Waste Management

David E. Newton is the author of more than 400 textbooks, encyclopedias, workbooks, and other educational materials, primarily in the field of science and math.

• ContentsPreface1. Background and HistoryDefinitionsWaste Disposal and Management in HistoryEarly CivilizationsAncient Greece and RomeThe Middle AgesThe Age of SanitationWaste Management LegislationCurrent Status of Solid Wastes in the United StatesIntegrated Solid Waste ManagementAn OverviewThe DetailsGenerationRecycling and CompostingIncinerationLandfillsSpecial ProblemsReferences2. Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsRunning Out of RoomExportation of Hazardous WastesExportation of Plastic WastesPlastic WastesNuclear WastesElectronic WastesIndustrial WastesAgricultural WastesAgricultural Wastes as BiofuelsAgricultural Hazardous WastesAgricultural Waste and Climate ChangeMining WastesEnvironmental JusticeReferences3. PerspectivesIntroductionComputational Approaches to Precise Toxicology Research, Hussain AtherThe Recycling Puzzle, Sandy BeckerThe Search for Safe and Effective Wastewater Management Solutions, Adrienne FungEcological Feces and Urine Alchemy in Shogun Japan, Joel GrossmanColonel Waring's Epoch Cure, Jim NordlingerComposting Helps Keep the Soil Beneath Our Feet Healthy and Vibrantly Alive!, Lisa PerschkeThe Flow of Waste: Earth Day to the Tesla Gigafactory, Nidia K. TrejoWaste Management and Tribes, Lynn ZenderSludge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Geena Zick4. ProfilesAir & Waste Management AssociationRobert Bullard (1946–)Dollie Burwell (1948–)Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890)Environmental Protection AgencyAlfred Fryer (1830/31–1892)Global Alliance for Incinerator AlternativesHazel Johnson (1935–2011)Keep America BeautifulCharles J. Moore (dates unavailable)National Recycling CoalitionNational Waste & Recycling AssociationNuclear Regulatory CommissionBoyan Slat (1994–)Solid Waste Association of North AmericaBeverly Wright (1947–)5. Data and DocumentsIntroductionDataTable 5.1. Materials Generated in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960–2015 (thousands of tons)Table 5.2. Materials Generated in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960–2015Table 5.3. Municipal Solid Wastes Recycled and Composted, 1960–2015Table 5.4. Materials Combusted with Energy Recovery, 1970–2015Table 5.5. Materials Landfilled in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960–2015Table 5.6. List of Superfund National Priority List Sites, 1983–2019Table 5.7. Trend Analysis for Hazardous Waste Generation, 2001–2017, National and by Selected StatesDocumentsResource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)Margaret Bean et al. v. Southwestern Waste Management Corp. (1979)Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)Principles of Environmental Justice (1991)Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Templet (1991)Environmental Equity: Reducing Risks for All Communities (1992)United States of America v. Asarco Incorporated (Consent Decree) (1998)Not in My Backyard: Executive Order 12898 and Title VI as Tools for Achieving Environmental Justice (2003)Electronic Waste Recycling Act (2003)Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (2018)Negotiating Superfund Settlements (2019)6. ResourcesBooksArticlesReportsInternet7. ChronologyGlossaryIndex