Syllabus
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Course Code: MES-304 Course Name: (EL-1B) Waste Management |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Classification of different type of Waste; its generations and characterization. MSW – Sources and generation, chemical and physical characterization and classification, different methods of disposal and management, land filling, incineration, composting, vermicomposting, energy and resource recovery. Hazardous waste –Definition, sources, effects and management. Biomedical wastes – Definition, categories, and management. |
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| 2 | Principles of Industrial waste treatment - sources of pollution physical chemical, organic and biological properties. Manufacturing processes, flow sheets, characteristics and composition of wastes including waste reduction, treatment and disposal methods for Food Industries: Sugar, Fermentation, Meat, dairy and Rice- milling; Material Industries: Paper, Steel - Metal - plating and petroleum refineries; Miscellaneous Industries: Textile, Tanning, Fertilizers and Atomic energy plants. |
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| 3 | Role of Biotechnology in waste minimization; Recovery of by-products and raw material from wastewater conversion: waste recovery and reuse, reclamation by ground water recharge, agriculture reuse of effluent; sludge as fertilizer; recovery of protein, carbohydrates, biogas, biomass for energy, oil and fats, metal recovery, bioscrubbing. | |
| 4 | Environmental regulation for waste management: hazardous waste (management and handling) rules 1989, amendments 2000 and 2003; Batteries (management and handling) rules, 2001; Biomedical waste (management and handling) rules, 1998; Municipal solid waste (management and handling) rules, 2000; Plastic waste (management and recycling) rules, 1999. | |
