Solid And Hazardous Waste management
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The official GTU curriculum for Solid And Hazardous Waste management (subject code ME02065131) as prescribed for CE · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 19 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 (ME02065131)Unit 1 Introduction
- Solid waste sources – Types and sources – Generation rates – Potential of disease – Nuisance and other problems – Need for solid and hazardous waste management – Elements of integrated waste management and roles of stakeholders – Salient features of Indian legislations on management and handling of municipal solid wastes
- hazardous wastes
- biomedical wastes
- electronic wastes
- plastics waste
Unit 2 Waste Characterization and Source Reduction
- Waste generation rates and variation – Composition
- chemical and biological properties of solid wastes – Hazardous Characteristics – TCLP tests – waste sampling and characterization plan - Source reduction of wastes - Recycling and reuse
Unit 3 Storage, Collection and Transport of Wastes Functional elements of
- solid waste– Handling and segregation of wastes at source – Collection and separation – Containers and its location – Collection systems and its example – physical
- chemical and microbiological characteristics of waste – - Need for transfer and transport – Transfer stations Optimizing waste allocation– compatibility
- labeling and handling of hazardous wastes – hazardous waste manifests and transport - Transfer station
Unit 4 Waste Processing Technologies
- Objectives of waste processing – material separation and processing technologies – biological and chemical conversion technologies – methods and controls of Composting - thermal conversion technologies and energy recovery – incineration – solidification and stabilization of hazardous wastes - treatment of biomedical wastes
Unit 5 Waste Disposal
- Waste disposal options – Disposal in landfills - Landfill Classification
- types and methods – site selection - design and operation of sanitary landfills
- secure landfills and landfill bioreactors – leachate and landfill gas management – landfill closure and environmental monitoring – Rehabilitation of open dumps – landfill remediation
Unit 6 Solid & Hazardous Waste Management and standards
- Relevant Legislation etc.
- Standards of collection
- Storage and Disposal as per Environmental Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: ME02065131 Subject Name: Solid And Hazardous Waste management Protection Act, 1986
- Elements of integrated waste management
- Economy and financial aspects of waste management
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