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SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

CHE 4406

Syllabus

  • 01Classification of solid wastes
  • 02Functional elements of Solid Waste Management (SWM)
  • 03Regulatory aspects of SWM
  • 04Waste Characteristics
  • 05Environmental and health effects
  • 06Solid waste storage and collection
  • 07Transfer stations
  • 08Waste Processing techniques
  • 09Source reduction, recycle and recovery
  • 10Sanitary landfill
  • 11Landfill liners
  • 12Leachate and landfill gas management
  • 13Composting
  • 14Biogasification
  • 15Incineration
  • 16Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (HWM)
  • 17Guidelines for (HWM)
  • 18International regulatory framework for HWM
  • 19Characterization of hazardous wastes
  • 20Packing and labelling of hazardous wastes
  • 21Storage, transport and disposal of hazardous wastes
  • 22Concept of Integrated waste management

References

  • Tchobanoglous G., Theisen H., Eliassen R., Solid Wastes: Engineering Principles and Management Issues, McGraw Hill, 1977.
  • Freeman H. W., Standard Handbook of Hazardous waste Treatment and Disposal (2e), McGraw Hill, 1997.
  • McBean E. A., Rovers F. A., Farquhar G. J., Solid Waste landfill Engineering and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995.
  • Lees F., Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries: Hazard identification, assessment and control (3e), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
  • Rao M. N., Sultana R., Kota S. H., Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: Science and Engineering (1e), B S Publications (imprinted by Elsevier), 2016.
Credits Structure
3Lecture
0Tutorial
0Practical
3Total