WASTE HANDLING & MANAGEMENT (BME306D)

WASTE HANDLING & MANAGEMENT

Course Code BME306D 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Introduction to waste management Importance, methods of logistics, human components, technological components- waste handling equipment and technology, steps in waste management logistics. Waste collection system and organization: Environmental aspects of waste collection, role of public authority and private sector in waste collection, organizing collection of residential waste, fee schemes, public awareness programs. 

Module-2

Engineering Systems for Solid Waste Management Characteristics of solid waste, types of solid waste, Processing and Treatment of Solid Waste; Mechanical Treatment Material Recovery Facility, Recycling and Recovery, Types of Material Recovery Facilities, Biological Treatment & Biological methods for waste processing; Composting & methods. Biomethanation, Biodeisel, Biohydrogen, Mechanical Biological Stabilization, Thermal Treatment Incineration, Residues and its utilisation, co-combustion, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Refuse Derived Fuel, solid recovered fuel. Engineering Disposal of SW: Dumping of solid waste; sanitary land fills – site selection,. 

Module-3

Hazardous Waste Management Introduction, Hazardous waste definition, sources, identification and classification, Characteristics, Industrial waste & Plastic Waste; sources, environmental effects, challenges in handling Biomedical waste; Introduction to biomedical wastes, sources, classification, collection, segregation, treatment and disposal, E- waste; characteristics, generation, collection, transport, recycling and disposal, Effects on the society and environment, Transportation and Disposal, recycling and reuse, Nuclear waste; Characteristics, Types, Power reactors, Refinery and fuel fabrication wastes, Health and environmental effects, Decommissioning of Nuclear power reactors Hazardous waste landfills, Site selections. Annexure-II 2 2 

Module-4

Innovations in waste management Global and Indian Context, recycling, reuse, energy production, land filling, remediation of hazardous waste contaminated sites. Revenue models, Developing Networks, Entrepreneurship activities, Best practices in India and Abroad- Case studies, Waste management and waste handling entrepreneurs in India and other countries, Case studies of different municipalities waste handling techniques, domestic composting, medium & large scale composting, Centralised composting 

Module-5

Waste Management Laws in India The Environmental Protection Act, The Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, The Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, The E- Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001. Duties of constitutional bodies and Ministries

Suggested Learning Resources: Books 

1. Handbook of Solid Waste Management, Tchobanoglous G and Kreith F, McGraw-Hill Education, 2002, 2nd Edition 

2. Hazardous Wastes - Sources, Pathways, Receptors, Richard J. Watts, John Wiley and Sons, 1998, 1st Edition.

3. Strategic Management,Hitt, M.A.,Hoskisson, R.E., Ireland, R.D., (2016)., Cengage Learning, India. 

4. Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous and Industrial, John Pichtel, CRC Press, 2014, 2nd Edition 

5. Handbook of Solid Waste Management, Tchobanoglous G and Kreith F, McGraw-Hill Education, 2002, 2nd Edition

 

Reference books: 

1. Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous and Industrial, John Pichtel (2014)., 2nd Ed., CRC Press, USA. 

2. Waste: A Handbook for Management, Letcher, T.M., Vallero, D.A. (2011)., 1st Ed, Academic Press, USA. 

3. Waste Management Strategy and Action Plan,IGES, UNEP, CCET. (2018), Phnom Penh 2018- 2035. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 

4. National Environment Policy, 2006, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, Approved by the Union Cabinet on 18 May, 2006 2 

5. Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter Drucker, (2012)., Routledge Publishers, England UK