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This text provides engineers with a basic framework for the implementation of improved solid waste management systems. Material is geared especially to engineers in less developed countries. Coverage includes municipal solid waste characteristics and quantities, collection of municipal solid waste, landfills, processing of waste, combustion and energy recovery, biochemical processes, and current issues in solid waste management. Chapter problems are included. The author is affiliated with Bucknell University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) More Reviews and Recommendations P. Aarne Vesilind is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and R.L. Rooke Chair in the Historical and Societal Context of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University. Before joining Bucknell, he was a Professor at Duke University from 1970 to 1999. At Bucknell, Dr. Vesilind's teaching specialties are environmental engineering, professional ethics, engineering communications, sludge treatment and disposal, design of water and wastewater treatment plants, air pollution control, and solid waste engineering. His research interests include wastewater treatment, solid waste management, and professional ethics. Dr. Vesilind is also the co-author of Vesilind/Worrell/Reinhart, SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING (Brooks/Cole 2002). Tags: solid waste engineering |
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