Book Description:
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal, and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is also carried out to recover resources from it. Waste management can involve solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive substances, with different methods and fields of expertise for each. This new book outlines the various options available to meet the twin goals of environmental conservation and sustainable development and brings to light the various ways of converting waste to wealth.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Converting Waste to Energy via Thermal, Biological and Mechanical Processing in Developing Western Settings: An Analysis Based on Cases from England, Greece and the United States;pp. 1-32
(A. Karagiannidis, A. Papageorgiou, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece; N. Themelis, Earth Engineering Centre, Columbia University, USA; J. Barton, Leeds University, England; S. Kalogirou, SYNERGIA (Hellenic WTE Research and Technology Council), Athens, Greece; P. Samaras, Department of Pollution Control Technologies, Kozani, Greece)

Chapter 2. Municipal Solid Waste: Character and Composition;pp. 33-79
(L. Benešová, M. Doležalová, P. Hnaťuková, B. Černík,
Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague)

Chapter 3. Waste Biomass Supply Chains for Energy Production: A Hierarchical Decision-Making Framework;pp. 81-120
(E. Iakovou, D. Vlachos, and A. Toka, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Chapter 4. Waste Picking at Landfills: A Source of Livelihood or Interference with Waste Disposal Processes?;pp. 121-136
(B.Bolaane, Department of Architecture and Planning, Gaborone, Botswana)

Chapter 5. Simultaneous Solution for Solid Waste Management and Waste Water Treatment: Cr(VI) Removal as a Case Study;pp. 137-159
(S. Gupta , B.V. Babu, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India)

Chapter 6. Can Waste-to-Energy of as-received or Pre-Processed (RDF/SRF) Municipal Solid Wastes Support the Electricity Generation Sector? EU Experience and a Case Study with Two Different Scenarios for Greece;pp. 161-189
(C.S. Psomopoulos, T.E.I. Piraeus, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Egaleo, Greece)

Chapter 7. The Use of Industrial Waste for the Production of New Blended Cement;pp. 191-201
(M. C. Bignozzi, Dipartimento di Chimica Applicata e Scienza dei Materiali, Facoltà di Ingegneria,Università di Bologna, Italy)

Chapter 8. Olive Mill Wastewater: Treatments and Valorisation;pp. 203-221
(Manuela Taccari, Maurizio Ciani, Università Politecnica delle Marche,Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy)

Chapter 9. Methodological Approaches for Assessing Human Health Risks of Waste Management Plants. Experiences from Catalonia (Spain);pp. 223-234
(Martí Nadal, José L. Domingo, Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, IISPV, “Rovira i Virgili” University, Catalonia, Spain)

Index