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Standard handbook of hazardous waste treatment and disposal / edited by Harry M. Freeman.

Contributor(s): Freeman, Harry, 1943-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1989Description: xxviii, [1051], 47 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0070220425.Subject(s): Hazardous wastes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Hazardous waste treatment facilities -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 628.4
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item 628.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00024557
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Laws and Regulations
  • Hazardous Waste Characteristics
  • Hazardous Waste Topics and Issues
  • Special Hazardous Wastes
  • Pollution Prevention and Recycling
  • Hazardous Waste Recovery Processes
  • Physical and Chemical Treatment
  • Thermal Processes
  • Biological Processes
  • Land Storage and Disposal
  • Remediation Cost Estimating
  • Remedial Action Techniques and Technology
  • Sampling and Analysis
  • Hazardous Waste Storage
  • Electronic Resources

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Freeman contends that hazardous waste can be dealt with basically in two ways--prevention and cleanup. He and some 100 collaborative authors have written an extensive handbook that deals with many aspects of this timely subject. A summary of laws and regulations provides the framework. There are several chapters on hazardous wastes--their characteristics and sources, sites, health effects, environmental risks--as well as chapters on special wastes such as oil, PCBs, dioxins, mining, infectious wastes, and household wastes. Two obvious ways of diminishing disposal needs are waste minimization and waste exchange, the latter being an example of "someone's waste is someone else's treasure." The chapter about hazardous waste recovery processes details ten methods, including hydrolisis, freeze-crystallization, and ion exchange. Other chapters deal with physical and chemical treatments, thermal processes, and biological processes. The land storage and disposal section covers landfills, synthetic linings, mine and salt dome disposal, and air pollution. Comprehensive treatment facilities, remedial action, analysis techniques, and engineering considerations constitute the final chapters of this technical book. Charts, lists, drawings, formulas, and graphs abound and add to the wealth of information. Written for the practitioner, engineer, teacher, and researcher, this book is a good resource in a field that impacts everyone. More information about containers, marking, shipping, and transportation would be useful. This book would sit well next to T.H. Allegri's Handling and Management of Hazardous Materials and Waste (CH, Jul '87). -P. Miller, New Hampshire Vocational-Technical College, Laconia

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