The textbook is designed for the management, treatment and disposal of municipal waste. The content contains types and characteristics of waste; waste storage, segregation and collection; status of municipal waste treatment and resource recovery; analysis and determination of municipal solid waste; landfill treatment for municipal solid waste; thermal treatment for municipal solid waste; anaerobic digestion for municipal solid waste; composting for municipal solid waste; and life cycle assessment (LCA) for municipal solid waste management.
This textbook focuses on the introduction of classification, management and main treatment technologies of municipal waste. It involves the advanced concept of classification and management of municipal waste and expounds the principle and application of major treatment and resource-recycling technologies such as incineration, anaerobic digestion and composting. The textbook provides professional knowledge of municipal waste treatment and resource recycling for the design and technology application of urban environmental management and comprehensive environmental treatment proiect.

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Types and characteristics of wastes
1.2 Waste prevention
Chapter 2 Waste storage，segregation and collection
2.1 Source segregation
2.2 Waste storage
2.3 Waste collection
2.4 Waste separation
Chapter 3 Status of municipal waste treatment and resource recovery
3.1 Status of municipal waste treatment
3.2 Resource recovery
Chapter 4 Analysis and determination of municipal solid waste
4.1 Physical properties of municipal solid waste
4.2 Chemical properties of municipal solid waste
4.3 Biological properties of municipal solid waste
Chapter 5 Landfill treatment for municipal solid waste
5.1 What is landfill？
5.2 Types of landfills
5.3 Operations of landfills
5.4 Advantages of landfills
5.5 Social and environmental impact of landfills
5.6 Landfill gas
5.7 Landfill leachate production，collection and management
Chapter 6 Thermal treatment for municipal solid waste
6.1 Incineration
6.2 Pyrolysis
6.3 Gasification
Chapter 7 Anaerobic digestion for municipal solid waste
7.1 Description
7.2 Process
Chapter 8 Composting for municipal solid waste
8.1 Terminology
8.2 Fundamentals
8.3 Materials that can be composted
8.4 Uses
8.5 Composting technologies
8.6 Regulations
8.7 Examples
8.8 History
Chapter 9 Life cycle assessment（LCA）for municipal solid waste management
9.1 Introduction—What is LCA and how is it useful？
9.2 Goals and purpose of LCA
9.3 Four main phases
9.4 LCA uses
9.5 Data analysis
9.6 Variants
9.7 Exergy based LCA
9.8 Life cycle energy analysis
9.9 Critiques
9.10 Supporting waste management decisionsExamples
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