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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"Hazardous waste"”.
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The Determinants of Hazardous Waste Siting
… to be the hosts of a disproportionate number of hazardous waste sites and hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF) owners and operators have come under attack due to allegations of racial discrimination in the siting of said facilities. The preponderance of studies of …
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Hazardous waste minimization in the semiconductor industry.
… (a) provide the reader with the magnitude of the hazardous waste disposal problems facing the semiconductor manufacturing industry, and (b) explain how the minimization of hazardous waste can provide both economic benefits and reduced liability for this industry. Two important aspects of all waste …
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An assessment of household hazardous waste collection
… to safely collect and dispose of "household hazardous waste." Although it is difficult to define, household hazardous waste is generally considered to be any chemical waste generated in a family dwelling which, if disposed of improperly, may be harmful to human health or the environment. …
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Project management issues on hazardous waste remediation sites
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Environmental risk management system design for hazardous waste materials
Hazardous materials can be generally deemed as any material which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or pose a substantial or potential hazard to human health or the environment. In the context of "sustainable development", most …
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Economic instruments for hazardous waste policy : an empirical analysis
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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Hazardous waste facilities and environmental equity : a proposed siting model
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Modeling of hazardous waste incinerator : failure diagnostic and staged combustion
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1995.
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Hazardous waste treatment and disposal: alternative technologies and groundwater impacts
… physical, and biological methods for treating hazardous wastes and the fate of their land-disposed residues are reviewed and evaluated. Technologies are described as major, minor, and emerging according to their stage of development or application to hazardous waste; major ones include rotary …
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Microbial degradation of selected aromatic compounds in a hazardous waste site
… from the vicinity of a pit used to dispose the waste from a wood creosoting plant. The five compounds--anthracene, dibenzofuran, fluorene, naphthalene, and pentachlorophenol--were contaminants found in the soil and ground water. There was degradation of the selected compounds in the subsurface …
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Minimization of hazardous waste in Western Europe : policy implementation and harmonization
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Coping with conflicting perceptions of risk in hazardous waste facility siting disputes
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984.
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Risk management in the hazardous waste remediation industry : organization and project implementation
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Pollution control upgrade of a hazardous waste incinerator to comply with regulatory requirements
… Two rotary kiln incinerators are used to destroy waste propellant generated during the manufacturing process. These two units are the only hazardous waste incinerators owned by the Army for the destruction of waste propellant. They are also two of the four hazardous waste incinerators in Virginia …
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Distance and disparity: social disadvantage and the distribution of hazardous waste in America
… have measured disproportionate proximity to hazardous waste by poor and minority communities. The majority of this research has found evidence to support claims of environmental injustice, yet no research to date has examined the role of residential segregation in producing or proliferating …
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