CE-703 (C) · Integrated Waste Management/Official Syllabus
Integrated Waste Management (CE-703 (C)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
INTRODUCTION OF SOLID WASTES
- Definition of solid waste, garbage, rubbish-Sources and Types of solid wastes
- Characteristics of Solid Wastes: Physical, chemical and biological characteristics
- Problems occur due to improper disposal of solid wastes
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Unit 2
INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Definition- Reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery principles of waste management
- Functional elements of integrated solid Waste management
- Waste generation and handling at Source
- Collection of solid wastes- Collection methods and services
- guidelines for collection route layout
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Unit 3
INTRODUCTION OF TRANSFER STATION
- Transfer Station-Processing and segregation of the solid waste
- various methods of material segregation
- Importance of Transfer Stations
- Site selection of transfer stations
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Unit 4
PROCESSING AND TRANSFORMATION OF SOLID WASTES
- Composting: definition-methods of composting-advantages of composting
- Incineration: definition- methods of incineration-advantages and disadvantages of incineration
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Unit 5
DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
- Volume reduction, Open dumping, land filling techniques
- Landfills: Classification-Design and Operation of landfills
- Land Farming, Deep well injection
Reference Books
- Manual on Solid Waste Management, prepared by The Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization(CPHEEO), India
- MSW Management Rules 2016, Govt. of India, available online at CPCB website
- Integrated Solid Waste management — George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen, Samuel A Vigil
- Management of Municipal Solid Waste, 2009 — T.V. Ramachandra
- Solid Waste Management — K Sasikumar, Gopi Krishna, Sanoop
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