Monographs

Fundamental reference monographs authored and compiled by Dr. Alexander A. Startsev, focusing on chemical safety, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and waste management based on European practices.

Monographs

2007

Waste Management Guide. Summarized Experience of European States

Руководство по управлению отходами. Обобщенный опыт европейских государств

Translation and compilation of materials: A. A. Startsev, M. A. Lyubarskaya

Saint Petersburg, 2007. — 216 pp. (International project RECO East / BSR INTERREG III B NP; North-Western International Cleaner Production Centre of UNIDO).

Prepared by national experts of UNIDO. Summarizes the legislative, technological, institutional and economic foundations of municipal solid waste management and ten specific waste streams (from packaging and WEEE to medical waste and sewage sludge) based on European Union practice and adapted to the Russian regulatory context.

How to cite: Rukovodstvo po upravleniyu otkhodami. Obobshchennyy opyt yevropeyskikh gosudarstv [Waste management guide. Summarized experience of European states] (A. A. Startsev & M. A. Lyubarskaya, Trans. & Comps.). Saint Petersburg, 2007.

2002

Persistent Organic Pollutants: the Ways of Solving the Problem

Стойкие органические загрязнители: Пути решения проблемы

V. V. Khudoley, E. E. Gusarov, A. V. Klinsky, G. A. Livanov, A. A. Startsev

Saint Petersburg: NIIKh SPbGU, 2002. — 363 pp., 30 figs., 45 tables. — ISBN 5-7997-0458-4.

Presents a historical analysis and characterization of the “dirty dozen” persistent organic pollutants (POPs), examining sources, environmental fate and bioaccumulation of dioxins/furans and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Reports primary monitoring and inventory results identifying POPs “hot spots” in Saint Petersburg and North-West Russia, alongside legislative and technological frameworks for implementing the Stockholm Convention.

How to cite: Khudoley, V. V., Gusarov, E. E., Klinsky, A. V., Livanov, G. A., & Startsev, A. A. (2002). Stoykiye organicheskiye zagryazniteli: Puti resheniya problemy [Persistent organic pollutants: The ways of solving the problem]. Saint Petersburg: NIIKh SPbGU. ISBN 5-7997-0458-4.