Publications and proceedings

Below is a sample of ICE publications relating to waste and waste management.

Long-term hazard to drinking water resources from landfills

The co-disposal of domestic waste with industrial waste can represent a serious hazard to prime sources of drinking water throughout the world.  This book provides a scientific case for more sustainable landfill construction.  It shows just how vulnerable groundwater is to contamination from old 'dormant' landfills.  Based on over 30 years' research, it provides a method for measuring the extent to which the ingress and egress of water can be controlled in landfill and the associated risks of groundwater contamination.  Plus there are practical suggestions for developing more sustainable and affordable waste management projects.
P Spillmann, T Dorrie and M Struve.
Published February 2009.  
The practical guide to waste management law

This guide explains the commercial and environmental effects of recent legislation and practices.  Content includes: the administration and management of waste; the planning system and structural reform; environmental, criminal and civil law; health and safety; waste mismanagement and water quality.
R G P Hawkins and H S Shaw.
Published July 2004.  
Sustainable wate management and recycling: challenges and opportunities. Volume 1 - glass waste

Increasing emphasis is being placed on recycling and promoting more sustainable waste management practices, and greater co-ordination between the public, private and independent sectors.  However, sustainable waste management entails complex technological, environmental, social, cultural and economic issues.  This is one of three volumes of Proceedings of an International Conference organised by the Concrete and Masonry Research Group and held at Kingston University, London, in 2004.
Edited by Dr Mukesh Limbachiya and Professor John Roberts.
Published September 2004.
See also Volume 2 (construction demolition waste) and Volume 3 (used/post-consumer tyres).  
Waste and Resource Management Proceedings

This regular peer-reviewed ICE journal features papers and research on the resource management cycle, from the minimization of waste, through the re-use and recycling, to the management and disposal of residual wastes.  Associated legislation, standards, socio-economic considerations and links with sustainable consumption and production are also included.  

Further publications

Further publications on waste and resource management can be found in the ICE Virtual Library (many of which are freely available) or at Thomas Telford Bookshop.