Solid Waste Management (CV426)
Course Name:
Solid Waste Management (CV426)
Programme:
B.Tech(Civil)
Category:
Programme Specific Electives (PSE)
Credits (L-T-P):
(3-0-0) 3
Content:
Characterization of Municipal wastes; Waste Collection, Disposal and Management-Laws and guidelines; Utilization of municipal wastes for bio-gasification and manure; landfill; Recent technological advances in composting and thermal gasification; utilization and management of nonhazardous and hazardous waste; Case studies
References:
1) George Tchobanoglous, Frank Kreith, Handbook of Solid Waste Management, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
2) CPHEEO Manual on Solid Waste Management, 2000.
3) Asian Productivity Organization Report on Solid-Waste Management: Issues and Challengesin Asia, Environmental Management Centre, 2005
4) Thomas H. Christensen, Solid Waste Technology& Management: Volume 1 & 2, A John Wiley& Sons, 2010
5) Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham, Jeffrey C. Evans. Hazardous Waste Management, Waveland Press Inc., 2010