Ehs 506 — Solid Waste Management

About this course

Ehs 506 Solid Waste Management is a 500 Level course in the Environmental Health Science department, taught in the Second Semester. On La-Net Hub you can watch all 10 recorded lectures for free, grouped into 5 series, read the course lecture note online or download it as a PDF, and test yourself with practice questions.

Solid waste management is the systematic control of the generation, storage, collection, transportation, processing, recycling, treatment, and final disposal of solid waste in a way that protects public health and the environment. It is a fundamental aspect of environmental health and urban sanitation.

This topic explains how waste is grouped (classification), the order of preferred waste management options (waste hierarchy), and the technologies used to manage waste safely and efficiently

Lectures in this course

Series 1: Foundations of solid Waste Management

1. Foundations of solid Waste Management 10 minutes 5 seconds
2. Waste Classification Hierarchy and Technologies 9 minutes 48 seconds

Series 2: Waste Classification Hierarchy and Technologies

1. Waste Classification Hierarchy and Technologies 10 minutes 48 seconds
2. Waste Minimisation and Recycling 8 minutes 7 seconds

Series 3: Health Environmental and Economics Dimensions of Management

1. Health Environmental and Economics Dimensions of Management 10 minutes 4 seconds
2. Economic Opportunities in Resources Recovery 9 minutes 20 seconds

Series 4: Policies law and Institutional Framework in SWM

1. Policies law and Institutional Framework in SWM 9 minutes 23 seconds
2. Public Private Partnership in Waste Management 7 minutes 49 seconds

Series 5: Biomedical Safety and Specialized Management Practice

1. Biomedical Safety and Specialized Management Practice 10 minutes 2 seconds
2. Treatment Techniques for Biomedical Waste 9 minutes 7 seconds

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