AKTU Solid Waste Management (MNWT501) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Minor Degree in Waste Technology
Solid Waste Management MNWT501
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Syllabus — Solid Waste Management
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Course Outcomes: After learning this course, students will be able to:
CO1. Understand the basic concept of solid waste along with the characteristics, issues and challenges.
CO2. Interpret the importance of planning and financing for the sustainable waste management.
CO3. Describe the significance of waste minimization, segregation, collection and transportation of MSW.
CO4. Illustrate the design criteria for designing the sanitary landfill site.
CO5. Elaborate the implementation phase regarding the MSWM.
CO6. Explain the strategies to deal with the Plastic and C&D waste.
| Unit-1 | Introduction: Waste- The Business of exclusions; Waste concept; Sources, Composition and Classification of solid waste; Physical, Chemical and Biological characteristics of solid waste; Hierarchy of waste management - 5 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover and Remove); SWM- Indian scenario; Key issues of solid waste management; Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 | 6 |
| Unit-2 | Management aspects: Planning, Institutional and Financial Aspects Guiding Principles of Municipal Solid Waste Management; Overview of developing a MSW plan in an urban local body- a seven step approach for developing a plan; Establishment of Institutional mechanisms; Sustainable financing for MSW; Centralized Vs. Decentralized MSWM system; | 6 |
| Unit-3 | Municipal solid waste management: Waste minimization: ISWM hierarchy; Need and benefits of waste minimization; Strategies for waste minimization. Source segregation: Segregation of MSW at source; Storage of MSW at source; Public participation and awareness. Collection and transportation: Waste collection; Collection systems and equipments; Layout of collection routes; Means of transport; Need and Design requirements of transfer station. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | Municipal sanitary landfill: Classification; Essential components; Landfill siting considerations- Location criteria, Identification of search area, Data collection; Planning and design- Design life, Waste volume and landfill capacity, Landfill layout, Landfill section, phased operation, Landfill liner system, Leachate management, Landfill gas management, Final cover; Closure and Post closure care; Landfill mining. | 7 |
| Unit-5 | Construction and demolition waste management: Salient features of Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016. Plastic waste management: Salient features of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016; Composition of Plastics; Recycling of Plastic waste and Sustainable disposal of Plastic Waste. | 5 |
- Solid & Hazardous waste Management by PM Cherry.
- George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste Management”, the McGraw- Hill, New York, 3rd Ed., 1993.
- M.S. Bhatt, “Solid Waste Management-An Indian Perspective”, 2020.
- 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.
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