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    This document outlines a syllabus covering municipal solid waste management over 5 units: sources and characteristics of waste; reduction, storage, and recycling; collection and transfer; processing; and disposal. The syllabus will examine the public health and environmental impacts of waste as well as integrated management plans and rules.

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    Municipal Solid Waste Management - Syllabus

    UNIT I SOURCES AND CHARACTERISTICS

    Sources and types of municipal solid wastes- Public health and environmental
    impacts of improper disposal of solid wastes- sampling and characterization of
    wastes - factors affecting waste generation rate and characteristics - Elements
    of integrated solid waste management – Requirements and salient features of
    Solid waste management rules (2016) –- Role of public and NGO‟s- Public
    Private participation – Elements of Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan.

    UNIT II SOURCE REDUCTION , WASTE STORAGE AND


    RECYCLING

    Waste Management Hierarchy - Reduction, Reuse and Recycling - source


    reduction of waste – On-site storage methods – Effect of storage, materials
    used for containers – segregation of solid wastes – Public health and economic
    aspects of open storage – case studies under Indian conditions – Recycling of
    Plastics and Construction/Demolition wastes.

    UNIT III COLLECTION AND TRANSFER OF WASTES

    Methods of Residential and commercial waste collection – Collection vehicles


    – Manpower – Collection routes – Analysis of waste collection systems;
    Transfer stations –location, operation and maintenance; options under Indian
    conditions – Field problems- solving.

    UNIT IV PROCESSING OF WASTES

    Objectives of waste processing – Physical Processing techniques and


    Equipment; Resource recovery from solid waste composting and
    biomethanation; Thermal processing options – case studies under Indian
    conditions.

    UNIT V WASTE DISPOSAL


    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

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