Beschreibung
During the past few years the worlds has reverberated of names like Seveso, Love Canal, Lekkerkerk, Times Beach, just to name the most publicized ones. All these names are connected with hazardous or toxic waste, waste from business and industry, especially the chemical industry. The list is endless because there are, all over the world, many thousands of "points noirs": not yet discovered or identified old lagoons and landfills, polluted rivers, estuaries, and harbors needing remedial action, which undoubtedly will reveal more unpleasant secrets of the chemical industry's past. It is not an exaggerated statement that chemists of the past have paid too much attention to the composition of new products while neglecting the disposition of byproducts, i.e., chemical waste. Admittedly, during the last decade this attitude has changed dramatically. Although we cannot yet properly speak of a new science of peri ontology (the theory of residues), we seem to be headed towards substantiated rules, analyses, disposal protocols, definitions and remedial practices in handling the problems of chemical waste. Especially during the last two years comprehensive treatises of the whole complex subject as well as monographs dealing with assorted aspects of waste tech nology have appeared.
Produktsicherheitsverordnung
Hersteller:
Springer Verlag GmbH
juergen.hartmann@springer.com
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DE 69121 Heidelberg
Autorenportrait
InhaltsangabeA. Introduction.- Waste Legislations in 1985.- Legislation for Waste Treatment in the United Kingdom.- Legislation for Waste Treatment in the United States of America.- Legislation for Waste Treatment in the German Democratic Republic.- Legislation for Waste Treatment in France.- B. The Nature of Chemical Wastes.- Types of Chemical Wastes.- Rapid Analysis Methods for Special Wastes.- C. Handling and Treatment.- Transfer, Storage, Shipment.- Detoxification and Decomposition.- Incineration of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.- Sludge Treatment.- Waste Disposal Site Sanitation.- The Utilization of Vegetable Wastes by Composting.- Recycling.- D. Hazards.- Problems and Accidents.- Epilogue.
