Municipal waste management resources

An integrated approach to municipal waste management is put forward as the only sensible solution, selecting from a range of resource management and reeovery options. These are examined and diseussed, with particular reference to incineration with energy recovery. 

A. M. Ujihara and M. Gough, Managing Ash From Municipal Waste Incinerators, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

From McGinely, P. M. and Kmet, P, Formation Characteristics, Treatment, and Disposal of Leachate from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Bureau of Solid Waste Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, 1984. 

This book, combined with its predecessor, forms a resource that is comprehensive in scope and directly applicable to waste management problems in a wide range of industries. Complete with numerous figures, tables, examples, and case histories, this volume provides the clear understanding of the technical and economic concepts needed to develop total environmental control programs that can benefit industry as well as local municipalities. 

Sustainable waste management forms the basis of the 5th Environment Action Programme, and for municipal waste, the overall target is the "rational and sustainable use of resources", achieved through a hierarchy of management options. These are ... 

Mobro 400 barge results in U.S. focus on municipal solid waste management, a perceived landfills crisis, and product bans (1987-1995) Major new R D initiatives by government and private industry to demonstrate responsible resource management strategies for plastics packaging formation of CSWS and APC by the plastics industry hundreds of state laws proposed... 

Lund, J. Economic Analysis of Recycling for Small Municipal Waste Collectors. Journal of Resource Management and Technology 18(2) 84-96, 1990b. 

Narayana, T, 2009. Municipal solid waste management in India From waste disposal to recovery of resources Waste Manage. 29(3) 1163-1166. 

LandtiUing of Hazardous Wastes In many states, the only disposal option available for most hazardous wastes is landfilling. The basis for the management of hazardous-wastes landfills is set forth in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. In general, disposal sites for hazardous wastes shoiild be separate from sites for municipal solid wastes. If separate sites are not possible, great care must be taken to ensure that separate disposal operations are maintained. 

Rankin, S. Recycling Plastic in Municipal Solid Wastes. Journal of Resource Management and Technology 17(3) 143-148, 1989. 

Hanesian, D., Merriam, C., Pappas, J., Roche, E., Rankin, S., and Bellinger, M. Post-Consumer Plastic Collection - A Source of New Raw Material From Municipal Solid Waste. Journal of Resource Management and Technology l8(l) 35-39, 1990. 

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