Waste To Resources 2013

This volume examines the potential resource available from several waste streams. Opportunities for exploiting waste are discussed, along with their environmental and economic considerations.

From shipments of Canadian waste rotting in developing countries to overflowing landfills and ineffective recycling programs, Canada is facing a waste crisis. Canadians are becoming increasingly aware that waste is an acute environmental and human health issue – and a complex one, the solutions to which are often contradictory. Canada's Waste Flows is an honest look at the production and movement of Canadian waste, from region to region and across the globe, and its consequences. Through a series of timely empirical case studies, the book reveals waste as less of a technological problem and more of a material, economic, political, historical, and cultural concern. Canada's Waste Flows demonstrates that Canadians are misdirecting their attention to post-consumer waste and their responsibility for minimizing it through recycling; waste must be understood as a social justice issue, and in particular as a symptom of ongoing settler colonialism. Through a comparative study of waste management in southern and northern Canadian communities, Myra Hird argues that we will only resolve our waste crisis through democratic engagement. A critical and compelling book that will generate conversation and incite change, Canada's Waste Flows uncovers how Canada's role as a global leader in waste production and export is key to changing Canada's waste future.

Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches covers waste reduction, biological, thermal and recycling methods of waste recovery, and their conversion into a variety of products. In addition, the social, economic and environmental aspects are also explored, making this a useful textbook for environmental courses and a reference book for both universities and companies. Provides a novel approach on how to achieve zero wastes in a society Shows the roadmap on achieving Sustainable Development Goals Considers critical aspects of municipal waste management Covers recent developments in waste biorefinery, thermal processes, anaerobic digestion, material recycling and landfill mining

Content -- Note -- Risk and chances for PPP in waste management Dr. Florian Kölsch -- Discussion of applicability of advanced solid waste management technologies and strategies in developing and emerging countries Wolfgang Pfaff-Simoneit -- Effects of Application Appropriate Scenarios on Waste Treatment on Municipal Solid Waste Heating Value I.-S. Antonopoulos, A. Karagiannidis -- Sustainable strategies and technologies - the challenge of municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Poland Magdalena Rybaczewska-Blazejowska -- EU 2020 targets for household waste: SC, SRF and BMT roles Elena Cristina Rada and Marco Ragazzi -- Revision of Waste Treatment Industries BREF Document - What are the implications for MBT Operators? Matthias Kühle-Weidemeier -- RDF Production in Hotel Areas in the Caribbean Region Christian Garrido C. -- Experimental Case Study of Bio-drying Mechanical-Biological Treatment in Korea Jae-Ram Park, Ui-Ho Cho, Bo-Ram Kim, Yeo-Gyeong Kim, Je-Hyun Nah, Sung-Jin Bae, Geon-Mook Leem and Dong-Hoon Lee -- National Waste Policy: Promotion of Market for Secondary Resources in Brazil Christiane Pereira, Klaus Fricke, Burkart Schulte and Leticia Theotonio -- Municipal Waste -- Management, Treatment and Disposal Facilities in Greece: Presentation of Current Situation and Perspectives in the Middle of the Ongoing Financial Crisis G. Perkoulidis A. Karagiannidis and I.-S. Antonopoulos -- Successful Refurbishment of the Biomethanization Lines at the MBT Burgos and at the Ecoparc I in Barcelona. Stephan Schulte, Rita Nimmrichter -- Paolo Bozano -- Mario Ojeda -- Zilina RDF Production Plant, Slovakia Martin Wellacher -- Further development and capability of mechanical biological waste treatment (MBT) Michael Balhar

Current development results in a linear flow from raw material to waste, which cannot be sustainable in the long term. Plus, a global population of 7 billion people means that there are 7 billion waste producers in the world. At present, dumping and landfilling are the primary practices for getting rid of municipal solid waste (MSW). However, this waste contains resources that we’ve yet to utilize. To create sustainable societies, we need to approach zero waste by recovering these resources. There are cities and countries where zero waste is close to becoming a reality. Landfilling of organic waste is forbidden in Europe, and countries such as Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland have developed a variety of technologies to recover resources from MSW. Resource Recovery to Approach Zero Municipal Waste explores the solid waste management laws and regulations of different countries, comparing the latest resource recovery technologies and offering future perspectives. The book tackles the many technical, social, ecological, economical, and managerial aspects of this complex subject while promoting the development of sustainable societies to achieve a greener global environment.

"This study provides a worldwide account of the environmental footprint of food wastage along the food supply chain, focusing on impacts on climate, water, land and biodiversity, as well as economic quantification based on producer prices ..."--Introduction.