Syngas from Waste presents the most recent concepts, methods and techniques for the preliminary design of a promising emerging technology: production of clean syngas from waste materials. An in-depth account is given of the steps necessary to achieve the optimum design and up-to…
This book seeks to place the main actors in matters of environmental microbiology, namely the microorganisms, on center stage. Using the modern approach of 16S ribosomal RNA, the book looks, in great detail, at the taxonomy of marine and freshwater bacteria, fungi, protozoa, alg…
"The idea of "Zero-Waste Engineering" has been developing over years, in many areas of engineering, such as energy production (renewable energy), construction (green buildings), and many others. This book is a huge step in the continued march toward truly sustainable engineering…
Application of phytotechnologies for cleanup of industrial, agricultural and wastewater contamination
by Pidlisnyuk, Valentina V., NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Application of Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural and Wastewater Contamination to Enhance Environmental and Food Security, Kam'i︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ, Ukraine), Kulakow, Peter A.
fromNATO science for peace and security series
As government and community leaders, private companies, citizens, and applied scientists search for low-cost methods to cleanup environmental pollution, phytotechnologies can contribute to the solution by utilizing natural processes to reduce environmental risk. Phytotechnologie…
Addressing the economics of waste
The Workshop held by OECD in October 2003, in Paris, France, brought together leading experts to take stock of "the state of the art" on the economics of waste and to help select topics on which the OECD could usefully do additional work. The book comprises the Workshop papers b…
Archaeologists and anthropologists have long studied artifacts of refuse from the distant past as a portal into ancient civilizations, but examining what we throw away today tells a story in real time and becomes an important and useful tool for academic study. Trash is studied …
The enduring changes in the aquatic environment and the increasing influx of contaminants call for novel conceptual and methodological approaches to relating chemical pollution and ecological alterations in ecosystems. This volume highlights the latest advances concerning the sa…
Solid waste management is currently a major issue worldwide with numerous areas reaching critical levels. Many developing countries and countries in transition still miss basic waste management infrastructure and awareness. It is here that many of the solid waste management prob…
"Save time and money by learning the principles of pollution prevention from experts in the field." "Applying pollution prevention strategies - the most viable environmental management option for the future - offers a more cost-effective means of minimizing the generation of was…
This book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores.…