ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Paper Code: 
ENV 221
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To help elucidate the role and responsibility of citizens in helping to achieve environmental quality by managing the waste generated

15.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Solid Waste
  • Sources and types of solid wastes: Municipal, construction and demolition, biomedical, hazardous, E waste
  • Composition of municipal solid wastes
  • Physical and chemical characteristics of Solid Waste
  • Onsite handling and onsite storage of solid wastes
  • Collection system: Hauled container system and stationery container system
  • Transport means and methods
16.00
Unit II: 
Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Source reduction
  • Recycling
  • Recovery
  • Disposal of solid wastes-Sanitary Landfilling (design criteria for sanitary  land filling, problems of land filling), Composting and incineration

 

15.00
Unit III: 
Bio-Medical Waste Management
  • Classification
  • Generation
  • Source
  • Storage: onsite storage, colour coding of bins
  • Transportation
  • Treatment and disposal: Incineration, pyrolysis, autoclave, microwave, chemical disinfection and land filling

 

15.00
Unit IV: 
E-Wastes and Hazardous Wastes
  • Hazardous Wastes
    • Classification and Characterization
    • Source
    • Storage
    • Transportation
    • Treatment: Chemical thermal and physical methods of treatment
    • Disposal: Surface and land disposal, secured landfills
  • Concept of E-Wastes
  • Concept of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)

 

14.00
Unit V: 
Legislative Approach for Waste Management
  • Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016
  • Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules,2016
  • e-waste (Management) Rules, 2016
  • Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Blackman, W. C. (2001). Basic Hazardous Waste Management (3rd ed.). Lewis Publishers.
  • Brunner R.C. (1989). Hazardous Waste Incineration. McGraw Hill
  • Cheremisinoff, N. P. (2003). Handbook of Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimization Technologies. Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • La Grega, M.D., Buckingham, P.L. and Evans J.C. (2001). Hazardous Waste Management (2nd ed.). Mc Graw.
  • Liu, D. H., & Liptak, B. G. (1999). Environmental Engineer's Handbook. CRC Press.
  • Pichtel, J. (2014). Waste Management Practices (2nd ed.). CRC Press.
  • Stucki, S., & Ludwig, C. (2003). Municipal Solid Waste Management. Springer.
  • Tchobanoglous, G., & Kreith, F. (2002). Handbook of Solid Waste Management (2nd ed.). Mcgraw-HILL.
Academic Year: 
2017-2018
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