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ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
This course will enable the students to -
- Provide knowledge of legal, institutional and financial aspects of management of various types of solid wastes
- Create awareness among the students regarding Environment and health impacts solid waste mismanagement
Course Outcomes (COs):
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ENV 221 |
Environmental Waste Management |
Upon completion of this course, students will: CO37: Explain sources, types and composition of solid waste along with methods of handling, sampling and storage of waste. CO38: Explain the hierarchical structure in solid waste management and device methods for waste minimization and energy recovery from solid waste CO39: Plan and develop a programme for recycling and reuse of solid waste for an integrated solution CO40: Devise the appropriate method for hazardous and E-waste waste collection, transportation, redistribution and disposal CO41: Integrate modern treatment systems for effective management of biomedical waste to minimize health hazards CO42: Develop an economical and eco-friendly solid waste management strategies in accordance with legal legislations devised for solid waste management |
Approach in teaching: Interactive lectures, presentations, Tutorials, Concept mapping Learning activities for the students: Field Trips, Case studies, Simulations, Community Service Learning |
Group Discussion Quiz, Assignment, Class test, Semester End Examination |
- Sources and types of solid wastes: Municipal, construction and demolition, biomedical, hazardous, E waste
- Physical and chemical characteristics of Solid Waste
- Functional elements of Solid Waste Management
- Factors affecting Solid Waste Management
- Waste Collection, Storage and Transport: Collection and storage containers, Collection vehicles, Transfer Station
- Source reduction: Purpose and Implementation
- Waste Processing: Mechanical volume and size reduction, component separation, drying & dewatering
- Recycling: Significance, planning and elements of recycling programme
- Recovery of Biological Conversion Products: Composting and Biogasification
- Incineration and Energy Recovery
- Sanitary Landfills: design criteria, components and environmental effects of landfill
- Sources and Generation of biomedical waste
- Classification of biomedical waste
- Storage: onsite storage, colour coding of bins
- Treatment and disposal: Incineration, autoclaving, hydroclaving, microwaving, plasma pyrolysis, chemical disinfection and deep burial
- Hazardous Wastes Classification, Characterization & Sources
- Storage and 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)
- 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
- 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 (2nded.). McGraw.
- 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.
