EN6501 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

EN6501                 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT    L  T  P C              3  0  0  3 
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OBJECTIVES:

 To make the students conversant with different aspects of the types, sources, generation,
storage, collection, transport, processing and disposal of municipal solid waste.

UNIT I       SOURCES AND TYPES                                                                                        8

Sources and types of municipal solid wastes-waste generation rates-factors affecting generation,

characteristics-methods of sampling and characterization; Effects of improper disposal of solid

wastes-Public health and environmental effects. Elements of solid waste management –Social and

Financial aspects – Municipal solid waste (M&H) rules – integrated management-Public

awareness; Role of NGO‟s. 

UNIT II        ON-SITE STORAGE AND PROCESSING                                                           8

On-site storage methods – Effect of storage, materials used for containers – segregation of solid

wastes – Public health and economic aspects of open storage – waste segregation and storage –

case studies under Indian conditions – source reduction of waste – Reduction, Reuse and

Recycling. 

UNIT III       COLLECTION AND TRANSFER                                                                       8

Methods of Residential and commercial waste collection – Collection vehicles – Manpower–

Collection routes – Analysis of collection systems; Transfer stations – Selection of location,

operation & maintenance; options under Indian conditions – Field problems- solving. 

UNIT IV       OFF-SITE PROCESSING                                                                                       12

Objectives of waste processing – Physical Processing techniques and Equipments; Resource

recovery from solid waste composting and biomethanation; Thermal processing options – case

studies under Indian conditions. 

UNIT V         DISPOSAL                                                                                                                 9

Land disposal of solid waste; Sanitary landfills – site selection, design and operation of

sanitary landfills – Landfill liners – Management of leachate and landfill gas- Landfill bioreactor–

Dumpsite Rehabilitation 

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

The students completing the course will have 

 an understanding of the nature and characteristics of municipal solid wastes and the

regulatory requirements regarding municipal solid waste management 

 ability to plan waste minimisation and design storage, collection, transport, processing and

disposal of municipal solid waste 

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H. M., and Eliassen, R. "Solid. Wastes: Engineering 

 Principles and Management Issues". McGraw Hill, New York, 1993.

2. Vesilind, P.A. and Rimer, A.E., “Unit Operations in Resource Recovery Engineering”, 

Prentice Hall, Inc., 1981

3. Paul T Willams, "Waste Treatment and Disposal", John Wiley and Sons, 2000