Table of Contents:
  • WASTE MANAGEMENT: NEW RESEARCH; WASTE MANAGEMENT: NEW RESEARCH; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: TANNERY SLUDGE COMPOST: USE FOR CROP PRODUCTION; ABSTRACT; 1. INDUSTRIAL WASTES; 2. TANNERY SLUDGE; 3. TANNERY SLUDGE COMPOST; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: WASTE FOR LIFE (WFL): POVERTY REDUCING SOLUTIONS TO SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WASTE FOR LIFE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE; 3. NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES (NFCS); 4. PROJECT APPROACH; 4.1. Background Research; 4.1.1. Scoping and Needs Assessment.
  • 4.1.2. Feasibility Study4.1.3. Stakeholder Analysis; 4.1.4. Social Impact Assessment (SIA); 4.2. Technical Process; 4.2.1. Materials Development; 4.2.2. Production Method
  • The Hot Press; 4.2.3. Product Development; 5. IMPLEMENTATION ON THE GROUND; 5.1. Lesotho; 5.2. Argentina; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: SPATIAL INEQUALITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN A MILLENNIUM CITY: THE NEXUS BETWEEN GOVERNANCE AND POVERTY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; URBAN GOVERNANCE, POVERTY AND SPATIAL INEQUALITY; POLICY, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR SWM; Central Government; Regional Authorities.
  • Local AuthoritiesThe Private Sector; METHODOLOGY AND FIELDWORK; EXPLORING THE CURRENT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ACCRA; Waste Generation; Solid Waste Collection; Waste Recovery and Recycling; Composting; Waste Disposal; Private Sector Participation; ANALYSING SPATIAL INEQUALITY IN MSWM IN ACCRA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: TREATMENT OF OILY WASTEWATERS FROM METALWORKING PROCESSES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PRIMARY TREATMENT; Gravity Separators; Centrifuges and Hydrocyclones; SECONDARY TREATMENT; Chemical Methods; Flotation; Filtration; Electrochemical Methods; Membrane Processes.
  • EvaporationTERTIARY TREATMENT; Adsorption on Activated Carbon; Biological Treatment; Ion Exchange; Reverse Osmosis; INTEGRATED OR HYBRID PROCESSES; Membrane Hybrid Processes; Membrane Hybrid Processes with Mechanical Pretreatment of the Feed; Membrane Hybrid Processes with Chemical Pretreatment of the Feed; Destabilization/Membrane Process; Demulsification/Reverse Osmosis Process; Flotation/Membrane Process; Membrane Hybrid Processes with Purification of the Permeate or Concentrate; Combination of Two Membrane Processes; Microfiltration/Ultrafiltration Process.
  • Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration ProcessUltrafiltration/Reverse Osmosis Process; Nanofiltration/Reverse Osmosis Process; Membrane Reactors; Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR); Membrane Chemical Reactor; Destabilization/Evaporation Process; Destabilization/Filtration Process; CASE STUDIES; Steel Industry; Copper Industry; Integrated Process for the Treatment of Waste Metalworking Fluids; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: AN APPROACH FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE AS SUPPORT TOOL FOR INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; General; Objectives of this Chapter.