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Solid Waste Management
Collecting, processing and disposing of municipal solid waste.
Topics by level
Basics
School, diploma and first-year level: the ideas in plain words.
Intermediate
Degree and exam core (GATE, ESE level).
- Composting planned
- Recycling planned
- Sanitary landfill planned
Advanced and Design
Professional design practice.
- Waste-to-energy planned
- Construction and demolition waste planned
Research
Frontier topics for researchers and postgraduates.
- Landfill mining and circularity planned
Codes and standards
| Country | Designation | Scope (our words) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | CPHEEO Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management (2016) | Central government manual for collection, processing and disposal of city waste. | current |
| India | Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 | National rules on duties of waste generators and local bodies. | current |
| USA | 40 CFR Part 258 | Federal criteria for municipal solid waste landfills. | current |
Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.
References and further reading
Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.
- G. Tchobanoglous, H. Theisen, S. Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste Management, McGraw Hill, 1993.