Solid Waste Management
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Solid Waste Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Solid Waste Management (subject code 4351303) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 28 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 (4351303)Unit 1 Source, composition
- 1.2. Sources of solid waste
- 1.3. Types of solid waste.
- 1.4. Composition of solid waste and Solid Waste Management Course Code: 4351303 and Properties of Municipal Solid Waste determining the composition of Municipal solid waste
- 1.5. Types of materials recovered from MSW.
- 1.6. Sampling and characteristics of MSW
- 1.7. Physical properties of Municipal Solid Waste
- 1.8. Chemical properties of Municipal Solid Waste
- 1.9. Biological properties of Municipal Solid Waste
- 1.10. Transformation of Municipal Solid Waste.
Unit 2 Solid Waste Generation and Collection 2a.Describe the functional elements of solid waste management program
- 2.1. Quantities of Solid Waste.
- 2.2. Measurements and methods to measure solid waste quantities.
- 2.3. Solid waste generation and collection.
- 2.4. Factors affecting solid waste generation rate.
- 2.5. Quantities of materials recovered from MSW.
Unit 3 Handling, Separation and Storage of SolidWaste
- 3.1. Handling and separation of solid waste at site. Material separation by pick in, screens, float and separator magnets and electromechanical separator and other latest devices for material separation.
- 3.2. Waste handling and separation at commercial and industrial facilities.
- 3.3. Storage of solid waste at the sources.
Unit 4 Processing and Disposal
- 4.1. Processing of solid waste at residence e.g. Storage, conveying, compacting, shredding, pulping, granulating etc.
- 4.2. Processing of solid waste at commercial and industrial site.
- 4.3. Combustion and energy recovery Solid Waste Management Course Code: 4351303 of Municipal Solid Waste chart.
- 4.4. Landfill: Classification, planning, sitting, permitting, landfill processes, landfill design, landfill operation, use of old landfill,
- 4.5. Bio reactor landfill – working, advantages and disadvantages, Landfill rehabilitation
- 4.6. Differentiate sanitary land fill and incineration as final disposal system for solid waste
- 4.7. Biochemical processes: Methane generation by anaerobic digestion, composting and other biochemical processes.
Unit 5 Hazardous Solid Waste
- 5.1. Definition, identification and classification of hazardous solid waste. Characteristics of Hazardous waste: toxicity, reactivity, infectiousness, flammability, radioactivity, corrosiveness, irritation, bio- concentration, genetic activity, explosiveness.
- 5.2. Bio-medical waste, its sources, generation, storage, transportation and disposal.
- 5.3. Radio active waste-Sources, Types, Storage and disposal
- 5.4. Introduction to bio medical waste and e waste Solid Waste Management Course Code: 4351303
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