SYLLABUS
ESC 531 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Spring 2015
Friday 10:00 - 13:00 –HKC 203
Prof. Dr. Turgut T. Onay
Dr. Ali Khalvati
TEXT:
Integrated Solid Waste Management-Engineering Principles and Management
Issues, G. Tchobanoglous, H. Theisen, S. Vigil; McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York,
2000.
OBJECTIVES:
Analysis of problems of municipal solid wastes with emphasis on waste
minimization, composition, collection, disposal and resource recovery options.
GRADING:
Grading will be based on
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Class participation and homeworks (10%)
Term paper and presentation (25%)
Mid-term exam (25%), and
Final examination (40%)
All assignments are due on the date scheduled; late responses will not be
accepted without penalty.
CLASS SCHEDULE:
See attached
OFFICE HOURS:
WEDNESDAY 11-12 am, or by appointment
Tel: 0 212 359 7257 -3597011
E-Mail: onayturg@boun.edu.tr -// mkhalvati1@yahoo.de
CLASS SCHEDULE
ESC 531 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
2015
Prof. Dr. Turgut T. Onay
Lecture Period
Topic/Activity
WEEK#
DATE
TOPICS
P.S.
Homework
1
13.02
Lecture 1
Introduction, Course Rationale
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HW 1
2
20.02
Lecture 2
Sources, Quantities and Composition of
Solid Wastes
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HW 2
3
27.02
Lecture 3
On-Site Handling, Storage and
Processing
P.S. 1
HW 3
4
06.3
Lecture 4
Collection Methods
HW 4
5
13.3
Lecture 5 and Lecture 6
Transfer Operations & Processing
Techniques and Equipment
HW 5
6
20.3
Lecture 6
Processing Techniques and Equipment
7
27.03
8
03.04
Lecture 7
Ultimate Disposal Practices
9
10.04
Lecture 7 (cont.)
Ultimate Disposal Practices
10
17.04
Lecture 8
Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes
11
24.04
12
1.05
13
8.05
Lecture 9
Thermal Conversion Technologies
14
15.05
Student presentations
TBA
FINAL EXAM
P.S. 2
HW 6
MIDTERM EXAM
HW 7
P.S. 3
HW 8
P.S. 4
HW 9
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SPRING BREAK
LABOR DAY
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
1. A System Approach, Solid Waste Analysis &Minimization, Matthew J. Franchetti,
McGraw-Hill, 2009.
2. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, S.C. Bhatia, Atlantic Publishers and
Distributors Ltd., 2007.
3. Handbook of Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimization Technologies,
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Butteworth Heinemann, Elsevier Science (USA), 2003.
4. Waste Sites as Biological Reactors: Characterization and Modeling, Percival A. Miller
with Nicholas L. Clesceri, Lewis Publishers, 2003.
5. Handbook of Solid Waste Management, Second Edition, George Tchobanoglous, Frank
Kreith, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
6. Solid Waste Engineering, P. Aerne Vesilind, William Worrell, Debra Reinhart,
Brooks/Cole, 2002.
7. Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Life Cycle Inventory, Second Edition, Forbes
R. McDougall, Peter R. White, Marina Franke and Peter Hindle, Blackwell Science
Ltd., 2001.
8. Waste Treatment and Disposal, Paul T. Williams, John Wiley&Sons, 1998.
9. Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design, Edward A. Mcbean, Frank A. Rovers,
Grahame J. Farquhar, Prentice Hall Inc., 1995.
ESC 531
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Homework Assignment No. 1
Due: 20.02.2015
1. Compare and contrast the contents of the Turkish Solid Waste Control Regulations
with the E.U. Waste Directives. What are the major similarities and/or
differences?
2. Define the “Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management”? What do you
recommend to improve the current waste management system?