Project Details:
Waste: A Guide to the Chemistry, Recycling and Management of Waste
| Project No.: | 2008-039-2-600 |
| Start date: | 2009-07-01 |
| End date: | 2011-02-17 |
| Division: | Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division |
The objective of the book is to highlight the problems related to all types of WASTE and to focus on recycling solutions. Each chapter will be written by an expert scientist or engineer working in the relevant field. It will consider most areas of waste, ranging from household to industrial to military and even to space waste. It should become a standard reference for students, directors and workers in waste organizations, government officials, parliamentarians, captains of industry, editors, journalists and to all interested people, for years to come. It should become a prescribed manual in this important area.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this book, and where it differs from other books of similar theme, is that each chapter will be written by an expert scientist working in the field, and not by non-scientists, politicians or journalists with little or no technical background. Each chapter will contain a summary written in a non-scientific way, for the benefit of the general public. Each chapter will also contain references to the very latest research for students and future experts to follow up.
Each author should consider:
- the scope, scale, chemistry and complexity of the waste category (e.g. pie charts, tables, graphics) in scientific terms (including SI units or units defined in terms of SI),
- actual and potential risks (e.g. receptors, hazards (especially chemical) and exposed populations), mentioning the chemistry and necessary scientific principles involved,
- existing and improved life cycles leading to the wastes, focussing on the chemistry where possible
- controls, management, intervention and possible recycling, focussing on the chemistry where possible
- new research and the future scenarios
In view of the length of each chapter, it is suggested that each chapter should be written as an introduction to the topic BUT should contain important references for the serious researcher.
The book will highlight the severity of each of the problems and will offer the best solutions and recycling processes. The Chemistry of the waste will be a focus in most of the chapters.
Our future on this planet is very much tied to environmental issues which revolve around pollution and waste (most of them related to CHEMISTRY).
We believe that problems associated with WASTE are some of the most important issues facing the world today. Out disregard for the problems generated by WASTE will compromise our children's lives, resulting in a legacy which my generation will not be proud of. There is now a desperate need for an honest appraisal of the problems which are increasing with our ever increasing population. The more people are made aware of these issues, the greater is the chance of finding new and successful solutions. Having all the issues related to WASTE in one volume will lead to helpful comparisons and to synergistic solutions.
February 2011 -project completed- book titled "Waste -A Handbook for Management" published by Elsevier, 2011 [ISBN 978-0-12-381475-3]. >view details on Elsevier website
* book announcement published in Chem. Int. 33(3), 2011
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