International progress in solid waste management
- International Solid Waste Association, Milan (Italy)
Solid waste management has moved to the forefront of the environmental agenda. The level of activity and concern by citizens and governments worldwide have reached unprecedented levels. Nations are considering restrictions on packaging and controls on products in order to reduce solid waste generation rates. Local and regional governments are requiring wastes to be separated for recycling, and some have even established mandatory recycling targets. Concerns about emissions from incinerators and waste-to-energy plants have resulted in imposition of state-of-the-art air pollution controls. Landfills are being equipped with liners, impervious caps and liquid collection systems, and gas and groundwater is being routinely monitored. These is wide scale public opposition to the establishment of new solid waste treatment and disposal facilities. As a result, the costs of solid waste management are increasing rapidly.
- OSTI ID:
- 495317
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504119-; TRN: IM9731%%10
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Air & Waste Management Association international speciality conference on thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies for solid waste management, Washington, DC (United States), 18-21 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Solid waste management: Thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies. VIP-53; Kilgroe, J.D. [comp.] [National Risk Management Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)]; PB: 981 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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