Solid Waste Landfilling: Concepts, Processes, Technology

ISBN-13: 9780128183366 / Angielski / Miękka / 1190 str.

Raffaello Cossu; Rainer Stegmann

Spis treści

1. General Aspects2. Landfill Concepts3. Processes4. Ex-Situ Treatments5. Geotechnical Aspects6. Landfill Hydraulic Aspects7. Liner Systems8. Drainage Systems9. Gas Management10. Leachate Management11. Topcovers12. Leachate Recirculation13. Planning and Design14. Sustainable Landfilling15. Operation16. Aftercare and Afteruse17. Environmental Impacts18. Uncontrolled Emissions19. Remediation20. Special Waste Landfilling21. Economic Aspects

O autorze

Raffaello Cossu is Full Professor in Waste Management and Dean of the Environmental Engineering School at Padova University. He is Chairman of "Sardinia" International Symposia on Waste Management and Landfilling, and "Venice” Symposium on Biomass and waste to energy; Co-chairman of Crete Conference on Hazardous waste. Dr. Cossu is Past President of IWWG (International Waste Working Group) and is currently Editor in Chief of the journal Waste Management published by Elsevier, He has authored more than 200 articles and conference papers and co-edited four international books on landfilling technology. Rainer Stegmann retired in 2008 as Professor Head of the Institute of Waste Management at the Hamburg University of Technology. He has been a visiting professor at several Universities and has coordinated several international and national research projects. He is a member of the environmental advisory board for waste company Shanks, UK. And Chairman of IWWG (International Waste Working Group). Dr. Stegmann has authored more than 300 scientific papers and several international books.