Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation

• Main Authors: Townsend, Timothy G. (Author), Powell, Jon (Author), Jain, Pradeep (Author), Xu, Qiyong (Author), Tolaymat, Thabet (Author), Reinhart, Debra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Waste Management Principles and Practice
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Waste management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Environmental Management.

The management of municipal solid waste in many countries throughout the world has changed significantly over the past fifty years, with a shift from uncontrolled dumping or burning to complex systems that integrate multiple processes to recover materials or energy and provide containment to reduce...