Pollution Control and Waste Management in Developing Countries

ISBN: 0850925576

Author: Okot-Uma, Rogers W'O

Condition: New

Presents a comprehensive, practical view of environmental management, focusing on pollution control and waste management. It records the experience gained through Commonwealth Secretariat regional seminars conducted in Africa over several years andProvides numerous examples of practice.Topics covered include: Air pollution; Coastal and marine pollution; Managing domestic, industrial, mining, biomedical, nuclear and radioactive waste; Solid waste re-use and recycling; Waste water treatment; Bioremediation; Microbiological assessment and monitoring of pollutants; Laboratory waste management; Moving hazardous waste trans-nationally; Best practice for building a distributed waste network.