Solid Waste: Assessment, Monitoring and Remediation

Content: 
Preface
Pages v-vii

Acknowledgements
Page ix
Irena Twardowska

Contributors
Pages xi-xv

Editor
Pages xvii-xviii

Co-editor
Pages xix-xxi

I.1 Solid waste: what is it? Original Research Article
Pages 3-32
Irena Twardowska

Solid waste origins: sources, trends, quality, quantity Original Research Article
Pages 33-88
Irena Twardowska, Herbert E. Allen

II.1 Regulatory frameworks as an instrument of waste management strategies Original Research Article
Pages 91-132
Irena Twardowska, William J. Lacy

Chapter II.2 The Basel Convention and its implementation Original Research Article
Pages 133-169
Iwona Rummel-Bulska

III.1 Assessment of pollution potential from solid waste Original Research Article
Pages 173-205
Irena Twardowska

III.2 Agricultural wastes Original Research Article
Pages 207-215
Teodorita Al Seadi, Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

III.3 Agrochemicals: transport potential in the vadose and saturated zones Original Research Article
Pages 217-238
Klaus-Peter Seiler

III.4 Sewage sludge Original Research Article
Pages 239-295
Irena Twardowska, Karl-Werner Schramm, Karla Berg

Dredged material Original Research Article
Pages 297-318
Wolfgang Calmano, Ulrich Förstner

III.6 Mining waste Original Research Article
Pages 319-385
Jadwiga Szczepańska, Irena Twardowska

III.7 Coal combustion waste Original Research Article
Pages 387-449
Irena Twardowska, Jadwiga Szczepańska

IV.1 The changing face of environmental monitoring Original Research Article
Pages 453-464
David Friedman

IV.2 Identification of unknown solid waste Original Research Article
Pages 465-484
Tung-ho Chen

IV.3 Remote monitors for in situ characterization of hazardous wastes Original Research Article
Pages 485-502
Tuan Vo-Dinh

IV.4.1 Biomonitors based on immunological principles Original Research Article
Pages 505-537
Dietmar Knopp, Reinhard Niessner

IV.4.2 A simple cleanup procedure and bioassay for determining TCDD-toxicity equivalents of environmental samples Original Research Article
Pages 539-550
Karl-Werner Schramm, Antonius A.F. Kettrup

IV.5 Principles of vadose and saturated zones monitoring in solid waste sites exemplified in mining waste dumps Original Research Article
Pages 551-575
Jadwiga Szczepańska, Irena Twardowska

IV.6 Specimen banking as a source of retrospective baseline data and a tool for assessment and management of long-term environmental trends Original Research Article
Pages 577-600
Antonius A.F. Kettrup, Petra Marth

IV.7 QA/QC in solid waste characterization, waste disposal monitoring and waste management practice: Quality assurance organizational—catalytic—technical Original Research Article
Pages 601-616
Guy F. Simes

V.1 Modeling reactive metal transport in soils Original Research Article
Pages 619-632
Michael C. Amacher, H. Magdi Selim

V.2 Modeling bioavailability of PAH in soil Original Research Article
Pages 633-649
Wim H. Rulkens, Harry Bruning, Chiel Cuypers, J.Tim C. Grotenhuis

V.3 Computer modeling of organic pollutant transport to groundwater—exemplified by SNAPS Original Research Article
Pages 651-671
Herwart Behrendt, Rainer Brüggemann, Gunnar Nützmann

V.4 Evaluating the susceptibility of aquifers to pollution Original Research Article
Pages 673-691
Klaus-Peter Seiler

V.5 Regional prediction of the transport of contaminants from the flotation tailings dam: a case study Original Research Article
Pages 693-715
Robert Duda

V.6 Design of a groundwater protection system at an inactive hazardous waste disposal facility: a case study Original Research Article
Pages 717-732
Amar C. Bumb

VI.1 Utilization of waste from food and agriculture Original Research Article
Pages 735-756
Teodorita Al Seadi, Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

VI.2 Success stories of composting in the European Union. Leading experiences and developing situations: ways to success Original Research Article
Pages 757-781
Enzo Favoino

VI.3 Thermal waste treatment—a necessary element for sustainable waste management Original Research Article
Pages 783-806
Paul H. Brunner, Leo Morf, Helmut Rechberger

VI.4 Municipal landfills. A case study: remediation and reclamation at Nanji Island Original Research Article
Pages 807-813
Christopher G. Uchrin, Seok Soon Park

VI.5 Recycling of plastic waste, rubber waste and end-of-life cars in Germany Original Research Article
Pages 815-863
Peter Dreher, Martin Faulstich, Gabriele Weber-Blaschke, Burkhard Berninger, Uwe Keilhammer

VI.6 High-volume mining waste disposal Original Research Article
Pages 865-909
Irena Twardowska, Sebastian Stefaniak, Jadwiga Szczepańska

VI.7 Use of selected waste materials and biofertilizers for industrial solid waste reclamation Original Research Article
Pages 911-948
A.S. Juwarkar, Asha Juwarkar, P. Khanna

VI.8 Bulk use of power plant fly ash in deep mines and at the surface for contaminant and fire control Original Research Article
Pages 949-1002
Irena Twardowska

VI.9 Agricultural utilization of coal combustion residues Original Research Article
Pages 1003-1017
Urszula Kukier, Malcolm E. Summer

VI.10 Hazardous waste site remediation technologys selection Original Research Article
Pages 1019-1066
Edward J. Martin, Ramesh C. Chawla, Joseph T. Swartzbaugh

VI.11 Innovative soil and groundwater remediation: the SITE program experience Original Research Article
Pages 1067-1077
Annette M. Gatchett, Robert A. Olexsey

VII.1 The clean, green net: environmental computer resources under construction Original Research Article
Pages 1081-1089
William B. DeVille

VII.2 Solid waste management policies for the 21st century Original Research Article
Pages 1091-1098
John H. Skinner

Index
Pages 1099-1121