AKTU Hazardous & Other Waste Management (MNWT701) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Minor Degree in Waste Technology
Hazardous & Other Waste Management MNWT701
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Syllabus — Hazardous & Other Waste Management
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Course Outcomes: After learning this course, students will be able to:
CO1. Understand the characteristics of different types of hazardous Waste, its toxicity and impact on environment.
CO2. Illustrate about the significance and design criteria for hazardous waste landfill.
CO3. Describe about the various recycling trends of waste, factors affecting and the market analysis of the recycled material.
CO4. Elaborate the various patterns observed in case of treating the solid waste.
CO5. Demonstrate the gaps in identifying the issues related to tyre and legacy waste.
CO6. Explain the methods to deal with Bio-medical waste and E-waste.
| Unit-1 | Introduction of hazardous waste: Definition and sources; classification; Hazardous waste & Other Waste (Management and Transboundary) rules, 2016; Hazardous Waste Management Strategy; Waste utilization and Rule-9; TCLP test; Environmental monitoring for industrial hazardous waste treatment; Waste management and circular economy | 6 |
| Unit-2 | Hazardous waste landfills: Siting and locational criteria; Planning and design criteria- Essential components, Design life, Landfill layout, Landfill section, Phased operation, Liner system, Leachate management, Gaseous emissions management, Final cover system, Surface water drainage system, Environmental monitoring system, Waste Acceptance criteria for direct landfill. | 6 |
| Unit-3 | Markets and products for recycled material: Advantages of recycling; Stages of material recovery; Material recovery facility (MRF)- Types of MRF and unit processes in MRF; Need for establishing market linkages and Extended producer responsibility; Informal sector involvement in recycling. Factors influencing recycling markets; Sustainable recycling; Recycling markets- market analysis, materials for recycling, commodity prices and identifying markets. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | Solid waste management: Hierarchy of sustainable waste management; Overview of Physicochemical, biological and thermal methods; Concept of Co – Processing; Hazardous Waste co processing in Cement industry. Composting- Basic concept; Benefits of composting; Constraints faced by the composting sector in India; Composting process- phases and critical parameters; Composting technologies- windrow composting, in vessel composting, decentralized composting (bin and box composting), vermi composting. Modern Practices for handling hazardous waste. | 7 |
| Unit-5 | CASE STUDY: 1. Biomedical waste management: Definition; Sources; Generation; Classification; Storage; Transportation; Treatment techniques; Disposal. 2. E-waste management: Definition; Sources; Generation; Categories Recovery & Recycling technologies; Disposal. 3. Radioactive waste management: Classification, Various sources of radioactive waste, Management practices. | 5 |
- Hazardous Waste Management by M LaGrega and others, McGraw-Hill Publication.
- Solid & Hazardous waste Management by PM Cherry.
- Kiely G., “Environmental Engineering”, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1998.
- Rao C.S., “Environmental Pollution Control and Engineering”, New Age International (P) Limited, 1991.
- Manual on Municipal Solid waste management by Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization, Government of India, New Delhi, 2000.
- George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste Management”, the McGraw- Hill, New York, 3rd Ed., 1993.
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