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Solid - Waste - Managemet - 2016-1
Solid - Waste - Managemet - 2016-1
Patil
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Course Content
Course Code: CVE412 L-T-P: 3-0-0
Course Title: Solid Waste Management CIE: 50
Teaching Hours: 40 SEE: 50
Unit –I
1. Introduction
Solid waste -Definition, Land Pollution -scope and importance of
solid waste management, functional elements of solid waste
05 hrs
management. SOURCES: Classification and characteristics-
municipal, hospital / biomedical waste, Quantity -Generation rate,
methods.
2. Collection and Transportation
Systems of collection, collection equipment, garbage chutes, 05 hrs
transfer stations -bailing and compacting, route optimization
3. Treatment I Processing Techniques
Components separation, volume reduction, size reduction, 05 hrs
chemical reduction and biological processing
• Course Outcomes-(COs)
• At the end of the course student will be able to:
• Explain the meaning of solid waste, its sources,
types and characteristics.
• Explain the land and air pollution due to solid waste.
• Explain functional elements of solid waste
management.
• Estimate the quantity of solid waste.
• Explain the different collection and transport
systems.
• Explain different treatment and processing systems
of solid waste.
• Explain different methods of treatment and disposal
of solid waste.
• Explain the recycling and reuse of solid waste.
INTRODUCTION
• Definition of Solid Waste:
Any waste in the form of solid
or semi-solid, which is treated
as value less to the first user is
known as Solid Waste.
Solid waste is generated by the
activities of human beings
and animals.
Problem in Managing the
Solid Waste
1. Increasing Quantity
2. Complex Characteristics
3. Non-dispersive nature
Main Reasons for increase in Solid
Waste Quantity
•Increase in population
•Rapid Industrialization
• Ground water
contamination
by the leachate
generated by the
waste dump
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
•Surface water contamination
by the run-off from the waste
dump
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
• Bad odour, pests,
rodents and wind-
blown litter in and
around the waste
dump
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
•Generation of inflammable gas
(e.g. methane) within the
waste dump
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
•Fires within the waste dump
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
•Bird menace above the waste
dump which affects flight of
aircraft
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW
•Erosion and stability problems
relating to slopes of the waste
dump
•Epidemics through stray
animals
•Acidity to surrounding soil and
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
• Uncollected waste often ends up
in drains, causing blockages that
result in flooding and unhealthy
conditions.
•
Problems of improper solid
waste management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
• Flies breed in some constituents of
solid wastes and are very effective
vectors that spread diseases. They
have spread cholera in Delhi for
many years.
Problems of improper solid waste
management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
• Release of green house gas
• Rats find shelter and food in waste
dumps. Rats consume and spoil food,
spread diseases, damage electrical
cables and other materials, and
inflict unpleasant bites. In fact plague
was caused in the city of Surat in
1999 by an increase in the rat
population.
Problems of improper solid waste
management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
• Waste plastic bags are a particular
aesthetic nuisance. They also cause
the death of the grazing animals that
eat them.
• Solid-waste collection workers face
particular occupational hazards
including strains from lifting, injuries
from sharp objects, and traffic
accidents.
Problems of improper solid waste
management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
• Dangerous items (such as broken
glass, razor blades, hypodermic
needles and other healthcare
wastes, aerosol cans, and potentially
explosive industrial containers and
chemicals) pose risks of injury or
poisoning, particularly to the rag
pickers who sort recyclables from
waste.
Problems of improper solid waste
management
(Environmental Impact of MSW)
1. Hospitals
2. Laboratories
3. Medical Research Centers
4. Hostels / PGs
Health hazards associated with poor
management of Bio-medical waste