Waste to Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Tran
Solid waste management is currently a major issue worldwide with numerous areas reaching critical levels. Many developing countries and countries in transition still miss basic waste management infrastructure and awareness. It is here that many of t
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Avraam Karagiannidis Editor
Waste to Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies
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Assoc. Prof. Avraam Karagiannidis Department of Mechanical Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Box 483, 54124 Thessaloniki Greece e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 1865-3529 ISBN 978-1-4471-2305-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-2306-4
e-ISSN 1865-3537 e-ISBN 978-1-4471-2306-4
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Preface
Many countries, beyond those considered to be ‘developing’, have waste management systems with significant improvement margins to reach worldwide stateof-the-art engineering, health and safety standards. These are still characterized by a heavy dependence on landfilling (both engineered and non-engineered) and diverging, but generally low, levels of recycling and composting, as well as a general absence of waste-to-energy schemes and plants. Waste-to-Energy (WtE) is understood in this edited volume to encompass a broad range of energy-from-waste approaches and techniques including incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, anaerobic digestion and co-combustion in existing industrial plants. This volume comprises of 15 chapters addressing different WtE aspects related to developing countries and transient waste management systems. The editor would like to thank all authors for the highly professional work and output. Special thanks are due to Mrs Stamatia Kontogianni for her comprehensive support during the entire editing process.
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Contents
Waste-to-Materials: The Longterm Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Nuss, Stefan Bringezu and Kevin H Gardner
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Planning Tools and Procedures for Rational Municipal Solid Wastes Managem
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