Municipal & Hazardous Solid Waste Management
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The official GTU curriculum for Municipal & Hazardous Solid Waste Management (subject code ME01018031) as prescribed for EM · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 43 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 (ME01018031)Unit 1 Introduction to Solid Waste Management
- Material Flows
- Need for ISWM
- Legislative & Policy aspects of Solid Waste
- Circular Economy & Solid Waste
- Current Challenges
- Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics and Quantities
- Composition and Generation
Unit 2 Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste
- Handling & Processing of Municipal Solid Waste: Storage
- Roll Crushing
- Linear Programming Application in Collection
- Transportation and Transfer of Wastes
- Transfer Stations Need & Design requirements Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Environmental Engineering Course / Subject Code: ME01018031 Course / Subject Name : Municipal & Hazardous Solid Waste Managment
Unit 3 Processing and Separation of Municipal Solid
- Waste:Material Separation: General Expressions
- Float/Sink Separators
- Magnets and Electromechanical Separators
- Other Devices
- Material Separation Systems
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Material Recycling
Unit 4 Recovery of Resources, Conversion Products and Energy
- Heat Value of Refuse
- Materials and Thermal Balances
- Combustion Hardware Used in MSW, Undesirable Effects of Combustion Biochemical Processes: Methane Generation by Anaerobic Digestion
- Other Biochemical Processes
Unit 5 Sanitary Landfills
- Landfill Processes
- Landfill Design
- Landfill Operations
- Post-Closure Care and Use of Old Landfills
- Landfill Mining
- Application of GIS in Locating Landfill Site
- Leachate Management 4 10 B Hazardous Waste Management 1 Introduction: Definition
- Classification of Hazardous Solid Waste
- Characteristics of Hazardous Waste
- Legal Framework 2 10 2 Hazardous Waste Management Concepts: Waste Minimization
- Waste Exchange
- Zero Waste
- Recycling 4 10 3 Treatment Technologies: Physico-Chemical Processes
- Thermal Methods
- Solidification 7 15 4 Secured Landfill: Site selection criteria
- Landfill operation
- Liner and Leachate collection system
- Cover System
- Water Controls
- Closure & Post-closure
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