Solid waste Management
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Solid waste Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Solid waste Management (subject code 3160515) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 units, covering 20 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160515)Unit 1 Introducing Municipal Solid Waste Management its Generation and Characteristics of Waste
- sampling and characteristics of waste
- factors affecting generation of solid wastes
- Overview: problems and issues of solid waste management-Need for solid waste management-Functional elements such as waste generation
- transfer and transport
- recovery and disposal in the management of solid waste
Unit 2 Types of Solid Waste
- Waste products during manufacturing and packing
- operation of pollution control facilities
- generation and minimization at source
- Bio medical waste-generation and management system
- E-waste-generation and management system
Unit 3 Disposal of Solid Waste
- volume reduction at source
- recovery and recycle
- dumping of solid waste-sanitary
- landfills-site selection-design and operation of sanitary landfill- leachate
- landfill gas management-landfill closure and environmental monitoring- landfill remediation
- Municipal solid waste in Indian conditions
- legal aspects of solid waste disposal
- plastic waste disposal and necessary equipments
Unit 4 Waste Collection, Storage and Transport
- Collection: Collection of solid waste–collection services–collection system
- equipments–time and frequency of collection–labour requirement–factors affecting Subject Code: 3160515
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