From the Publisher
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George Tchobanoglous is a professor emeritus of
civil and environmental engineering at the University of
California at Davis. He received a B.S. degree in civil
engineering from the University of the Pacific, an M.S. degree in
sanitary engineering from the University of California at
Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Stanford
University. His principal research interests are in the areas of
solid waste management, wastewater , wastewater
filtration, aquatic systems for wastewater , and
individual onsite systems. He has taught courses on
these subjects at UC Davis for the past 32 years. He has authored
or co-authored over 350 technical publications including 12
textbooks and 3 reference books. He is the principal author of a
textbook titled Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles
and Management Issues, published by McGraw-Hill. The textbooks
are used in more than 200 colleges and universities throughout
the United States, and they ate also used extensively by
practicing engineers in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Tchobanoglous is an active member of numerous professional
societies. He is a corecipient of the Gordon ew Fair Medal
and the Jack Edward McKee Medal from the Water Environment
Federation. Professor Tchobanoglous serves nationally and
internationally as a consultant to government agencies and
private concerns. He is a past president of the Association of
Environmental Engineering Professors. He is consulting editor for
the McGraw-Hill book company series in Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering. He has served as a member of the
California Waste Management Board. He is a Diplomate of the
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and a registered
Civil Engineer in California.
Frank Kreith is a professor emeritus of engineering at the
University of Colorado at Boulder, where he taught in the
Mechanical and Engineering Departments from 1959 to
1978. For the past 13 years, Dr. Kreith served as the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) legislative fellow at the
National Conference of State Legislatives (NCSL), where he
provided assistance on waste management, transportation, and
energy issues to legislators in state governments. Prior to
joining NCSL in 1988, Dr. Kreith was chief of thermal research at
the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), now the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). During his tenure at SERI, he
participated in the presidential domestic energy review and
served as an advisor to the governor of Colorado. In 1983, he
received SERI's first General Achievement Award. He has written
more than a hundred peer-reviewed articles and authored or edited
12 books.
Dr. Kreith has served as a consultant and advisor all over the
world. His assignments included consultancies to Vice Presidents
Rockefeller and Gore, the U.S. Department of Energy, NATO, the
U.S. Agency for National Development, and the United Nations. He
is the recipient of numerous national awards, including the
Charles Greeley Abbott Award from the American Solar Energy
Society and the Max Jakob Award from ASME-AIChE. In 1992, he
received the Ralph Coates Roe Medal for providing technical
information to legislators about energy conservation, waste
management, and environmental protection, and in 1998 he was the
recipient of the pretigious Washington Award for "unselfish and
preeminent service in advancing human progress."
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From the Back Cover
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THE FIRST TRULY INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE PROBLEM
UPDATED AND EXPANDED COVERAGE OF FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS
In a world where incinerators are no longer an option and
landfills are filled to capacity, cities are hard pressed to find
a solution to the problem of what do with their solid waste. In
this practical resource more than 20 top industry and government
experts provide all the tools needed to successfully plan,
design, implement, and manage a cost-efficient, environmentally
sound municipal waste management system.
Focusing on the six primary functions of an integrated system:
source reduction, toxicity reduction, recycling and reuse,
composting, waste-to-energy combustion, and landfilling the
Handbook fully explores each technology and examines its
problems, costs, and legal and social ramifications.
Addressing both the technical and regulatory aspects of municipal
waste disposal, the authors cover such wide-ranging topics as
facility siting, financing a sold waste management program,
environmental risk assessment and considerations, oil and battery
recycling, tire disposal, ash disposal, emission monitoring and
control, and much more.
This new Second Edition has been revised to include: updated
chapters on solid waste characteristics, recycling, landfilling,
and federal and state regulations. There is also new material on
optical separation techniques, weight-based collection systems,
yard waste management, economies, collection cost and
technologies, and safety and risk assessment.
Supplemented by revealing case studies and hundreds of how-to
illustrations, this is an indispensable working tool for
engineers and public officials interested in planning, designing,
constructing, or managing the most effective waste management
facility possible.
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About the Author
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George Tchobanoglous is a professor emeritus of
civil and environmental engineering at the University of
California at Davis. He received a B.S. degree in civil
engineering from the University of the Pacific, an M.S. degree in
sanitary engineering from the University of California at
Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Stanford
University. His principal research interests are in the areas of
solid waste management, wastewater , wastewater
filtration, aquatic systems for wastewater , and
individual onsite systems. He has taught courses on
these subjects at UC Davis for the past 32 years. He has authored
or co-authored over 350 technical publications including 12
textbooks and 3 reference books. He is the principal author of a
textbook titled Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles
and Management Issues, published by McGraw-Hill. The textbooks
are used in more than 200 colleges and universities throughout
the United States, and they ate also used extensively by
practicing engineers in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Tchobanoglous is an active member of numerous professional
societies. He is a corecipient of the Gordon ew Fair Medal
and the Jack Edward McKee Medal from the Water Environment
Federation. Professor Tchobanoglous serves nationally and
internationally as a consultant to government agencies and
private concerns. He is a past president of the Association of
Environmental Engineering Professors. He is consulting editor for
the McGraw-Hill book company series in Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering. He has served as a member of the
California Waste Management Board. He is a Diplomate of the
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and a registered
Civil Engineer in California.
Frank Kreith is a professor emeritus of engineering at the
University of Colorado at Boulder, where he taught in the
Mechanical and Engineering Departments from 1959 to
1978. For the past 13 years, Dr. Kreith served as the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) legislative fellow at the
National Conference of State Legislatives (NCSL), where he
provided assistance on waste management, transportation, and
energy issues to legislators in state governments. Prior to
joining NCSL in 1988, Dr. Kreith was chief of thermal research at
the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), now the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). During his tenure at SERI, he
participated in the presidential domestic energy review and
served as an advisor to the governor of Colorado. In 1983, he
received SERI's first General Achievement Award. He has written
more than a hundred peer-reviewed articles and authored or edited
12 books.
Dr. Kreith has served as a consultant and advisor all over the
world. His assignments included consultancies to Vice Presidents
Rockefeller and Gore, the U.S. Department of Energy, NATO, the
U.S. Agency for National Development, and the United Nations. He
is the recipient of numerous national awards, including the
Charles Greeley Abbott Award from the American Solar Energy
Society and the Max Jakob Award from ASME-AIChE. In 1992, he
received the Ralph Coates Roe Medal for providing technical
information to legislators about energy conservation, waste
management, and environmental protection, and in 1998 he was the
recipient of the pretigious Washington Award for "unselfish and
preeminent service in advancing human progress."
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields
and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests
of readers worldwide
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