1 Introduction to Solid Waste Management. - I. Introduction. - II. Solid Waste Generation. - III. Solid Waste Collection and Transportation. - IV. Solid Waste Disposal. - V. Recovery of Resources. - VI. Special Types of Solid Waste. - VII. Legislative Aspects of Solid Waste. - VIII. Concluding Remarks. - References. - 2 Mechanical Volume Reduction. - I. Introduction. - II. Shredding. - III. Baling. - IV. Size Reduction Applications. - V. Economics. - VI. Operation and Maintenance. - VII. Illustration of Shredder Selection. - References. - 3 Combustion and Incineration. - I. Introduction to Incineration. - II. Process Analysis of Incineration Systems. - III. Incineration Systems for Municipal Solid Waste. - IV. Incineration Systems for Municipal and Commercial Wastes. - VI. Economics of Incineration. - VII. An Approach to Design. - Appendix Waste Thermochemical Data. - References. - 4 Sanitary Landfill. - I. Introduction. - II. Site Selection. - III. Engineering Construction and Operation of Sanitary Landfill Sites. - IV. Environmental Considerations. - V. Termination of Operations. - Acknowledgements. - References. - 5 Composting Process. - I. Introduction. - II. Microbiology and Classification. - III. Design Approaches. - IV. Process Parameters. - V. Process Control. - VI. Pathogen Survival. - VII. Cost Considerations. - VIII. End Products. - IX. Summary. - X. Practical Examples. - References. - 6 Materials and Energy Recovery. - I. Introduction. - II. Resource Recovery Objectives. - III. Resource Recovery Operations. - IV. Selected Case Studies. - V. The Economics of Resource Recovery. - References. - 7 Solid waste Systems Planning. - I. Introduction. - II. Planning Methodology. - III. Evaluation Methodology. - References. Language: English