in
  the Chemical and
  Petroleum Industries
  Alireza Bahadori
  School of Environment, Science and Engineering,
  Southern Cross University, Australia
  
  This edition ﬁrst published 2014
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