Publisher's Synopsis
This text offers an overview of the field of environmental biotechnology focusing on the principal areas where recent research activity in the control of pollution and the protection of the environment are taking place. The authors reflect current concern about environmental pollution of agricultural land from a variety of sources, offering solutions and potential solutions to the problems of land pollution, together with information on the treatment of effluents by means of a range of techniques. A discussion on the disposal of refuse in landfill sites, which is a source of potential pollution of the environment, broadens the coverage to examine all aspects of the process and goes on to consider the possibilities of biogas generation at such sites.
