Abstract |
;Contents: Data collection and evaluation: (Literature survey and information retrieval, Characteristics and amounts of solid wastes, Waste generation in Santa Clara County, Change in the composition of Berkeley wastes, Definition and coordination of research areas); Waste generation and evaluation model; Waste collection-treatment-disposal model; Waste generation input and management system inputs; Planning and economics: (Development of pertinent data on quantity and types of solid wastes, Solid waste generation and land-use planning, Incorporation of technical changes in transportation and disposal of solid wastes, Implications of present and future methods of disposal on private and public expenditure, Santa Clara County study); Public health; Technology of solid wastes management: (Incineration, Composting, Landfill, Salvage); Anaerobic digestion with sewage sludge; Wet oxidation of Organic wastes; Biological fractionation of organic wastes. |