Based upon the author's years of firsthand experience, this vital reference combines-in a single volume-concise coverage of the principles underlying resource recovery systems and invaluable analyses of operating data from experimental-, pilot-, and full-scale plants. With this unified presentation, Materials Recovery from Municipal Waste affords the basis for informed decision-making in choosing, designing, and operating materials recovery plants.

Filled with essential information unavailable in any other single source, Materials Recov-ery from Municipal Waste provides the most comprehensive discussion to date of refuse-derived fuel and densified refuse-derived fuel ... details the unit operation employed for screening and the recovery of glass, magnetic metals, and aluminum ... and guides the specification, testing, and implementation of unit operations for materials recovery.

This unique reference belongs on the desks of pollution, mechanical, civil, plant, and en-vironmental engineers responsible for the design and operation of materials recovery plants; municipal planners and environmental regulatory officials; consultants in the field of municipal waste disposal; and researchers seeking means to improve the efficiency of materials recovery plants. In addition, Materials Recovery from Municipal Waste serves as an important supplement to advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level environmental, mechanical, civil, and pollution engineering curricula.