Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial, Second Edition

A practical guide for the identification and management of a range of hazardous wastes, this book integrates technical information including chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, with current regulations.

Author: John Pichtel
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 02/26/2014
Pages: 682
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.85lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.10w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781466585188

About the Author

John Pichtel is a professor of natural resources and environmental management at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He received his PhD in environmental science and his MS in soil chemistry/agronomy from The Ohio State University, and his BS in natural resources management from Rutgers University. His primary research and professional activities have been in management of hazardous and municipal wastes, remediation of contaminated sites, reclamation of mined lands, and environmental chemistry. He has authored or co-authored approximately 40 research articles. Pichtel has served as a consultant in hazardous waste management projects and has conducted environmental assessments and remediation research in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, and Poland.