Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation
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
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Timothy G. Townsend · Jon Powell Pradeep Jain · Qiyong Xu Thabet Tolaymat · Debra Reinhart
Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation
Waste Management Principles and Practice
Series editor Timothy G. Townsend
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Timothy G. Townsend • Jon Powell Pradeep Jain • Qiyong Xu Thabet Tolaymat • Debra Reinhart
Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation
Timothy G. Townsend Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA Pradeep Jain Innovative Waste Consulting Services, LLC Gainesville, FL, USA Thabet Tolaymat U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH, USA
Jon Powell Innovative Waste Consulting Services, LLC Gainesville, FL, USA Qiyong Xu Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen, China Debra Reinhart Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, USA
Waste Management Principles and Practice ISBN 978-1-4939-2661-9 ISBN 978-1-4939-2662-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2662-6
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Preface
This book was developed for waste and materials management practitioners all over the world, including researchers, practicing engineers and scientists, municipality staff and management, landfill operators, and regulatory agencies. The body of work presented here results from the development of bioreactor landfill design guidelines for the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, along with the combined knowledge and experience of the authors pertaining to sus