5CE6.3            SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT                                                             L 3

UNIT: 1

General:

Problems associated with Solid Waste Disposal.

Generation of Solid Waste:

Goals and objectives of solid waste management, Classification of Solid

Waste. Solid Waste Generation, Factors Influencing Generation of Solid Waste, Characteristics of Solid

Waste, Analysis of Solid Waste.

UNIT: 2

Onsite Handling, Storage and Processing:

Public Health and Aesthetics, Onsite Handling, Onsite,

Storage, Dust bins, Community Containers, Container Locations, On-site Processing Methods.

UNIT: 3

Solid Waste Collections, Transfer and Transport:

Collection Systems, Equipment and Labor

requirement, Collection Routes, Options for Transfer and Transport Systems.

UNIT: 4

Processing and Disposal Methods:

Processing Techniques and Methods of Disposal, Sanitary land

filling, Composting and Incineration, Bioremediation.

UNIT: 5

Recovery of Resources, Conversion, Products and Energy:

Material Recovery, Energy Generation

and Recovery Operation, Reuse in other industry.

Industrial Solid Waste:

Nature, Treatment and Disposal Methods.