HAZARDOUS AND SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Course Description

The objective of this course is to teach the definition of hazardous waste and strategies used to handle and manage hazardous waste. The course content includes sources, generators, and principles of collection, transport, characterization and management of hazardous waste. The focus is on various management technologies; reduction, reuse, recycle, physicochemical treatment, biological processes, incineration, stabilization and solidification, land disposal but also gives an insight to the corrective actions to be taken at hazardous waste spill sites, energy recovery from hazardous wastes, legal and administrative considerations of hazardous waste management. The course uses lecture notes and discussions for the theoretical information, exercises, tutorials, videos and a term project learning to use the theory in practice

HAZARDOUS AND SPECIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 1. Identify and classify hazardous waste
2. 02 2. Explain toxicology and evalute lethal toxicity
3. 03 3.To explain the different treatment methods for hazardous waste management
4. 04 4.To discuss about the adventages and disadventages of different treatment methods for hazardous waste management

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 LaGrega M, Buckingham P and Evans J. ‘Hazardous Waste Management’ 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000.
2. 02 "Tchobanoglous G and Kreith F ‘Handbook of Solid Waste Management' 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000 "

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1. Identify and classify hazardous waste SOLO 2.5
2. L02 2. Explain toxicology and evalute lethal toxicity SOLO 3.5
3. L03 3.To explain the different treatment methods for hazardous waste management SOLO 4
4. L04 4.To discuss about the adventages and disadventages of different treatment methods for hazardous waste management SOLO 5

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