EST 4101: Waste and Waste Management

EST 4101: Waste and Waste Management

Course Number: EST 4101
Credit: 3 [3 hours per week for a period of 13 (3X13 hours) weeks]
1. Introduction: definition, sources and types of waste; physical and chemical properties of waste;
general aspect of waste managements
2. Solid waste management: Definition and types of solid waste; Composition of solid waste, Onsite handling, storage and processing of solid waste; collection, transfer of municipal and
domestic solid waste (with special reference to Bangladesh);
3. Disposal of municipal and industrial waste: Disposal design, recovery and recycling of
household wastes, domestic garbage, bulk treatment on commercial scale, recycling of paper;
different disposal methods; sludge treatment and disposal facilities
4. Hazardous waste: Types of hazardous waste, Identification and characteristics of hazardous
waste; risk perception and risk assessment, toxicity consideration, one-hit mode, reasonable
maximum exposure, risk characterization and risk management, transport regulations, disposal
protocols.
5. Hazardous waste management: disposal, reuse and management; cleanup of hazardous waste
contaminated sites; physical and chemical methods, biological detoxification and application of
biotechnology, institutional and legal framework.
6. Radioactive Waste Management: Definition, sources and characteristics of radioactive wastes,
effects of radiation on living organism, acute effect and delayed effect, risk estimates, radioactive
waste management techniques, safe disposal, long term assessment, case study.
7. Processing and treatment of hazardous waste: Biological, physical and chemical treatment,
batch distillation and fractionation techniques, ion-exchange techniques, electrodialysis, reverse
osmosis, waste incineration, land disposal and ground impounding.
8. Natural systems for hazardous waste treatment: waste stabilization pond, aquatic weeds and
constructed wetland system;
Recommended References:

Introduction to Environmental Engineering, M. L.. Davis, D. A. Cornwell, 3rd edn, McGrawHill,

1998.
Environmental Chemistry, S. E. Manahan, 7th end, Lewis Publishers, 2000.
Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, G. M. Masters, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1991.
Wentz CA (1989) Hazardous Waste Management. McGraw-Hill Book Co
Peavy HS and others (1985) Environmental Engineering. McGraw-Hill Book Co

1 Introduction: definition, sources and types of

waste; physical and chemical properties of waste;
general aspect of waste managements
2 Solid waste management: Definition and types of
solid waste; Composition of solid waste, On-site
handling, storage and processing of solid waste;
collection, transfer of municipal and domestic solid
waste with special reference to Bangladesh
3 Solid waste management: Disposal of municipal
and industrial waste: Disposal design, recovery
and recycling of household wastes, domestic
garbage, bulk treatment on commercial scale,
recycling of paper; different disposal methods;
sludge treatment and disposal facilities
4 Hazardous waste: Types of hazardous waste,
Identification and characteristics of hazardous
waste; risk perception and risk assessment, toxicity
consideration, one-hit mode, reasonable maximum
exposure, risk characterization and risk
management, transport regulations, disposal
protocols.
5 Hazardous waste management: disposal, reuse
and management; cleanup of hazardous waste
contaminated sites; physical and chemical
methods, biological detoxification and application
of biotechnology, institutional and legal framework
6 Radioactive Waste Management: Definition,
sources and characteristics of radioactive wastes,
effects of radiation on living organism, acute effect
and delayed effect, risk estimates, radioactive
waste management techniques, safe disposal, long
term assessment, case study.
7 Processing and treatment of hazardous waste:
Biological, physical and chemical treatment, batch
distillation and fractionation techniques, ionexchange techniques, electrodialysis, reverse
osmosis, waste incineration, land disposal and
ground impounding
8 Natural systems for hazardous waste treatment:
waste stabilization pond, aquatic weeds and
constructed wetland system
9 Medical waste management: Description of
medical waste; Quantification of medical waste;
Persons potentially exposed; Risks associated with
hazardous medical waste; Risks associated with the

Jacqueline Vaughn_Waste Management

Perrys Waste Management
Solid-Waste-Management-in-theWorld-s-Cities-Water-and-Sanitationin-the-World-s-Cities-2010
Robert gilbert
What_Waste_Global_Review_2012

Perrys Waste Management

S E Manahan_ Env. Chem
Robert gilbert;
Hazardous waste_Jan-Olov Sundqvist

Perrys Waste Management

S E Manahan_ Env. Chem
Hazardous waste_Jan-Olov Sundqvist

Perrys Waste Management

S E Manahan_ Env. Chem

ICRC_Medical waste management

inappropriate processing and dumping of

hazardous medical waste; minimization, recycling;
sorting, receptacles and handling; collection and
storage; transport; treatment and disposal
Biological treatment: biodegradable waste,
aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, composting;
organic manure

lectures: waste management and its

challenges;
lectures: Biological treatment_Bjorn
Frostell
Diaz, Bertoldi &
Bidlingmaier_Compost science and
technology
Incineration
Incineration_ Bjorn Dahlroth
landfill
Landfill_ Monika Olsson
sustainable waste management : The challenge
UNEP
of sustainable waste management; Moving from
Solid-Waste-Management-in-thewaste management to resource management; Waste World-s-Cities-Water-and-Sanitationmanagement as an entry point for sustainable
in-the-World-s-Cities-2010
development