Syllabus (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: MAJ-13

Semester: 7

Course Code: BENVMAJ13T

Course Title: WASTE MANAGEMENT& ECOTOXICOLOGY

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: To grow basic knowledge on solid waste, E waste and hazardous waste To develop skill and knowledge on waste management To develop concept of toxic chemicals and Ecotoxicology

Learning Outcome: Stduents become familiar with Solid waste management, Hazardous waste, E-waste, Toxic chemicals, Ecotoxicology

Solid waste management: (LECTURE – 20)

Concept, origin, classification and characteristics of solid waste; Solid waste management; Solid Waste (Management) Rules, 2016; Plastic wastes; Biomedical wastes

Hazardous waste: (LECTURE – 10)

Concept, sources and classification; Effects and disposal methods of hazardous wastes; Hazardous Waste (Management) Rules, 2016

E-waste: (LECTURE – 10)

Concept, sources and composition; Disposal methods: recycling and resource recovery, scientific disposal methods; E-waste (Management) Rules, 2022

Toxic chemicals: (LECTURE – 20)

Toxic chemicals in air, soil, water and wastewater; Chemistry and impacts of Acid Mine Drainage; Toxic Metals: Biological effects of heavy metals (cadmium, arsenic, chromium, mercury); Chemical speciation (concept and importance)

Ecotoxicology: (LECTURE – 30)

Definition and Concept; mechanism of toxicity; Branches of toxicology; Types of interactions in toxicology; Concept of Dose-Response relationship, LD₅₀, LC₅₀, Threshold Limit Value (TLV), Therapeutic index; Basic concept on bioaccumulation, biomagnification, bioconcentration

Suggested Books

1. Hazardous Waste Management, M.D. Lagrega et al., McGraw Hill
2. Environmental Management Systems Marguglio; CRC Press INC
3. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (PB): CBS; Cherry, PM Asnani, P. U. 2006.
4. Solid waste management. India Infrastructure Report 570.
5. Bagchi, A. 2004. Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management. John Wiley & Sons.
6. Blackman, W.C. 2001. Basic Hazardous Waste Management. CRC Press.
7. McDougall, F. R., White, P. R., Franke, M., &Hindle, P. 2008. Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Life Cycle Inventory. John Wiley & Sons.
8. US EPA. 1999. Guide for Industrial Waste Management. WashingtonD.C.
9. White, P.R., Franke, M. &Hindle P. 1995. Integrated Solid waste Management: A Lifecycle Inventory. Blackie Academic & Professionals.
10. Zhu, D., Asnani, P.U., Zurbrugg, C., Anapolsky, S. & Mani, S. 2008. Improving Municipal Solid waste Management in India. The World Bank, Washington D.C
11. Environmental Chemistry: A.K. De, New age (P) Ltd.
12. Landfill Waste Pollution and Control, Kenneth Westlake., Albion Publishing
13. Hazardous waste Management, Wentz, C.A., McGraw Hill
14. A Text Book of Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Control: S.S. Dara., S. Chand & Company Ltd.
15. Casarett and Doull’s Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 2nd Edn. John Doull, Curtis D
16. Fundamental Toxicology, Ed by John H Duffus and Howard G J Worth, RSC Publishing, 2006 7.
17. Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology, 3rd Edn., Michael C Newman, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2010
18. Principles of Biochemical Toxicology, 3rd Edn, Jogh Timbrell, Taylor & Francis , 2000
19. Environmental Toxicology, David A Wright, and Pamela Welbourn, Cambridge University Press, 2002
20. Environmental Chemistry with Green Chemistry, Asim K Das, Books and Allied (P) Ltd., 2010