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6 books on Medical Waste Recycling [PDF]
October 27, 2024 | 15 |
These books are covering the types of medical waste, methods for its safe disposal and recycling, environmental impacts of medical waste management, challenges in handling hazardous materials, innovations in medical waste treatment technologies, regulatory frameworks governing medical waste, etc.
1. Hazardous Waste Management: Advances in Chemical and Industrial Waste Treatment and Technologies
2022 by Zarook Shareefdeen
This book offers readers the latest insights into the field of hazardous waste management practices, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject. It encompasses the dynamic landscape of waste stream characterization, including the emergence of novel chemicals leading to new hazardous waste categories. The book also delves into the advancements in technology, the evolving landscape of environmental regulations, shifts in transport and dispersion modeling of hazardous substances, and the development of innovative waste management strategies. Hazardous Waste Management: Advances in Chemical and Industrial Waste Treatment and Technologies serves as an indispensable reference for professionals engaged in waste management and treatment, including chemical engineers, technicians, medical experts, and environmental regulators. Additionally, it offers valuable knowledge for students pursuing courses related to hazardous waste management, environmental engineering, and environmental science.
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2. Handbook on Recycling and Disposal of Hospital Waste
2018 by NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers
The global concern over the management of biomedical waste has escalated due to the increasing prevalence of infectious diseases and the haphazard disposal of such waste. It is imperative to recognize that the management of biomedical waste is an integral component of healthcare practices. In India, the prevailing waste disposal approach primarily centers on municipalities and relies on high-energy/high-technology methods. There is a pressing need to transition toward waste processing and recycling, fostering public-private partnerships and striving for eventual waste reduction at the community level, all while employing low-energy/low-technology resources. This book is a comprehensive resource covering various aspects, including the characterization of medical waste, data collection, treatment methods, gas sterilization, municipal solid waste, bio-medical waste, hospital waste incineration, plastics and their lifecycle, medical waste reuse, recycling, reduction, land disposal, municipal and plastic waste management, incineration, and numerous recycling techniques. It serves as a valuable reference for new entrepreneurs and existing units seeking in-depth knowledge of waste disposal and recycling practices.
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3. Biomedical waste management
2017 by Pyali Chatterjee
This essay, authored in 2017 within the field of Environmental Sciences at Amity University, underscores the crucial issue of biomedical waste management. It opens with the well-known adage, "Prevention is better than cure," often inscribed by doctors at the conclusion of prescriptions. However, it raises a pertinent question regarding the biomedical waste laden with pathogens from sick individuals, which accumulates in medical and animal facilities during the treatment of patients and animals alike. Typically, such waste is haphazardly discarded on the city's outskirts, into rivers, or even within municipal dumpsters adjacent to hospitals and other areas. This poses a dire situation where impoverished individuals, stray dogs, and livestock scavenge for food amidst the refuse. Shockingly, at times, even human fetuses are discovered in municipal waste, torn apart by stray dogs for sustenance. Further investigation reveals that rag pickers have previously gathered discarded items such as syringes, saline glass bottles, IV drip containers, and plastic blood bags, selling them to recycling centers or, occasionally, in their original state. During this collection process, rag pickers may sustain injuries or punctures from sharp waste materials, posing significant health risks. Moreover, if not properly sanitized before disposal, waste sharps can potentially transmit tetanus, Hepatitis B and C, AIDS, and numerous other infections, amplifying concerns about the spread of pathogens within society and environmental contamination of air, water, and land. In recent times, biomedical waste management has emerged as a prominent concern among environmentalists, given its substantial implications for public health and environmental integrity.
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4. The Complete Book on Waste Treatment Technologies
2015 by Prof. Dr. Mahendra Pal
"The Complete Book on Waste Treatment Technologies" addresses the escalating global issue of waste management, driven by rapid industrialization, population expansion, and economic progress. With the world's inexorable shift towards urbanization, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is proliferating at an alarming rate. This book categorizes waste into solid, liquid, and gaseous forms, encompassing household, municipal, commercial, non-hazardous industrial, hazardous (toxic) industrial, construction and demolition, healthcare, human and animal, and incinerator waste. It particularly underscores the pressing challenges facing waste management in India due to industrialization, urbanization, modern technology, and a burgeoning population, resulting in a per capita MSW generation rate ranging from 0.2 to 0.5 kg/day. The daily generation rate across South Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific is approximately 1.0 million tons. The book emphasizes hazard management as a problem-solving process, stressing the importance of environmentally friendly waste disposal methods. Its overarching goal is to facilitate the collection, treatment, and environmentally and socially satisfactory disposal of urban solid waste. The book covers various topics, including waste types, human pathogens in animal agriculture production systems, pathogen reduction during waste treatment, and aerosolization of pathogens. It is destined to become a fundamental reference for professionals, entrepreneurs, students, educators, researchers, administrators, and planners from diverse fields involved directly or indirectly in waste management.
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5. Safe Management of Wastes from Health-care Activities
2014 by Yves Chartier
The second edition of the WHO handbook, known as "the Blue Book," focuses on the safe, sustainable, and cost-effective management of healthcare waste. Originally a widely used resource in healthcare facilities and government agencies, the Blue Book offered guidance for implementing national waste management protocols and practical insights for medical staff and waste workers. With over a decade since its first publication, evolving regulations and emerging methods prompted WHO to release an updated edition. This second edition aims to expand and modernize the practical information found in the original Blue Book, serving as a trusted source of impartial healthcare waste management guidance. While initially aimed at those directly involved in waste creation and handling, the audience has grown to include regulators, policymakers, development organizations, environmental bodies, and various professionals with an interest in safe healthcare waste management. The book covers a range of topics, from waste types and hazards to regulatory principles, waste minimization, treatment technologies, wastewater management, economics, occupational safety, hygiene, infection control, staff training, and public awareness. Additionally, new chapters address healthcare waste management in emergencies and emerging issues such as pandemics, drug-resistant pathogens, climate change, and technological advancements in medical procedures that will impact future healthcare waste systems.
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6. Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial
2005 by John Pichtel
Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial serves as a pragmatic handbook for the identification and effective management of various hazardous waste types. This comprehensive resource seamlessly combines technical knowledge spanning chemistry, microbiology, and engineering with up-to-date regulatory insights. Prioritizing fundamental environmental science and its related technical disciplines, this book stands as a valuable reference for addressing waste management challenges in the realms of municipal, hazardous, and industrial waste streams.
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1. Install Google Books Downloader
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* - note that for yellow books only preview pages are downloaded
1. Hazardous Waste Management: Advances in Chemical and Industrial Waste Treatment and Technologies
2022 by Zarook Shareefdeen
This book offers readers the latest insights into the field of hazardous waste management practices, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject. It encompasses the dynamic landscape of waste stream characterization, including the emergence of novel chemicals leading to new hazardous waste categories. The book also delves into the advancements in technology, the evolving landscape of environmental regulations, shifts in transport and dispersion modeling of hazardous substances, and the development of innovative waste management strategies. Hazardous Waste Management: Advances in Chemical and Industrial Waste Treatment and Technologies serves as an indispensable reference for professionals engaged in waste management and treatment, including chemical engineers, technicians, medical experts, and environmental regulators. Additionally, it offers valuable knowledge for students pursuing courses related to hazardous waste management, environmental engineering, and environmental science.
Download PDF
2. Handbook on Recycling and Disposal of Hospital Waste
2018 by NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers
The global concern over the management of biomedical waste has escalated due to the increasing prevalence of infectious diseases and the haphazard disposal of such waste. It is imperative to recognize that the management of biomedical waste is an integral component of healthcare practices. In India, the prevailing waste disposal approach primarily centers on municipalities and relies on high-energy/high-technology methods. There is a pressing need to transition toward waste processing and recycling, fostering public-private partnerships and striving for eventual waste reduction at the community level, all while employing low-energy/low-technology resources. This book is a comprehensive resource covering various aspects, including the characterization of medical waste, data collection, treatment methods, gas sterilization, municipal solid waste, bio-medical waste, hospital waste incineration, plastics and their lifecycle, medical waste reuse, recycling, reduction, land disposal, municipal and plastic waste management, incineration, and numerous recycling techniques. It serves as a valuable reference for new entrepreneurs and existing units seeking in-depth knowledge of waste disposal and recycling practices.
Download PDF
3. Biomedical waste management
2017 by Pyali Chatterjee
This essay, authored in 2017 within the field of Environmental Sciences at Amity University, underscores the crucial issue of biomedical waste management. It opens with the well-known adage, "Prevention is better than cure," often inscribed by doctors at the conclusion of prescriptions. However, it raises a pertinent question regarding the biomedical waste laden with pathogens from sick individuals, which accumulates in medical and animal facilities during the treatment of patients and animals alike. Typically, such waste is haphazardly discarded on the city's outskirts, into rivers, or even within municipal dumpsters adjacent to hospitals and other areas. This poses a dire situation where impoverished individuals, stray dogs, and livestock scavenge for food amidst the refuse. Shockingly, at times, even human fetuses are discovered in municipal waste, torn apart by stray dogs for sustenance. Further investigation reveals that rag pickers have previously gathered discarded items such as syringes, saline glass bottles, IV drip containers, and plastic blood bags, selling them to recycling centers or, occasionally, in their original state. During this collection process, rag pickers may sustain injuries or punctures from sharp waste materials, posing significant health risks. Moreover, if not properly sanitized before disposal, waste sharps can potentially transmit tetanus, Hepatitis B and C, AIDS, and numerous other infections, amplifying concerns about the spread of pathogens within society and environmental contamination of air, water, and land. In recent times, biomedical waste management has emerged as a prominent concern among environmentalists, given its substantial implications for public health and environmental integrity.
Download PDF
4. The Complete Book on Waste Treatment Technologies
2015 by Prof. Dr. Mahendra Pal
"The Complete Book on Waste Treatment Technologies" addresses the escalating global issue of waste management, driven by rapid industrialization, population expansion, and economic progress. With the world's inexorable shift towards urbanization, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is proliferating at an alarming rate. This book categorizes waste into solid, liquid, and gaseous forms, encompassing household, municipal, commercial, non-hazardous industrial, hazardous (toxic) industrial, construction and demolition, healthcare, human and animal, and incinerator waste. It particularly underscores the pressing challenges facing waste management in India due to industrialization, urbanization, modern technology, and a burgeoning population, resulting in a per capita MSW generation rate ranging from 0.2 to 0.5 kg/day. The daily generation rate across South Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific is approximately 1.0 million tons. The book emphasizes hazard management as a problem-solving process, stressing the importance of environmentally friendly waste disposal methods. Its overarching goal is to facilitate the collection, treatment, and environmentally and socially satisfactory disposal of urban solid waste. The book covers various topics, including waste types, human pathogens in animal agriculture production systems, pathogen reduction during waste treatment, and aerosolization of pathogens. It is destined to become a fundamental reference for professionals, entrepreneurs, students, educators, researchers, administrators, and planners from diverse fields involved directly or indirectly in waste management.
Download PDF
5. Safe Management of Wastes from Health-care Activities
2014 by Yves Chartier
The second edition of the WHO handbook, known as "the Blue Book," focuses on the safe, sustainable, and cost-effective management of healthcare waste. Originally a widely used resource in healthcare facilities and government agencies, the Blue Book offered guidance for implementing national waste management protocols and practical insights for medical staff and waste workers. With over a decade since its first publication, evolving regulations and emerging methods prompted WHO to release an updated edition. This second edition aims to expand and modernize the practical information found in the original Blue Book, serving as a trusted source of impartial healthcare waste management guidance. While initially aimed at those directly involved in waste creation and handling, the audience has grown to include regulators, policymakers, development organizations, environmental bodies, and various professionals with an interest in safe healthcare waste management. The book covers a range of topics, from waste types and hazards to regulatory principles, waste minimization, treatment technologies, wastewater management, economics, occupational safety, hygiene, infection control, staff training, and public awareness. Additionally, new chapters address healthcare waste management in emergencies and emerging issues such as pandemics, drug-resistant pathogens, climate change, and technological advancements in medical procedures that will impact future healthcare waste systems.
Download PDF
6. Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial
2005 by John Pichtel
Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial serves as a pragmatic handbook for the identification and effective management of various hazardous waste types. This comprehensive resource seamlessly combines technical knowledge spanning chemistry, microbiology, and engineering with up-to-date regulatory insights. Prioritizing fundamental environmental science and its related technical disciplines, this book stands as a valuable reference for addressing waste management challenges in the realms of municipal, hazardous, and industrial waste streams.
Download PDF
How to download PDF:
1. Install Google Books Downloader
2. Enter Book ID to the search box and press Enter
3. Click "Download Book" icon and select PDF*
* - note that for yellow books only preview pages are downloaded
