Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City (BCV654C)

Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City

Course Code BCV654C 
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 6
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Introduction to Solid Waste Management

Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics and Quantities generation rates and waste composition; Integrated waste management issues, collection, recovery, reuse, recycling, energy-from-waste, and landfilling;

Module-2

Biological treatment of the organic waste fraction ;

Direct land application, composting, and anaerobic digestion.

MSW Rules 2016, Swachh Bharat Mission and Smart Cities Program

Module-3

Biochemical Processes and Composting

Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste.

Current Issues in Solid Waste Management and Review of MSW Management Status in First List of 20 Smart Cities in the Country

Module-4

Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste

Management - Overview

C&D Waste – Regulation, Beneficial Reuse of C&D Waste Materials

Module-5

Electronic Waste (E-Waste)

Management – Issues and Status in India and Globally, E-Waste Management Rules 2016 and Management Challenges.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. William A Worrell and P. Aarne Veslind Solid Waste Engineering, 2nd Edition (SI Edition) Cengage Learning, 2012 (ISBN-13: 978-1-4390-6217-3)

2. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste management, Tata McGraw Hill

3. Manual on Solid Waste Management, prepared by The Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organization(CPHEEO), India

4. MSW Management Rules 2016, Govt. of India, available online at CPCB website.

5. Electronic Waste Management Rules 2016, Govt. of India, CPCB website.