Books on Waste management
Books on Waste management
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Hey Guys,
I have a mechanical/aerospace background and currently work as a contract designer. Bouncing from place to place is not something I would like to do for the rest of my life, and I would eventually like to start something of my own. A field that has caught my interest is waste mangement and I would like to find out more about the field. If someone can recommend any books that I could read to get more familiar with it, I would really appreicate it. I guess I am looking for something close to a first year text book on waste management which is not too highly technical or specific and the same time someone with an engineering background can understand.But if there are any other suggestions as to what might be useful, that would be very much appreciated also.
Thank you,
Asanga
I have a mechanical/aerospace background and currently work as a contract designer. Bouncing from place to place is not something I would like to do for the rest of my life, and I would eventually like to start something of my own. A field that has caught my interest is waste mangement and I would like to find out more about the field. If someone can recommend any books that I could read to get more familiar with it, I would really appreicate it. I guess I am looking for something close to a first year text book on waste management which is not too highly technical or specific and the same time someone with an engineering background can understand.But if there are any other suggestions as to what might be useful, that would be very much appreciated also.
Thank you,
Asanga





RE: Books on Waste management
Thanks again for any help
Asanga
RE: Books on Waste management
We used this one when we did waste management in college. It was good.
www.amazon.co.uk have loads of books on the topic of waste management, if you're EU based, you're probably better going with the English amazon since they'll be written to Metric units and EU standards.
RE: Books on Waste management
Municipal solid waste?
Hazardous waste?
Animal Feedlot waste?
Wastewater treatment?
Waste reduction?
RE: Books on Waste management
Hotgas, I am mainly interested in Municipal solid waste. Other than a basic knowledge of the field, I am also interested in looking at it from a design engineering perspective.
Thank you very much for your response guys.
Cheers,
Asanga
RE: Books on Waste management
If there is one name I remember from my senior project when doing research, it would be Tchobanoglous.
For the price and for value, there is one book that would really be the best buy for you: I would recommend the [bold]Handbook of Solid Waste Management[/bold] by George Tchobanoglous and Frank Keith, ISBN# 0071356231, it goes into good detail on many aspects and yet is technical enough to be more than just a guide, if you're an engineer you should have no trouble with it.
RE: Books on Waste management
Cheers,
Asanga