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Waste Disposal

Solid Wastes-General

Municipal Waste Disposal
    Open Dumps
    Sanitary Landfills
    Incineration
    Ocean Dumping
Reducing Waste Volume
    Handling (Nontoxic) Organic Matter
    Recycling
LIVING GEOLOGY 15: Decisions, Decisions . . . .
    Other Options
Liquid-Waste Disposal
    Secure Landfills
    Deep-Well Disposal
    Other Strategies
Sewage Treatment
    Septic Systems
    Municipal Sewage Treatment
The Ghost of Toxins Past: Superfund

Radioactive Wastes
    Radioactive Decay
    Effects of Radiation
    Nature of Radioactive Wastes
    Historical Suggestions: Space, Ice, and Plate Tectonics
    Seabed Disposal
    Bedrock Caverns for Liquid Waste
    Bedrock Disposal of Solid High-Level Wastes
    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
    The Long Road to Yucca Mountain
    No High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Yet







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