Enviromental 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 Management

 

  • Sources and types of solid wastes: Municipal, construction and demolition, biomedical, hazardous, E waste
  • Composition of municipal solid wastes
  • Physical and chemical 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: 
Solid Waste Management

  • Source reduction
  • Recycling
  • Recovery
  • Disposal of solid wastes-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

14.00
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)
15.00
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: 
  1. Cunningham, W.P. Cooper, T.H. Gorhani, E & Hepworth, M.T. 2001, Environmental Encyclopedia, Jaico Publ. House, Mumabai, 1196p
  2. Brunner R.C., 1989, Hazardous Waste Incineration, McGraw Hill
  3. Mckinney, M.L. & School, R.M. Environmental Science Systems & Solutions,1996.
  4.  Wanger K.D., Environmental Management. 1998  W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia
  5. Radhakrishnan, R., Biomedical Waste Management,2006, New Delhi: Sumit Enterprises
  6. Study Material(Handbooks) of Sikkim Manipal University for Science Health and Technology for the Degree of Post Graduation in Ecology and Environment
  7. Odum, E.P. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology. W.B. Saunders Co. USA
  8. Hazardous Wastes and Solid Wastes- Lie, D.H.F. and Liptak, B.G. (2000), Lewis publishers, New York.
  9. Solid Waste management in Developing countries - Indian National Scientific documentation center- Bhide and Sundaresan, New Delhi. (2000)
  10. Solid waste management- George Tehobanaglous- Milary Theiren and Samuel A vigil, Integrated, Mc Graw Hill Inc, (1993).
  11. HO Manual on solid waste management
  12. CPHEEO Manual on solid waste management
  13. Hazardous Waste Management, II Ed, La Grega, M.D., Buckingham, P.L. and Evans J.C., Mc Graw Hill Inc., (2001)
  14. Bioremediation, Baker, K.M. and Herson, B.S, Mc. Grqw-Hill Inc., (1994)
  15. Bioremediation- Principles, Eweis, J.B.Ergas S.J.Change, D.P.Y and Schroeder, E.D. Mc Graw Hill Inc., (1998)
Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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