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Discard studies have demonstrated that waste is more than just a symptom of an all-too-human demand for meaning or a merely technical problem for sanitary engineers and public health officials. The afterlife of waste materials and processes of waste management reveal the centrality of transient and discarded things for questions of materiality and ontology and marginal and polluting labor and environmental justice movements, as well as for critiques of the exploitation and deferred promises of modernity and imperial formations. There is yet more waste will tell us, especially as more studies continue to document the many ways that our wastes are not only our problem, but become entangled with the lives of nonhuman creatures and the future of the planet we share.

Intro -- FOOD WASTE: PRACTICES, MANAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES -- FOOD WASTE: PRACTICES, MANAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: FOOD WASTE: AN EXPRESSION OF THE EVOLUTION OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WASTE AND DOMINANT POSITIONS IN THE AGRIFOOD SUPPLY CHAINS -- WASTE AND OTHER PARADOXES OF THE AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS -- INITIATIVES AGAINST LOSSES AND WASTE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH -- Chapter 2: FOOD WASTES AS SOURCES OF NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RECOVERY OF ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS FROM FOOD WASTES -- 2.1. Recovery of Antioxidants for Application as Functional Food Ingredients -- 2.2. Recovery of Antioxidants for Application as Food Preservatives -- 2.3. Recovery of Antioxidants for Applications Not Related to Food -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: POTENTIAL OF SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS AS SOURCES OF DIETARY FIBER WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION -- 3. RECOVERY OF PHENOLICS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF FOOD WASTES TO BIOENERGY BY ANAEROBIC PROCESSES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FOOD WASTES AS A SUBSTRATE IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS -- IDEAL PARAMETERS TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF FOOD WASTES -- Temperature -- Volatile Fatty Acids -- pH -- C/N Ratio -- Nutrients -- Reactors Configurations -- ENERGY POTENTIAL FROM FOOD WASTE ON ANAEROBIC PROCESSES -- Methane Production -- Hydrogen Production -- Others Bio-Products -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: ANAEROBIC DIGESTION: A PROMISING SOLUTION FOR FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT IN URBAN AREAS IN VIETNAM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. The beach that speaks; Chapter 2. Trash familiars/Tabflab; Chapter 3. Pigs in space; Chapter 4. Million-year panic; Chapter 5. Ruinism; Chapter 6. Splinter, shard, and stone; Chapter 7. Where the hoard is; Chapter 8. Lake Carbamazepine; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Bibliography; Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Food Waste Management Options: A Case Study of Hope Park Campus, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Overview of Food Waste in the UK -- 2.1. Food Waste: Generation and Characteristics -- 2.2. Environmental Impacts of Food Waste -- 2.3. Context and Policy Drivers for Food Waste Management in the UK -- 2.4. Context and Policy Drivers for Food Waste Management in Liverpool Hope University -- 2.5. Food Waste Recycling in the UK -- 2.6. Environmental and Financial Benefits of Food Waste Recycling -- 2.7. Food Waste Management Options -- 2.7.1. Composting -- 2.7.2. Anaerobic Digestion -- 3. Materials and Methods -- 3.1. Waste Survey -- 3.2. Waste Audit -- 3.2.1. Interview -- 3.2.2. Visual Inspection -- 3.2.3. Off-Site Sorting and Analysis of Waste -- Collection of Waste -- Sorting of Waste -- 3.3. Estimation of the Total Amount of Food Waste Produced -- 3.4. Calculation of Carbon Benefits and the Prevention and Recycling of Food Waste -- 3.4.1. Carbon Savings from Prevention -- 3.4.2. Carbon Savings from Recycling -- 3.5. Calculation of Cost Savings from Prevention and Recycling of Food Waste -- 3.5.1. Potential Cost Savings from Reduced Food Waste Disposal to Landfill -- 3.5.2. Potential Cost Savings from Diverting Waste Away from the Landfill to Composting or AD -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 4.1. Estimated Amount of Food Waste Produced -- 4.2. The Nature and Type of Food Waste Produced -- 4.3. Food Waste Collection and Disposal -- 4.4. Opportunities for on-Site Recycling of Food Waste at Hope Park campus, Liverpool Hope University -- 4.5. Opportunities for Saving Carbon -- 4.6. Opportunities for Financial Savings -- Conclusion -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 2

Intro -- WASTE MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH ADVANCES TO CONVERT WASTE TO WEALTH -- WASTE MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH ADVANCES TO CONVERT WASTE TO WEALTH -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CONVERTING WASTE TO ENERGY VIA THERMAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROCESSING IN DEVELOPING WESTERN SETTINGS:AN ANALYSIS BASED ON CASES FROM ENGLAND,GREECE AND THE UNITED STATES -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY -- 2. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF WTE TECHNOLOGIES IN ENGLAND -- 3. MSW MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS FOR ATTICA AND THEIR GHG EMISSION IMPACT -- 4. A REVIEW OF THE STATUS AND BENEFITS OF WTE IN THE US -- 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE:CHARACTER AND COMPOSITION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MSW DEFINITION -- 3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MSW -- 4. WASTE MANAGEMENT -- 5. LCA METHODOLOGY -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TECHNICAL REPORTS -- ELECTRONIC MEDIA -- Chapter 3: WASTE BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAINS FORENERGY PRODUCTION: A HIERARCHICAL DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROBLEM UNDER STUDY -- BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAINS (BSCS) FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION -- HIERARCHICAL DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK -- MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMASS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A TAXONOMY -- OTHER MODELING APPROACHES -- LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING MODELING EFFORTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: WASTE PICKING AT LANDFILLS: A SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD OR INTERFERENCE WITH WASTE DISPOSAL PROCESSES? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONCEPTUAL BENCHMARKS FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT -- 3. METHODOLOGY -- 4. GABORONE LANDFILL AND WASTE PICKING ACTIVITIES -- 5. MATERIALS, MARKETS AND INCOME -- 6. STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: SIMULTANEOUS SOLUTION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT: CR(VI) REMOVAL AS A CASE STUDY.

The concept of circular economies drives optimal resource efficiency. This means that resources should be fully utilised throughout the product's lifecycle. To achieve this, businesses have to plan through the entire product life cycle, beginning from design to end-of-life. Designing products for a circular economy is not as simple as it sounds. The move will require take-back schemes and products designed for easy upgrade or reuse. Businesses typically focus on the manufacturing, packaging, marketing and point of sale of a product. Now they must rethink how to ensure their products will not eventually end up in a landfill or an incinerator. This will require innovative business models as well as new policies and regulations to change the rules of the game. This article discusses three challenges to circular economy: cost, legislation and logistics; and showed examples of how the challenges are addressed.

NUCLEAR WASTE QUESTIONS AND PROPOSALS -- NUCLEAR WASTE QUESTIONS AND PROPOSALS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CLOSING YUCCA MOUNTAIN: LITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH ATTEMPTS TO ABANDON THE PLANNED NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY FOR HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE AND SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL -- YUCCA MOUNTAIN AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION -- The Obama Administration Budget -- DOE Reprogramming -- Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future -- Withdrawal of the Yucca Mountain Construction Authorization License

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- What Is Waste? -- The History of Waste Disposal -- Today's Waste -- Composting -- Recycling -- Hazardous Waste -- Landfills -- Case Study: Love Canal -- Helpful Legislation -- What Can You Do? -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites -- Back Cover

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- Chapter One: What Is Waste? -- Chapter Two: Reduce, Reduce, Reduce -- Chapter Three: Reuse And Recycle -- On The Job: Meet Donny Addison -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index/About The Author -- Back Cover

Intro -- ELECTRONIC WASTE REUSE, RECYCLING AND EXPORT CONSIDERATIONS -- ELECTRONIC WASTE REUSE, RECYCLING AND EXPORT CONSIDERATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 ELECTRONIC WASTE: CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND REUSE AND RECYCLING∗ -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- State Electronics Recycling Legislation -- Other State and Voluntary Efforts -- EPA HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SOUNDER MANAGEMENT OF USED ELECTRONICS, BUT ITS RESULTS ARE LIMITED OR UNCERTAIN -- EPA Has Improved Its Enforcement of CRT Export Regulations, but the Export of Other Used Electronics Remains Largely Unregulated -- EPA's Partnership Programs Have Had a Positive but Limited Effect -- STAKEHOLDERS' VIEWS ON THE STATE-BY-STATE APPROACH TO MANAGING USED ELECTRONICS VARY WIDELY -- Manufacturers, Retailers, and Recyclers View the State-by-State Approach as a Compliance Burden to Varying Degrees -- Manufacturers -- Retailers -- Recyclers -- State and Local Governments Are Mainly Concerned with the Success of Their Individual Recycling Programs -- Environmental Groups Cited the Accomplishments of State Electronics Recycling Programs but Acknowledged Limitations in States' Ability to Address Exports -- OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF USED ELECTRONICS INVOLVE BASIC POLICY CONSIDERATIONS -- Continued Reliance on State Recycling Programs Supplemented by EPA's Partnership Programs -- Key Implications of a Continuation of the State-byState Approach -- Greater Flexibility for States -- A Continuation of the Patchwork of State Recycling Efforts -- Stakeholder Efforts to Ease the Compliance Burden of the State-by-State Approach -- Establishment of Federal Standards for Electronics Recycling Programs

Published Article ; Healthcare risk waste is highly regulated in several countries by well-developed legislative frameworks; however, there is a lack of development and adherence to directives and laws in developing countries such as South Africa. Although legislation is in place, it does not always address medical waste in detail to assist with issues such as segregation, categorisation, collection, transport, treatment and final disposal practices. Incineration is still the most common means of treatment, which has shifted the focus of the Department of Environmental Affairs, the department responsible for overseeing waste disposal, to air quality monitoring. The objective of this paper is to highlight issues related to HCRW management, and to suggest a way forward, rather than to provide an in-depth analysis of the problem.