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BL
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1029970
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b784340
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| Main Entry
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Tammemagi, H. Y.
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| Title & Author
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The waste crisis : : landfills, incinerators, and the search for a sustainable future /\ by Hans Tammemagi.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0195128982
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: 0195351681
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: 1280530502
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: 1429404760
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: 1601196822
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: 9780195128987
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: 9780195351682
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: 9781280530500
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: 9781429404761
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: 9781601196828
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.
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| Contents
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Waste -- Starting from basics -- Historical perspectives: what can we learn? -- Integrated waste management: more than just landfills -- Recycling and composting: making a molehill out of a mountain -- Wastes: know your enemy -- Landfills: how do they work? -- Are there better disposal methods? -- Incineration: the burning issue -- Containment, encapsulation, and treatment -- Case histories -- The all-powerful NIMBY -- A new approach -- Futuristic garbology: a vision.
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Integrated solid waste management.
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Integrated solid waste management.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Environmental-- Waste Management.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.72/85
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| LC Classification
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TD794.2.T36 1999
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