As federal, state, and local regulations regarding waste disposal become more stringent, the need to address current disposal practices for waste aircraft engine lubricants and other fluid wastes has become a major issue. The purpose of this Air Force sponsored study [ I ] is to examine recycling as an alternative to current disposal methods and the steps required to implkment and monitor recyc...

FOREWORD The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has, since its inception, recognized the importance of radioactive waste management. Low and intermediate level radioactive wastes are produced in almost all countries and their safe management is of great importance. Near surface disposal of the wastes is an option being practised or planned in many countries. There is a growing need in th...

Radioactivity in nuclear power effluents is negligible compared to that in retained wastes to be disposed of as solids. Two basic waste categories are those for which shallow disposal is accepted and those for which more extreme isolation is desired. The latter includes "high level" wastes and others contaminated with radionuclides with the unusual combined properties of long radioactive half-l...

Food processing produces large quantities of by-products. Disposal of waste can lead to environmental and human health problems, yet often they can be turned into high value, useful products. Crustacean shell wastes from shrimp, crab, lobster, and krill contain large amounts of chitin, a polysaccharide that may be extracted after deproteinisation and demineralization of the exoskeletons .crusta...

The Act encouraged states to form regional compacts for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW). The Act contained both positive and negative incentives. The positive incentive was a provision that allowed compacts to restrict access to their regional LLRW disposal facility to member states beginning in 1993, thus limiting the amount of waste disposed of in any state hosting a region...

The management of medical waste is of great importance due to its potential environmental hazards and public health risks. In the past medical waste was often mixed with municipal solid waste and disposed of in residential waste landfills or improper treatment facilities (e.g. inadequately controlled incinerators) in Korea. In recent years, many efforts have been made by environmental regulator...