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The Use of Thermodynamic Databases in Performance Assessment
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2002; US$ 92.00Performance assessment of repository concepts for the geological disposal of long-lived radioactive waste relies on the availability of thermodynamic data for many radionuclides and other elements under a wide range of physico-chemical conditions. For the past ten years, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has been co-ordinating a multinational effort... more...
Enhanced stabilisation of municipal solid waste in bioreactor landfills
CRC Press 2008; US$ 79.95Municipal solid waste entombed in landfills will produce pollution in the form of landfill gas and leachate when the barriers fail in the long term. This book focuses on achieving a Final Storage Quality (FSQ) status of waste, through laboratory and pilot-scale experiments. more...
Waste Management and the Environment V
WIT Press 2010; US$ 376.00Waste management poses numerous problems and there is a significant need for more research on current disposal methods. Following the introduction of legislation in many countries the emphasis is now on sustainable strategies. While these decrease the volume of waste that needs final disposal, answers to issues such as environmental and safety aspects... more...
Introduction to Skin Biothermomechanics and Thermal Pain
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99"Introduction to Skin Biothermomechanics and Thermal Pain" introduces the study of coupled bio-thermo-mechanical and neural behavior of skin tissue in response to thermal and mechanical loads. The research in this book focuses on the theoretical modeling and experimental investigation of heated skin tissue in order to provide a predictive... more...
Una montaña de basura (A Mountain of Trash)
Shell Education 2010; US$ 8.99Have you ever wondered where your trash goes after it is picked up? Did you know that leaves and grass are a type of trash called yard waste? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this book. Discover the many ways addition can be used to learn about trash. 32pp. more...
Reducir, reutilizar, reciclar (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
Shell Education 2010; US$ 8.99The students in this book want to protect the environment. The students use graphs to show the many ways they can reduce, reuse, and recycle. They can reduce the amount water they use. They can reuse paper. But it is recycling that really gets them excited. The students bring in old cans and bottles. They use a graph to find out how much money they... more...
Municipal Solid Waste Management
CRC Press 2011; US$ 99.95Comprehensive presentation and overall picture of municipal solid waste management, including waste generation and characterization, waste reduction and recycling, waste collection and transfer and waste disposal. It analyses how these aspects are practiced in developing and developed countries. The traditional method of disposal -- composting at different... more...
Making a Green Machine
Rutgers University Press 2011; US$ 44.95Making a Green Machine examines the development of the Scandinavian beverage container deposit-refund system, which has the highest return rates in the world, from 1970 to present. Finn Arne Jorgensen's comparative framework charts the complex network of business and political actors involved in the development of the reverse vending machine... more...
Effect of Algal Biofilm and Operational Conditions on Nitrogen Removal in Waste Stabilization Ponds
CRC Press 2011; US$ 59.95Discharge of nutrient rich wastewater causes eutrophication of surface water; therefore wastewater treatment before discharge is required. Wastewater stabilization ponds are low cost technology used by developing countries but not effective in nitrogen removal due to low nitrifier biomass in the water column. Introduction of surface area for attachment... more...
The Garbage Crisis
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2013; US$ 35.00This book will focus on "Waste Management," a serious global issue and engineers' responsibility towards finding better solutions for its sustainable management. Solid waste management is one of the major environmental burdens in both developed and developing countries alike. An alarming rate of solid waste generation trends can be seen as a result... more...









