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ENE-822 SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Campus SCEE (IESE)
Programs PG
Session Spring Semester 2017
Course Title SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Course Code ENE-822
Credit Hours 3+0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives Course Objectives:
  •  To create an understanding of solid waste generation and management
  • To adopt to best practices in waste minimization, and 3Rs
Course Outcomes:
After studying the course, students:
  • Will be able to develop an insight into the collection, transfer, and transport of municipal solid waste.
  • Can design and operate a municipal solid waste landfill.
  • Can design and operate a resource recovery facility.
Detail Content
  1. Sources, classifications, characteristics, generations,
  2. Onsite handling and storage, collection and transfer  
  3. Recycling and disposal and waste techniques of municipal solid waste (MSW),
  4. Landfilling and landfill design
  5. Types and impacts of hazardous waste
  6. Concepts of waste to energy,
  7. Incinerator design concepts and hazard management
  8. Composting.
  9. Concepts of integrated solid waste management.
  10. Existing solid waste management practices and their hazards.
  11. Economic evaluation of the on-going solid waste collection and disposal systems.
  12. Hospital waste management.
  13. Case studies
Text/Ref Books
  1. Integrated Solid Waste Management By G. Tehobanoglous (1993) Mcgraw Hill
  2. Solid waste Management, by Prof. Shaukat Hayat and Prof. Dr. Sajjad Hayder, A-One Publishers Lahore
Time Schedule Spring Semester 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Dr. M. Anwar Baig
PhD (University of Arizona, USA)
Discipline: Soil Water and Environmental Science