This text provides a look at solid waste management in North America and seeks solutions to the waste crisis. It describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem, focusing on municipal wastes and placing them in the perspective of wastes such as hazardous, biochemical, and radioactive debris. Hans Tammemagi, a geophysicist and the head of a consulting firm within the environmental field, has through this book made a contribution to the search for a sustainable waste management system.