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“stephen burnley”

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  • Solid Wastes Management

    Edited by Stephen Burnley ...
    Solid Wastes Management begins with a focus on processing municipal and similar commercial, as well as industrial wastes; assessing and minimising the environmental impacts of processing and disposal. The second section reviews the treatment technologies available (physical, biological and thermal), their advantages, disadvantages and environmental performance. The third section considers the ... Read more

    $44.95 USD

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    Remaking the Way We Make Things

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    A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism"Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 ... Read more

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  • Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?

    The Scientific Argument Against Water Fluoridation

    by Barry Groves ...
    Fluoride is more toxic than lead, yet it is routinely added to the drinking water of Ireland and Britain. In Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?, Barry Groves presents an array of convincing and persuasive arguments that dismantle the commonly held belief that the fluoridation of water is beneficial to our health. The fluoridation of water has been used for the prevention of tooth decay for ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Sustainable Textile Production

    by Marion I Tobler-Rohr ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Textile products are produced, distributed, sold and used worldwide. A quantitative assessment of sustainability in the textile manufacturing chain is therefore extremely important. The Handbook of sustainable textile production is a compilation of technical, economical, and environmental data from the various processes in this chain. This authoritative reference work provides a detailed study of ... Read more

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  • Waste

    A Handbook for Management

    Edited by Daniel A. Vallero, Trevor Letcher ...
    Waste: A Handbook for Management gives the broadest, most complete coverage of waste in our society. The book examines a wide range of waste streams, including: - Household waste (compostable material, paper, glass, textiles, household chemicals, plastic, water, and e-waste) - Industrial waste (metals, building materials, tires, medical, batteries, hazardous mining, and nuclear) - Societal waste ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • The MBR Book

    Principles and Applications of Membrane Bioreactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment

    by Simon Judd ...
    The MBR Book covers all essential aspects of membrane bioreactors in water and wastewater treatment, including the working principles of MBR technologies. The book aims to separate science from engineering, in an attempt to avoid confusion and to help readers understand the ideas of MBR. The text is divided into five chapters; the membrane and biological aspects are discussed in chapter 2 along ... Read more

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  • Environmental Water

    Advances in Treatment, Remediation and Recycling

    by V.K. Gupta, Imran Ali ...
    The world is facing a drinking water crisis. Besides continuous population growth, uneven distribution of water resources and periodic droughts have forced scientists to search for new and effective water treatment, remediation and recycling technologies. Therefore, there is a great need for the development of suitable, inexpensive and rapid wastewater treatment and reuse or conservation methods. ... Read more

    $177.99 USD

  • Advanced Separation Techniques for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Radioactive Waste Treatment

    Edited by Kenneth L Nash, Gregg J Lumetta ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
    Advanced separations technology is key to closing the nuclear fuel cycle and relieving future generations from the burden of radioactive waste produced by the nuclear power industry. Nuclear fuel reprocessing techniques not only allow for recycling of useful fuel components for further power generation, but by also separating out the actinides, lanthanides and other fission products produced by ... Read more

    $238.99 USD

  • Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

    Edited by Yining Ding, F. Pacheco-Torgal ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste summarises key recent ... Read more

    $260.99 USD

  • Building Lean, Building BIM

    Improving Construction the Tidhar Way

    by Rafael Sacks, Samuel Korb, Ronen Barak ...
    Building Lean, Building BIM is the essential guide for any construction company that wants to implement Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling (BIM) to gain a strategic edge over their competition.The first of its kind, the book outlines the principles of Lean, the functionality of BIM, and the interactions between the two, illustrating them through the story of how Tidhar ... Read more

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  • Radioactive Waste Management and Contaminated Site Clean-Up

    Processes, Technologies and International Experience

    Edited by Carol M Jantzen, William E Lee, Michael I. Ojovan ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
    Radioactive waste management and contaminated site clean-up reviews radioactive waste management processes, technologies, and international experiences. Part one explores the fundamentals of radioactive waste including sources, characterisation, and processing strategies. International safety standards, risk assessment of radioactive wastes and remediation of contaminated sites and irradiated ... Read more

    $341.99 USD

  • Waste of a Nation

    Garbage and Growth in India

    by Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey ...
    In India, you can still find the kabaadiwala, the rag-and-bone man. He wanders from house to house buying old newspapers, broken utensils, plastic bottles—anything for which he can get a little cash. This custom persists and recreates itself alongside the new economies and ecologies of consumer capitalism. Waste of a Nation offers an anthropological and historical account of India’s complex ... Read more

    $21.59 USD