Cleaning up the environment hazardous waste technology /

• Main Author: Maczulak, Anne E. 1954-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Facts on File, c2009.
• Series: Green technology.
• Subjects: Hazardous waste site remediation.; Environmental responsibility.; Green technology.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Pollution Control. > Environmental; Electronic books.
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Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the physical, chemical, and biological methods to remove hazardous waste from contaminated sites, including step-by-step processes of finding, testing, and cleaning hazardous waste sites.

Table of Contents:

• Measuring contamination
• Excavation of contaminated sites
• Microbes and plants for toxic cleanup
• Oxidation technology
• Brownfield sites
• Remediating the water supply
• Superfund sites
• Future needs.