Hazardous Waste Management Advances in Chemical and Industrial Waste Treatment and Technologies

This book provides readers with the most current knowledge on hazardous waste management practices. It addresses the rapidly changing advances in waste stream characterization and the discovery of new chemicals – which have led to new hazardous wastes, technological innovation, stringent environmental regulations, changes in transport and dispersion modelling of hazardous pollutants, and new waste management techniques. Hazardous Waste Management: Advances in Chemical and Industrial Waste Treatment and Technologies is an invaluable reference for waste management and treatment professionals, chemical engineers and technicians, medical professionals, and environmental regulators, as well as students taking courses on hazardous waste management, environmental engineering, and environmental science.

An Overview on Hazardous Waste Management.- Common Hazardous Contaminants: Nomenclature, Industrial Uses, Properties and Classification.- Environmental Chemistry and Fate of Hazardous Chemicals.- Quantifying Hazardous Waste and Waste Characterization.- Health Impact of Hazardous Wastes and Environmental Regulations.- Hazardous Waste Transport in the Environment.- Advances in Hazardous Waste Treatment Methods.- Hazardous Waste Disposal.- Waste Prevention, Waste Minimization and Recent Changes in Hazardous Waste Management Practice.-. Sustainability in Hazardous Waste Management.- Industrial Case Studies.- Future of Hazardous Waste Management Practices.

Dr. Zarook Shareefdeen, PhD, PEng, is a Professor at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Canada. Dr. Shareefdeen also worked for several institutions, including University of Waterloo, University of California, BIOREM Inc., Ontario and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His research and teaching interests are in waste management, pollution control, heat transfer, biofiltration, bioreactor modelling, and conversion of wastes to energy technologies.