Contents
Preface

1. Background and History
Definitions
Waste Disposal and Management in History
Early Civilizations
Ancient Greece and Rome
The Middle Ages
The Age of Sanitation
Waste Management Legislation
Current Status of Solid Wastes in the United States
Integrated Solid Waste Management
An Overview
The Details
Generation
Recycling and Composting
Incineration
Landfills
Special Problems
References

2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Running Out of Room
Exportation of Hazardous Wastes
Exportation of Plastic Wastes
Plastic Wastes
Nuclear Wastes
Electronic Wastes
Industrial Wastes
Agricultural Wastes
Agricultural Wastes as Biofuels
Agricultural Hazardous Wastes
Agricultural Waste and Climate Change
Mining Wastes
Environmental Justice
References

3. Perspectives
Introduction
Computational Approaches to Precise Toxicology Research, Hussain Ather
The Recycling Puzzle, Sandy Becker
The Search for Safe and Effective Wastewater Management Solutions, Adrienne Fung
Ecological Feces and Urine Alchemy in Shogun Japan, Joel Grossman
Colonel Waring's Epoch Cure, Jim Nordlinger
Composting Helps Keep the Soil Beneath Our Feet Healthy and Vibrantly Alive!, Lisa Perschke
The Flow of Waste: Earth Day to the Tesla Gigafactory, Nidia K. Trejo
Waste Management and Tribes, Lynn Zender
Sludge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Geena Zick

4. Profiles
Air & Waste Management Association
Robert Bullard (1946-)
Dollie Burwell (1948-)
Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890)
Environmental Protection Agency
Alfred Fryer (1830/31-1892)
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Hazel Johnson (1935-2011)
Keep America Beautiful
Charles J. Moore (dates unavailable)
National Recycling Coalition
National Waste & Recycling Association
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Boyan Slat (1994-)
Solid Waste Association of North America
Beverly Wright (1947-)

5. Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Table 5.1. Materials Generated in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960-2015 (thousands of tons)
Table 5.2. Materials Generated in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960-2015
Table 5.3. Municipal Solid Wastes Recycled and Composted, 1960-2015
Table 5.4. Materials Combusted with Energy Recovery, 1970-2015
Table 5.5. Materials Landfilled in the Municipal Waste Stream, 1960-2015
Table 5.6. List of Superfund National Priority List Sites, 1983-2019
Table 5.7. Trend Analysis for Hazardous Waste Generation, 2001-2017, National and by Selected States
Documents
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)
Margaret Bean et al. v. Southwestern Waste Management Corp. (1979)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)
Principles of Environmental Justice (1991)
Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Templet (1991)
Environmental Equity: Reducing Risks for All Communities (1992)
United States of America v. Asarco Incorporated (Consent Decree) (1998)
Not in My Backyard: Executive Order 12898 and Title VI as Tools for Achieving Environmental Justice (2003)
Electronic Waste Recycling Act (2003)
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (2018)
Negotiating Superfund Settlements (2019)

6. Resources
Books
Articles
Reports
Internet

7. Chronology

Glossary
Index