Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management
Hazardous waste poses one of the most complex and risky pollution challenges worldwide. As industrialization accelerates globally, volumes of toxic byproducts and emissions continue to grow, requiring urgent solutions. This book provides a practical overview of hazardous waste management approaches,...
שמור ב:
| פורמט: | Online |
|---|---|
| שפה: | אנגלית |
| יצא לאור: |
IntechOpen
2024
|
| נושאים: | |
| גישה מקוונת: | ONIX_20240711_9780854660285_132 |
| תגים: |
אין תגיות, היה/י הראשונ/ה לתייג את הרשומה!
|
| _version_ | 1869519131346206720 |
|---|---|
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | Hazardous waste poses one of the most complex and risky pollution challenges worldwide. As industrialization accelerates globally, volumes of toxic byproducts and emissions continue to grow, requiring urgent solutions. This book provides a practical overview of hazardous waste management approaches, technologies, and policies to reduce environmental and human health damage. The text begins by outlining Pakistan's current hazardous waste situation, including crucial pollution sources like the textile, fertilizer, and leather industries. It summarizes reduction efforts and persisting challenges around enforcement, technology capabilities, and lack of recycling infrastructure. The following chapters delve into biological waste management techniques and an innovative fertilizer production process utilizing steel slag waste. Case studies demonstrate the potential to convert industrial byproducts into economic resources. Several chapters focus on electronic waste (e-waste), examining landfill contamination risks in Africa and the push to transform these sites into urban mining operations. Technical contributions analyze tools like activated carbon filters to reduce toxic e-waste emissions. The book concludes with a look at winery waste recycling and closes with a chapter connecting hazardous waste management to broader sustainable development goals. Together, the chapters in this volume provide a multifaceted look at hazardous waste management strategies, current limitations, and the work still required to reduce ecological damage. The text is valuable for researchers of dangerous waste, industry operators, and policymakers looking to improve abatement practices. With its detailed case studies and technical analyses, the book offers both practical and big-picture insights to support the critical work of sustainable, effective hazardous waste management worldwide. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-140318 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateRange | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | IntechOpen |
| publisherStr | IntechOpen |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1403182024-07-11T08:02:15Z Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management Saleh, Hosam M. Hassan, Amal I. Aglan, Refaat F. Waste treatment and disposal thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQS Sanitary and municipal engineering::TQSR Waste treatment and disposal Hazardous waste poses one of the most complex and risky pollution challenges worldwide. As industrialization accelerates globally, volumes of toxic byproducts and emissions continue to grow, requiring urgent solutions. This book provides a practical overview of hazardous waste management approaches, technologies, and policies to reduce environmental and human health damage. The text begins by outlining Pakistan's current hazardous waste situation, including crucial pollution sources like the textile, fertilizer, and leather industries. It summarizes reduction efforts and persisting challenges around enforcement, technology capabilities, and lack of recycling infrastructure. The following chapters delve into biological waste management techniques and an innovative fertilizer production process utilizing steel slag waste. Case studies demonstrate the potential to convert industrial byproducts into economic resources. Several chapters focus on electronic waste (e-waste), examining landfill contamination risks in Africa and the push to transform these sites into urban mining operations. Technical contributions analyze tools like activated carbon filters to reduce toxic e-waste emissions. The book concludes with a look at winery waste recycling and closes with a chapter connecting hazardous waste management to broader sustainable development goals. Together, the chapters in this volume provide a multifaceted look at hazardous waste management strategies, current limitations, and the work still required to reduce ecological damage. The text is valuable for researchers of dangerous waste, industry operators, and policymakers looking to improve abatement practices. With its detailed case studies and technical analyses, the book offers both practical and big-picture insights to support the critical work of sustainable, effective hazardous waste management worldwide. 2024-07-11T08:02:08Z 2024-07-11T08:02:08Z 2024 book ONIX_20240711_9780854660285_132 9780854660285 9780854660292 9780854660308 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/140318 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/1003063 https://intech-files.s3.amazonaws.com/a043Y00000zFsmzQAC/0014967_Authors_Book%20%282024-03-14%2007%3A46%3A51%29.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.111093 10.5772/intechopen.111093 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9780854660285 9780854660292 9780854660308 IntechOpen 174 open access |
| spellingShingle | Waste treatment and disposal thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQS Sanitary and municipal engineering::TQSR Waste treatment and disposal Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management |
| title | Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management |
| title_full | Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management |
| title_fullStr | Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management |
| title_short | Advances and Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management |
| title_sort | advances and challenges in hazardous waste management |
| topic | Waste treatment and disposal thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQS Sanitary and municipal engineering::TQSR Waste treatment and disposal |
| topic_facet | Waste treatment and disposal thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQS Sanitary and municipal engineering::TQSR Waste treatment and disposal |
| url | ONIX_20240711_9780854660285_132 |