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Contents vii

8. Health Hazards of Medical Waste and its Disposal 99
K.K. Padmanabhan, Debabrata Barik
8.1 Introduction 99
8.2 Fundamental Principles of a Waste Management Program 99
8.3 Categories of Health-Care Waste 101
8.4 Minimization, Recycling 106
8.5 Minimum Approach to Overall Management of Health-Care Waste 107
8.6 The Way Forward 113
8.7 Parameters to Be Monitored by the Waste-Management Officer 114
8.8 Financial Aspects of Health-Care Waste Management 116
8.9 National Plans for Health-Care Waste Management 116
Further Reading 117

9. Hazardous Waste and Its Treatment Process 119
R. Prakash, M. Gowtham
9.1 Introduction 119
9.2 Hazardous Wastes Management in India 121
9.3 Hazardous Waste: Identification and Classification 123
9.4 Hazardous Waste Treatment 129
References 137

10. Cracking of Toxic Waste 139
R. Prakash, R. Siddharth, N. Gunasekar
10.1 Introduction 139
10.2 Toxic Waste Worldwide—Status 139
10.3 Toxic Waste: Identification and Classification 140
10.4 Cracking of Toxic Waste 143
10.5 Other Methods 146
10.6 Conclusions 148
References 148

11. Power Generation From Renewable Energy Sources Derived
From Biodiesel and Low Energy Content Producer Gas for
Rural Electrification 151
N.R. Banapurmath, V.S. Yaliwal, S.Y. Adaganti, Sushrut S. Halewadimath
11.1 Introduction 151
11.2 Present Work 159
11.3 Development of Reactor Shell for LDPE 160
11.4 Down Draft Gasifier for Production of Producer Gas 164