"Hazardous Wastes" explores and investigates two of the main secondary waste producing industries. It gives the reader a detailed insight into the processes (e.g. pyrolysis, pyrometallurgy, smelting, etc) by-products and environmental concerns related to the production of copper and zinc wastes. Further, the author has highlighted the importance of the Basel Convention on the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Wastes in relation to these industries and the importance of dumping of wastes in non-OECD countries. The experimental data presented, as part of a United Nations initiative,...