Solid Waste Management

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. explain the terms solid waste, solid waste management and waste to wealth concept; 2. classify solid waste eg, medical/ healthcare, electronic, agriculture, construction and many others; 3. explain the nature of solid waste; 4. describe waste management hierarchy; 5. describe sanitary methods of waste collection, segregation, transportation and disposal; 6. take part in waste management activities in the community; 7. identify health problems associated with poor solid waste management; 8. carry out waste minimisation and recycling; 9. explain the hierarchical structure in solid waste management; 10. examine the technical points that are required to set up a solid waste management system; 11. identify environmental laws, regulations and policies and apply them to solid waste management; 12. evaluate the economic importance of solid waste; 13. plan a municipal solid waste management system; 14. carry out biological, chemical and physical analyses of municipal solid wastes; 15. explain various methods of SWM disposal; 16. prepare a solid waste management plan; 17. distinguish biodegradable and non-biodegradable solid wastes; 18. differentiate combustible and non-combustible wastes; 19. explain wastes inventorisation; 20. discuss wastes life cycle analysis; 21. explain polluter pay principle; 22. evaluate extended polluter responsibility; 23. describe the process of willingness to pay for service survey; 24. examine waste evacuation services and service provision; 25. describe the outlay and functionalities of a transfer station; 26. outline the Institutional arrangement in SWM; 27. explain the operations of a sanitary landfill; 28. enumerate Laws, Policies & Regulations in SWM; 29. explain the process of Faecal Sludge Management; 30. elaborate on Waste to Energy (WtE) and Waste to Wealth (WtW) ; 31. discuss how to set up and operate an SWM Business in Nigeria; 32. explain the following concepts: waste, medical waste, Biomedical waste and other special waste and many others; 33. classify Biomedical waste according to the sources of generation; 34. discuss the Health impact of Biomedical waste; 35. explain the processes of planning, handling, transportation and disposal of biomedical waste; 36. discuss importance of biomedical waste; sorting, segregation and treatment; 37. identify various waste bins used in biomedical waste management; 38. discuss concepts of waste minimization; 39. evaluate National policies on healthcare waste; 40. outline the Health, Safety rules and universal precautions in handling biomedical waste; and 41. describe infection, prevention and control (IPC) measures associated with biomedical waste.

Basic concepts, nature and classification of solid wastes. Theory of solid waste collection, handling and disposal. Field sampling and laboratory analysis; characterisation of different types of solid wastes monitoring of solid wastes. Analysis of municipal, industrial, hazardous solid wastes. Waste management technologies. Waste management hierarchy-minimisation, recycling, waste to wealth concept and many others. Solid waste and human health and many others. Solid Waste Management methods – composting, incineration and many others; waste management plan. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable solid wastes. Combustible and non-combustible wastes. Wastes inventorisation. Wastes life cycle analysis. Polluter pay principle. Extended polluter responsibility. Willingness to pay for service survey. Waste evacuation services and service provision. Transfer station. Institutional arrangement. Management of sanitary landfills. Laws and Policies in SWM. Faecal Sludge Management. Waste to Energy (WtE). Waste to Wealth (WtW). SWM Business management. Concept, classification, sources and health impacts, planning, handling and transportation of biomedical and special waste. Waste minimisation, recycling and reuse. The role of legislation in biomedical and special waste, treatment technologies, disposal methods, health and safety rules for personnel and associated workers. Infection control and emergencies response. Training and retraining modality for handling of biomedical and special waste.