Course content

1. Prof. M.R.Ezhilkumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology
Coimbatore
ezhilkumar@skcet.ac.in
I only feel angry when I see waste.
When I see people throwing away things
we could use. – Mother Teresa
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SOLID AND HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Introduction to the course

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Modules
Characteristics and Sources of Municipal Solid
Wastes
Course Content
Municipal of Solid Wastes Handling and
Management
Sanitary Landfill and Hazardous waste
management

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Waste Management
REDUCE
REUSE REPAIR
RECOVER RECYCLE
RETHINK
REFUSE

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REFUSE – Do not consume what you do not need to
REDUCE – Reduce the consumption of energy and materials
REUSE – Share with others and find uses for old objects
REPAIR – Fix and upgrade your objects rather than throwing them away
RECOVER – Recover energy and materials from waste
RECYCLE – Close the loop and remake
RETHINK – Mindful consumption balance between objects & care for earth
HOW DO I DO

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e-Books to Refer
1) George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel Vigil.
“Integrated Solid Waste Management”,McGraw-Hill
Publishers, 1993.
2) John Pichtel. “Waste management Practices Municipal,
hazardous and Industrial”, Taylor and Francis 2005.
3) Vesilind, P. A and Worrel W.A, “Solid Waste Engineering”,
Cengage Learning 2011.

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Other e-Books to Refer

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Module 1
CHARACTERISTICS AND SOURCES OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
1.1 Sources - Types and composition of solid wastes
1.2 Solid waste generation and estimation
1.3 Physical and chemical characteristics of municipal solid waste
1.4 Sampling protocols for MSW
1.5 Socio economic impacts
1.6 Integrated waste management
1.7 Legislations on management and handling of solid wastes

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Module 2
MUNICIPAL OF SOLID WASTES HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT

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Module 2
MUNICIPAL OF SOLID WASTES HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT

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Module 3
SANITARY LANDFILL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
3.1
• Landfill classifications
3.2
• Siting considerations - Generation,
movement and control of gases and
leachates
3.3
• Preliminary design and operation of sanitary
landfills
3.4
• Leachate collection and treatment
3.5
• Landfill remediation
3.6
• Types of Hazardous Wastes
3.7
• Source of generation - Characterisation
3.8
• TCLP tests
3.9
• Storage, labeling and handling of hazardous
wastes
3.10
• Effects of improper management

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Module 3
SANITARY LANDFILL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
3.11
• Treatment and disposal of Hazardous
wastes
3.12
• Hazardous waste management in India
3.13
• Remediation of Hazardous Landfill sites

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