Waste Incineration and the Environment - Issues in Environmental Science and Technology

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Incineration as a Waste Management Option; Pollutants from Incineration: An Overview; Recovering Energy from Waste: Emissions and Their Control; Organic Micropollutant Emissions from Waste Incineration; Pilot-scale Research on the Fate of Trace Metals in Incineration; The US Approach to Incinerator Regulation; Environmental Assessment and Incineration. Subject Index. Biographical Note: The series has been edited by Professors Hester and Harrison since it began in 1994. Professor Roy Harrison OBE is listed by ISI Thomson Scientific (on ISI Web of Knowledge) as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Environmental Science/Ecology category. He has an h-index of 54 (i.e. 54 of his papers have received 54 or more citations in the literature). In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science in the New Year Honours List. He was profiled by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Vol 5, pp 39N-41N, 2003). Professor Harrison s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy. Now an emeritus professor, Professor Ron Hester's current activities in chemistry are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor. He also retains appointments as external examiner and assessor / adviser on courses, individual promotions, and departmental / subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad."Publisher Marketing: Waste incineration is finding increasing favour as a waste disposal method. This study considers the place of incineration, reviewing the emissions and environmental impacts of incineration and other pollution control strategies, specifying research needed to the emissions of trace metals and organic micropollutants, and the methodologies for environmental impact assessment. A dispassionate view is presented of the various scientific and technical views involved.

Contributor Bio:  Hester, R E Hester from the University of York, UK