Municipal Solid Waste Management

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of municipal solid waste management, including waste generation and characterization, waste reduction and recycling, waste collection and transfer, and waste disposal. It analyses and compares how these aspects are practiced in developing and developed countries. Traditional `composting at different scales¿, and `energy-from-waste-technologies¿ are amply discussed, with comparisons between developed and developing countries, and with parameters and conditions for successful operation. The book includes a chapter with case studies from several countries and a chapter dedicated to India.