DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

FIFTH SEMESTER
SUBJECT: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (ELECTIVE)
Contact Hrs/Week:4 Hrs.
Sl.No.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Contact Hrs/Sem:64 Hrs.

Major Topics
Introduction to SWM
Properties of Solid Waste
Management of SW
Generation of SW
On-site handling of SW
Collection services
Transfer & Transport of SW
Separation & Processing of SW
Ultimate Disposal SW
Tests
Total

No. of Hrs
2
2
10
5
6
10
10
6
10
3
64

CONTENTS
1

Introduction-Definition, characteristics, types and sources

Properties of Solid Waste - Physical composition, Chemical composition of

municipal solid waste Changes in composition, Sampling procedures.

Management of Solid waste - Materials flow in society, Reduction in raw

material usage, Reduction in solid waste quantities, Segregation of waste
Reuse of solid waste materials, Materials recovery, Energy recovery,
Day to day SWM

Generation of solid waste - Functional elements of SWM.

Typical generation rates for municipal & selected commercial and industrial
sources
. Estimation of solid waste quantities. Factors affecting generation

rates
5

On-site handling of Solid waste.

On-site storage.
On-site processing.
Organic composting.

Collection of solid waste - Collection services, collection systems

Collection routes- layout of routes & schedules

Transfer and Transport of Solid waste - Transfer stations.

Transfer operation, Equipment & accessory requirement
Environmental requirement.
Location of transfer stations.
Transfer means and modes.

Separation and processing of solid waste at MSW site - Objectives

Evaluating on-site processing equipment
Mechanical volume reduction, thermal volume reduction.
Manual component, types of processing

Ultimate disposal of solid waste - disposal by land filling

Occurrence of gases & lechates in land fills, Design considerations.
Landfill operational plan.

REFERENCES:
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Solid Wastes: Engineering principles and management issues - Tchobanoglous,

Theisen and Elliassen, Mcgraw - Hill
Environmental Engineering - Peavy, Rowe and Tchobanoglous
Solid waste management - P.Aarne Vesilind, William A. Worrel and Debra R.
Reinhart, Thomson Brooks/Cole
Solid waste management - Zerald Kailey

GENERAL EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

Upon the completion of the study of the subject, the student should be able to
1.0 Understand the fundamentals of solid wastes.
2.0 Know the properties and composition of solid waste.
3.0 Know the principles of solid waste management.
4.0 Know the generation of solid waste.
5.0 Know the handling of solid wastes.
6.0 Know the collection of solid wastes.
7.0 Know the transportation of solid wastes.
8.0 Know the separation and processing of solid waste.
9.0 Know the disposal of solid wastes.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

Upon the completion of the study of the subject, the student should be able to:
1.1
Define solid waste.
1.2
Know the Types of solid wastes.
1.3
Know the sources of solid waste.
1.4
Understand the difference between the Municipal, Industrial, Bio-medical &
Hazardous wastes.
2.1
Know the Properties of Solid Waste
2.2
Know the Physical composition of solid wastes.
2.3
Know the Chemical composition of solid waste - Individual components,
particle size, density.
2.4
Describe the typical composition of municipal solid waste.
2.5
Explain the sampling procedures for solid wastes.
2.6
Know the Chemical composition Formulae for obtaining energy values.
2.7
Understand the Modified Dulong Formula for chemical content.
2.8
Changes in composition.
3.1
Describe the Materials flow in society.
3.2
Explain the Reduction in raw material usage.
3.3
Explain the Reduction in solid waste quantities.
3.4
Describe how the Segregation of waste done.

3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8

Know the Reuse of solid waste materials.

Describe the Materials recovery in solid wastes.
Know the Energy recovery.
Explain the Day to day SWM .

4.1
4.2

Understand the Functional elements of SWM.

Know the Typical generation rates for municipal & selected commercial and
industrial sources
Understand the Estimation of solid waste quantities
Know the Factors affecting generation rates
Understand the On-site handling of Solid waste - Handling of domestic,
commercial & industrial solid wastes
Know the On-site storage- factors to be considered
Types & sizes of containers, container locations
Know the On-site processing- manual sorting, compaction & incineration
Organic composting.
Explain the functional elements of Collection of solid waste.
Know the Collection services, collection systems- outline of operational tasks
Collection routes- layout of routes & schedules
Know the functional elements of Transfer and Transport of Solid waste.
Know Transfer stations - Factors to be considered.
Know the Types of transfer operation, capacity requirement, equipment covering
of lorries.
Explain equipment & accessory requirement in MSWM.
Know the environmental requirement
Explain the Location of transfer stations, transfer means & modes.
Explain the objectives of separation & processing
Know the factors to be considered in evaluating on-site processing equipment.
Understand Mechanical volume reduction, thermal volume reduction & manual
component,
Explain separation and types of processing
Understand important aspects of disposal by land filling
Know the factors to be considered in evaluating landfill sites.
Understand the occurrence of gases & lechates in land fills, Design considerations
for land fill.
Draw Landfill operational plan - typical operational plan & typical plan for filling
landfill

4.3
4.4
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
6.1
6.2
6.3
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4

WEIGHTAGE TABLE
Chapter no.

Contents

No. of Hours.

Weightage

Introduction

Properties of Solid Waste

Management

10

20

Generation

10

On-site handling

10

Collection services

10

15

Transfer & Transport

10

15

Separation & Processing

Ultimate Disposal

10

15
100

QUESTION PAPER PATTERN

Q1. a) Objective Questions( Chapter 1 to 9)
b) Definition of terms/ short notes
Section-I
Q2, Q3 & Q4 Questions from chapter 1, 2 & 3 answer any two questions
out of three questions one choice
Section-II
Q5, Q6 & Q7 Questions from chapter 4, 5 & 6 answer any two questions
out of three questions one choice

1X5=5
5
15X2 =30
15X2 =30

Section-III
Q8, Q9,& Q10 Questions from chapter 7, 8 & 9 answer any two questions
out of three questions one choice
15X2 =30
TOTAL

100

QUESTION PAPER FORMAT

SUBJECT: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (ELECTIVE)
TIME: 3 Hours
Max marks: 100
Instructions:

1. Question No.1 is compulsory.

2. Answer any TWO questions from the remaining Sections I, II & III.

Q No 1 a) Fill in the blanks with appropriate word/words

b) Short note/ Short answer type Questions
SECTION-I
Q.No 2 a)
b)
Questions from chapter 1, 2 & 3
c)
Q.No 3 a)
b)
Questions from chapter 1, 2 & 3
c)
Q.No 4 a)
b)
Questions from chapter 1, 2 & 3
c)
SECTION-II
Q.No 5 a)
b)
Questions from chapter 4, 5 & 6
c)
Q.No 6 a)

1x 5 = 5
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b)
c)
Q.No 7 a)
b)
c)

Questions from chapter 4, 5 & 6

Questions from chapter 4, 5 & 6

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SECTION-III
Q.No 8 a)
b)
c)
Q.No 9 a)
b)
c)
Q.No 10a)
b)
c)

Questions from chapter 7, 8 & 9

Questions from chapter 7, 8 & 9
Questions from chapter 7, 8 & 9

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Note: Weightage should be given on the basis of number of hours of teaching.

Each question may comprise of two or three sub-divisions.