Solid Waste Treatment
Course Code: SE03
►Course Objective
- Understand, classify andmanage solid wastesIdentify routes of entry of different solid wastesources
- Identify the characteristicsof solid waste
- Suggest suitable actionsand plans to handledifferent situations
- Understand moderntreatment technologies andregulations as well assustainability of the chosentechnology
- Evaluate different casestudies and apply thelearnt material
►Target Audience
- Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Officers and Managers of municipal solid wastedepartments, Operators of solid wastefacilities, Those seeking a career in Solid Waste Management or those seeking to improve their knowledge or intending to go into solid waste business.
►Course Outline
- Introduction: evolution of solidwaste management.
- Sources, types, and composition of municipal solid waste.
- Physical, chemical, and biological properties of municipality solidwaste.
- Management and planning issues
- Hazardous wastes found in municipal solid waste.
- Solid waste generation
- Waste handling and separation, storage, and processing at thesource.
- Collection of solid waste
- Material separation and processing technologies
- Thermal conversion technologies
- Biological and chemical conversion technologies
- Recycling of Materials found in solid waste
- Disposal of solid waste Closure of landfills
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