Solid Waste Management Issue in Environmental Engineering Management

Institutional Affiliation(S)
environmental engineering management

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Abstract
Solid waste are useless, unwanted and discarded substances that are available in solid
form. The subject of solid waste came into a limelight after major countries started imposing
waste disposal acts that have also been accepted by society due to arising issues seen in
natural environment. To identify one of the key issues concerning solid waste management,
this literature review report will present an overview of solid waste management issues,
resource recovery, sources of wastes and disposal methods as defined in present literature.
Greater emphasis has been given on operation and designing of waste management methods,
their treatments and issues while managing them.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction & Background...........................................................................................3
2. Purpose...................................................................................................................................3
3. Methodology..........................................................................................................................4
4. Discussion and analysis..........................................................................................................4
4.1. Solid waste characteristics...............................................................................................4
4.2. Solid waste management.................................................................................................5
4.3. Solid waste generation.....................................................................................................8
4.4. Waste management methods...........................................................................................9
4.4.1. Waste management hierarchy.......................................................................................9
4.4.2. Landfill option............................................................................................................10
4.4.3. Bio-medical waste......................................................................................................11
5. Conclusion............................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................12

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1. Introduction & Background
Environmental engineering has become one of the most discussed topics among
researchers and authors due to fast developing perspective towards environment as seen in
engineering practices. Scope of environment issues includes issues related to aesthetics,
public health, pollution control, stormwater management etc. Traditionally, engineering
principles application for enhancement and protection of environment quality and public
health protection was called as public health engineering or sanitary engineering. However, it
was changed to environmental engineering since 1968 and to conceive environmental
engineering, considering definition of environmental engineering becomes very significant.
Gaur (2008) defines environmental engineering as “the application, under limits of scientific
principles for the planning, design, execution, operation and maintenance of structures,
equipment and systems for the development and benefit of the society” (p. vii). An
environmental engineer maintains, plans, executes, designs and operates solid waste
management operations to provide clean, healthy and bacteriologically safer environment.
Managing solid and liquid waste is an essential step for healthy living for which
environmental engineers’ cares for energy requirements and means through which
environment can be protected against pollution and consumption of several goods utilised for
comforting people lives. This literature review report will analyse and evaluate key issue
identified in engineering environmental management concerning solid waste management as
identified in present literature.
2. Purpose
The key purpose behind preparing this literature review is to identify, examine and
discuss solid waste management concepts, frameworks and components to find issues in
waste management as presented by authors and researchers in present literature. This
literature review will focus upon management of solid waste, construction and demolition of