Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment

Lawrence K. Wang, Yung-Tse Hung, Howard H. Lo, Constantine Yapijakis

• Implementation of Industrial Ecology for Industrial Hazardous Waste Management. Bioassay of Industrial and Hazardous Waste Pollutants. Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastes. Treatment of Oilfield and Refinery Wastes. Treatment of Photographic Processing Wastes. Treatment of Soap and Detergent Industry Wastes. Treatment of Textile Wastes. Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastes. In-Plant Management and Disposal of Industrial Hazardous Substances. Application of Biotechnology for Industrial Waste Treatment. Treatment of Dairy Processing Wastewaters. Seafood Processing Wastewater Treatment. Treatment of Meat Wastes. Treatment if Palm Oil Wastewaters. Olive Oil Waste Treatment. Potato Wastewater Treatment. Stormwater Management and Treatment. Site Remediation and Groundwater Decontamination. Pollution Prevention. Treatment of Pesticide Industry Wastes. Livestock Waste Treatment. Soft Drink Waste Treatment. Bakery Waste Treatment. Explosive Waste Treatment. Food Waste Treatment. Treatment of Landfill Leachate. On-Site Monitoring and Analysis of Industrial Pollutants. Treatment of Rubber Industry Wastes. Treatment of Timber Industry Wastes. Treatment of Power Industry Wastes. Index.

"New subjects are presented in detail for the first time in any industrial waste treatment book. … The team of contributors is of high scientific level and demonstrates that special efforts were made to invite experts to contribute chapters in their own areas of expertise. … The book is to be used as a reference … for professors, students, and researchers … . The extensive bibliographies … should be invaluable to managers and researchers who need to improve on a specific industrial waste treatment practice."- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, March 2005, Vol. 4, No. 1"Each chapter provides a thorough and comprehensive review of the waste management issue at hand. … Chapters are well-written and flow well. The extensive bibliographies for each industrial waste treatment practice should be valuable to university students, environmental managers, and scientists. … [T]he editors did a fine job in compiling and reviewing a wide range of papers."- Journal of Environmental Quality, March/April 2005"An excellent resource for environmental managers, this edition, expanded to 32 chapters from the original edition, describes methodologies for the treatment of wastes … This handbook is intended both as a reference book for environmental professionals and as a college text that allows instructors to choose the specific industrial waste categories they may want to cover; it will also be valuable in engineers' or scientists' personal libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended."- CHOICE, March 2005"…valuable…for professors, students, and researchers in environmental and chemical engineering."IASI Polytechnic Magazine"…covers the specific problems of selected industries where pollution and emissions require proper and urgent attention…extremely useful." -Chemical Engineering World-Chemical Engineering World"…interesting…well-written and edited."Journal of Hazardous Materials"…cover[s] effluent standards and trends for various industrial or commercial operations."Civil Engineering"…Industries, research bodies, and administration will derive a lot of benefit."Chemical Engineering World