Hazardous Waste Management [Hardcover]

Michael LaGrega (Author), Phillip Buckingham (Author), Jeffrey Evans (Author), Environmental Resources Management (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070393656 | ISBN-13: 978-0070393653 | Publication Date: December 13, 2000 | Edition: 2

* Updated methods of waste disposal emphasizing site remediation and pollution prevention
* Includes a comprehensive treatment of how toxic compounds move in the environment, including ground water and air modeling
* Applicable to corporate management

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Titles of related interest also from Waveland Press: Bishop, Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals and Practice (ISBN 9781577663485); Cooper-Alley, Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577662181); and de Nevers, Air Pollution Control Engineering, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577666745). --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1228 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 2 edition (December 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070393656
• ISBN-13: 978-0070393653
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Science & Math > Environment > Recycling

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on Waste Management...Don't Be Scared By The Book's Size!, May 16, 2006

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yoy1 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hazardous Waste Management (Hardcover)

This is a really good book that I had to purchase for my graduate level Haz. and Waste Management class. Each chapter provides detailed info, covering everything from solidification and stabilization to proper waste management protocols and corrective action procedures for disposing of waste. You'll also find info about biological and chemical reactions, as well as land disposal and recycling. In other words, it covers the gamut.

Initially, I thought that the book would be boring, but I really learned a great deal from it. We had to do select homework problems from each chapter (some of which our teacher required a lot of detailed answers for), which weren't that bad. The only problem that I had was a lack of any kind of hint for the questions at the end of the chapter. Most of the answers you can find by reading certain chapters, but if you are unsure of where to find that info, you're out of luck if your teacher doesn't correct your papers. Overall, this book comes highly recommended for learning the finer details of waste management!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars designer's reference, July 22, 2003

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Jen (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hazardous Waste Management (Hardcover)

Although this book is geared towards upper level engineering students, I found it extremely beneficial in my research as a graduate student in architecture. Architects and landscape architects interested in reclaiming the post-industrial landscape will find it to be a clear and concise guide to contaminants and remediation technologies.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A plug for ERM - pure and simple!, May 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hazardous Waste Management (Hardcover)

The titlle of the book implies that it has much to do with hazardous waste management, although in reality, it is more about remediation or site cleanup. Classic hazardous waste management deals with the MANAGEMENT of hazardous wastes within an industrial setting and how NOT to let it get into the media in the first place. In this regard, while the authors had the right intention, they fell short. For example, the chapter on environmental auditing was very weak and not given much attention, which is really at the heart of hazardous waste management. In addition, a troubling issue that took away from the book was the blatent self-promotion of ERM in the book, beginning with the foreward by Paul Woodruf, ERM's CEO, and the profuse listing of ERM self credits from editing to graphics. Who really authored the book, the authors listed, or ERM?