Waste Management: Research Advances to Convert Waste to Wealth (Waste and Waste Management)

WASTE MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH ADVANCES TO CONVERT WASTE  TO WEALTH......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY......Page 10
2. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF WTE  TECHNOLOGIES IN ENGLAND......Page 11
2.1. Energy from Waste and Climate Change......Page 12
2.2.1. MSW Treatment Options......Page 13
2.2.2. Quantification of Emissions......Page 14
2.3.1. GHG Emissions for the Treatment Options......Page 15
2.3.2. Sensitivity Analysis on Treatment Options: SRF Landfilling......Page 16
2.3.4. Sensitivity Analysis on Scenarios with No End-Market for SRF......Page 17
2.4. Conclusions......Page 18
3. MSW MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS FOR ATTICA AND THEIR GHG EMISSION IMPACT......Page 19
3.1. Treatment Technologies......Page 20
3.3. Treatment Scenarios......Page 22
3.4. Residual MSW Composition......Page 24
3.5.1. Direct Emission Impacts......Page 26
3.5.2. Indirect Emission Impacts......Page 27
3.6. Results and Discussion......Page 28
3.8. Conclusions......Page 29
4. A REVIEW OF THE STATUS AND BENEFITS OF WTE IN THE US......Page 31
4.1.1. Energy Production and Reduction Of GHG......Page 32
4.1.3. Recycling and WTE......Page 33
4.2. WTE Emissions and Public Health Issues......Page 34
4.2.2. Mercury Emissions......Page 35
4.3. Conclusions......Page 36
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 37
REFERENCES......Page 38
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 42
2. MSW DEFINITION......Page 43
3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MSW......Page 44
4. WASTE MANAGEMENT......Page 47
4.1. Waste Hierarchy......Page 48
4.4.1. Waste Generation......Page 49
4.4.2. Waste Characterization, Handling and Separation......Page 50
4.4.3. Projects of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic......Page 57
4.4.4. Collection......Page 74
4.4.5. Separation and Processing and Transformation of Solid Wastes......Page 80
4.4.7. Disposal......Page 82
4.4.6.2. Incineration......Page 83
4.4.6.3. Composting......Page 84
5. LCA METHODOLOGY......Page 85
REFERENCES......Page 86
TECHNICAL REPORTS......Page 87
ELECTRONIC MEDIA......Page 88
ABSTRACT......Page 90
INTRODUCTION......Page 91
The Potential of Waste-to-Energy Policies......Page 92
The Regulatory Environment......Page 95
The Various Stages of Bscs......Page 97
Harvesting and Pre-Treatment......Page 98
Storage......Page 99
Transport......Page 100
Energy Production......Page 101
Key Variables and Characteristics......Page 102
Multi-Biomass Systems......Page 104
Environmental Impact of BSCs......Page 105
HIERARCHICAL DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK......Page 106
Ensuring Long-Term Supply and Demand......Page 107
Design of BSC Networks......Page 108
Balancing the Financial and Environmental Impact......Page 111
Aggregate Production Planning......Page 112
 MATCHING OF THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK WITH THE  EXISTING RESEARCH......Page 113
MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A TAXONOMY......Page 115
Mathematical Modeling......Page 117
OTHER MODELING APPROACHES......Page 118
LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING MODELING EFFORTS......Page 119
REFERENCES......Page 121
ABSTRACT......Page 130
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 131
2. CONCEPTUAL BENCHMARKS FOR SUSTAINABLE  WASTE MANAGEMENT......Page 132
4. GABORONE LANDFILL AND WASTE PICKING ACTIVITIES......Page 133
4.1. Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Waste Pickers......Page 137
4.2. Case Histories of Waste Pickers From in-Depth Interviews......Page 138
5. MATERIALS, MARKETS AND INCOME......Page 141
6. STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS......Page 142
7. CONCLUSION......Page 143
REFERENCES......Page 144
ABSTRACT......Page 146
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 147
2.1.2. Activated Neem Leaves (ANL)......Page 149
2.3. Continuous Experiments......Page 150
3.1. Batch Studies......Page 152
3.2. Desorption Studies......Page 154
3.3. Continuous Column Studies......Page 157
3.3.2. Effect of Mass of Adsorbent......Page 159
3.3.3. Effect Of Initial Cr(VI) Concentration......Page 160
3.4. Cost Analysis......Page 164
CONCLUSIONS......Page 165
REFERENCES......Page 166
ABSTRACT......Page 170
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 171
2.1. Current Status i Europe......Page 172
2.2. Common Used Technologies......Page 175
2.2.1. Mass-Burn Plants......Page 176
2.2.3. A State-o-Art WTE Plant i US......Page 177
2.3. Emissions......Page 179
3.1. RDF and SRF Definitions......Page 181
3.2. RDF and SRF Production......Page 182
3.3. RDF and SRF Utilisation......Page 185
4.1. MSW Production and Management in Greece......Page 188
4.2. Electricity Generation Potential from Waste Combustion in Greece......Page 191
4.2.1 Scenario 1: RDF/SRF Utilisation for Electricity Production......Page 192
5. CONCLUSION......Page 195
REFERENCES......Page 196
INTRODUCTION......Page 200
THE CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INVESTIGATED WASTE......Page 203
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE NEW BINDERS AT THE FRESH AND HARDENED STATE......Page 206
CONCLUSIONS......Page 208
REFERENCES......Page 209
1.1. Olive Oil Extraction Systems and the Wastes Produced......Page 212
1.2. Olive Mill Wastewater Characteristics......Page 214
1.3. Olive Oil Production and the Environment......Page 216
2.1. Physico-Chemical Treatments......Page 217
2.2.1. Aerobic Treatment......Page 218
2.2.2. Anaerobic Treatment......Page 220
2.2.3. Composting......Page 221
3. CONCLUSIONS......Page 222
REFERENCES......Page 223
INTRODUCTION......Page 232
HUMAN BIOMONITORING......Page 233
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING......Page 235
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING......Page 238
REFERENCES......Page 239
INDEX......Page 244