Technologies for Environmental Cleanup: Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management (Eurocourses: Environmental Management (2))

It is generally acknowledged today that the most effective strategy for toxic and hazardous waste management is: __reduction, reuse__ and __recycle__. However, to date most of the activity has been in treatment technologies. This book focuses on recent technological issues commercially available or in various stages of implementation. Developments in the U.S. and Europe in the area of waste management policy and regulation are also examined since management and remediation have usually been conducted in response to regulatory requirements. This book serves as a state of the art resource on technologies and methodologies for the environmental protection manager involved in decisions concerning the management of toxic and hazardous waste. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Technologies for Environmental Cleanup: Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management....Pages 1-15 Legislation for Waste Management....Pages 17-27 Legislation for Waste Management....Pages 29-42 Pollution Prevention: Avoiding the Need to Manage Wastes....Pages 43-56 Innovative Thermal Technologies for Treating or Destroying Hazardous Organic Wastes....Pages 57-100 Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Contaminants....Pages 101-138 Monitoring of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Waste Sites....Pages 139-158 Medical Waste Treatment....Pages 159-176 Waste Stabilization Processes....Pages 177-189 The European Waste Catalogue....Pages 191-215 Environmental Remediation and Waste Management Information Systems (Sand93-3987C)....Pages 217-237 Computer Aided Decision Making in Waste Management....Pages 239-248 Recommended Strategies....Pages 249-256 Back Matter....Pages 257-257

It is generally acknowledged today that the most effective strategy for toxic and hazardous waste management is: reduction, reuse and recycle. However, to date most of the activity has been in treatment technologies.
This book focuses on recent technological issues commercially available or in various stages of implementation.
Developments in the U.S. and Europe in the area of waste management policy and regulation are also examined since management and remediation have usually been conducted in response to regulatory requirements.
This book serves as a state of the art resource on technologies and methodologies for the environmental protection manager involved in decisions concerning the management of toxic and hazardous waste.

Based on the lectures given during the Eurocourse on `Technologies for Environmental Cleanup - Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management' held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, September 13--17, 1993