MEE 5901, Advanced Solid Waste Management 1 Course Learning Outcomes for Unit I Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to: 1. Assess the fundamental science and engineering principles of solid waste management. 7. Examine the impact of solid waste on human populations. Reading Assignment Chapter 1: Integrated Solid Waste Management Chapter 2: Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics and Quantities Unit Lesson During the last 10 years, the European Union (EU) has seen a 25% increase in the per capita generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and a 30% increase in the generation of hazardous waste (European Environment Agency, 2013; Eurostat, 2016). In Asia, MSW is expected to increase by 150% in the next 20 years (Hoornweg & Bhada-Tata, 2012). Government regulators and corporations are looking for ways to reduce and better manage these wastes. One option is to use the principles of the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) program. The ISWM program is structured with the highest priority being the prevention of waste from being generated. The lowest-ranked priority involves the final disposal of the waste in a landfill facility. When waste is generated in a manufacturing facility, every attempt is made to reduce its quantity by using sustainable consumption processes that utilize fewer toxic and hazardous materials in the manufacturing processes. The next highest priority in the hierarchy is recycling or reusing waste in commercially viable products. To properly protect human health and the environment, waste that has no commercial value must be disposed of. Before going straight to a landfill, opportunities need to be explored that are related to the recovery of heat and energy by incineration or other thermal oxidation processes. Incineration also has the added advantage of converting the large quantity of organic materials down to a reduced quantity of ash residue that is disposed of in the landfill. As cities grow in population and commerce leading to the generation of increased quantities of waste, communities need to adopt and implement an ISWM program to manage these wastes. The composition of municipal wastes is also shifting as lifestyles and consumption patterns change between the generations. Industrial facilities are becoming more complex, and they are using more complex hazardous and toxic materials to maximize profits in global markets. In many older communities, there are legacy sites where waste has been improperly disposed of, and these sites are now exerting adverse impacts to groundwater and drinking water aquifers. During the last few years, residents have been taking control of their environments, and they are now requiring companies to be more responsible in how they manage their wastes. Companies are being held accountable to fulfill their promise to be good corporate citizens in the local communities where they operate. With the implementation ...

1. MEE 5901, Advanced Solid Waste Management 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit I
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Assess the fundamental science and engineering principles of
solid waste management.
7. Examine the impact of solid waste on human populations.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 1:
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Chapter 2:
Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics and Quantities
Unit Lesson
During the last 10 years, the European Union (EU) has seen a
25% increase in the per capita generation of
municipal solid waste (MSW) and a 30% increase in the

2. generation of hazardous waste (European
Environment Agency, 2013; Eurostat, 2016). In Asia, MSW is
expected to increase by 150% in the next 20
years (Hoornweg & Bhada-Tata, 2012). Government regulators
and corporations are looking for ways to
reduce and better manage these wastes. One option is to use the
principles of the Integrated Solid Waste
Management (ISWM) program. The ISWM program is
structured with the highest priority being the prevention
of waste from being generated. The lowest-ranked priority
involves the final disposal of the waste in a landfill
facility. When waste is generated in a manufacturing facility,
every attempt is made to reduce its quantity by
using sustainable consumption processes that utilize fewer toxic
and hazardous materials in the
manufacturing processes. The next highest priority in the
hierarchy is recycling or reusing waste in
commercially viable products. To properly protect human health
and the environment, waste that has no
commercial value must be disposed of. Before going straight to
a landfill, opportunities need to be explored
that are related to the recovery of heat and energy by
incineration or other thermal oxidation processes.
Incineration also has the added advantage of converting the
large quantity of organic materials down to a
reduced quantity of ash residue that is disposed of in the
landfill.
As cities grow in population and commerce leading to the
generation of increased quantities of waste,
communities need to adopt and implement an ISWM program to
manage these wastes. The composition of
municipal wastes is also shifting as lifestyles and consumption
patterns change between the generations.
Industrial facilities are becoming more complex, and they are
using more complex hazardous and toxic

3. materials to maximize profits in global markets. In many older
communities, there are legacy sites where
waste has been improperly disposed of, and these sites are now
exerting adverse impacts to groundwater
and drinking water aquifers. During the last few years, residents
have been taking control of their
environments, and they are now requiring companies to be more
responsible in how they manage their
wastes. Companies are being held accountable to fulfill their
promise to be good corporate citizens in the
local communities where they operate. With the implementation
of new and updated state and local
regulations, waste management compliance is getting more
complex as additional regulatory obligations and
permit requirements are more strictly enforced. All of this is
causing companies to rethink their waste
management strategies and to find ways of not creating waste in
their manufacturing and facility operations.
This often requires stakeholders' involvement in the
management process, including the Environmental
Health and Safety (EHS) subject matter expert.
For both the public and private sectors, ISWM programs have
many benefits when properly implemented.
Neighborhoods are less polluted, and there is less demand for
waste collection and disposal. Companies see
UNIT I STUDY GUIDE
Integrated Solid Waste Management
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4. UNIT x STUDY GUIDE
Title
cost savings and increased margins when they are more efficient
in their use of raw materials in
manufacturing operations. Company reputations and product
branding are enhanced when companies
implement best management technologies and practices.
The composition of ISWM plans include the following key
elements:
management systems,
MSW is not homogenous in its composition. In the Resource
Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) regulation,
MSW is defined according to the categories of food and yard
wastes, durable and non-durable goods,
packaging and containers, and miscellaneous inorganics. Other
systems classify MSW according to its
nature; this includes the categories of inorganic and organic,
putrescible and infectious, hazardous and

5. combustible, and recyclable waste.
There are many factors that affect the rates that MSW is
generated. The most important factor is public
attitude. If local citizens support recycle and reuse, waste
quantities of MSW that require disposal are
reduced. If packaging containers are used only one time and
then disposed as trash, this results in large
quantities of MSW being generated and managed. Other factors
affecting waste quantities are population
density, the average size of households, the age distribution and
level of unemployment in the community, the
use of residential food disposal units, collection frequency, and
per capital income. One example of how these
factors impact the type and quantity of waste generation
involves what happens in low income areas where
there is a low generation in the amount of plastics, cardboard,
and paper but an increased quantity of wastes
high in organic content.
The weight of MSW varies by season and moisture content. The
density of MSW depends on storage time,
equipment, and the processing levels of the waste materials.
Shredding is used to standardize the particle
sizes of wastes. Higher densities and compaction levels can be
achieved when particles are similar in size.
Municipalities often set up compost operations. These have the
benefit of keeping organic materials out of the
landfill and putting these into a compost pile. Composting
involves aerobic degradation where organics are
converted to carbon dioxide. The organic matter is converted by
microbes into biomass that can be reused for
multiple purposes. On the other hand, landfills are anaerobic,
and in the absence of oxygen, organics are
degraded into methane and carbon dioxide. One molecule of

6. methane is 17 times more potent as a
greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Therefore, using compost
piles helps to reduce the greenhouse gas
burden on the environment. In addition, compost piles also help
to extend the life of the landfill by keeping
waste materials out and making room for other categories of
MSW for which composting is not an option.
Compost can be used as a soil amendment and as a fertilizer
supplement for growing crops and garden
flowers. Compost is also an excellent substitute for peat and top
soil. In some communities, compost is also
used as soil fill for landfills.
It is important to keep hazardous and toxic wastes out of
landfills. The RCRA has special requirements and
obligations for storing, transporting and disposing of hazardous
wastes. Toxic chemicals are known to wipe
out sensitive microbial populations that help to stabilize waste
placed into the landfill. Losing the microbial
populations tasked to stabilize the landfill will minimize the
conversion rate that waste is degraded to methane
and carbon dioxide. Toxic materials may also lead to the
generation of leachate (water that drains from a
landfill and has picked up some of the toxic materials) when
water gets into the landfill after the landfill is
closed and abandoned. This leachate can contaminate
groundwater that is used by farmers to irrigate crops
and as a source of drinking water for farm animals and the
home. Depending on the toxic chemical, it is
possible that some of these toxic chemicals can get into the milk
supply and cause harm to children and other
vulnerable sectors of the population. To address the issue of
toxic and hazardous wastes, many communities
have specific dates for collecting and disposing of hazardous
and toxic wastes after which these are

7. consolidated and transported to a hazardous disposal site for
destruction and disposal.
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Title
Mismanagement of MSW can have dire consequences in local
communities, and when it becomes known to
the public, municipalities will have a harder time attracting new
industries and jobs into the area. When the
growth of municipalities slows or begin to shrink, the tax base
of the community is adversely impacted as
housing prices are reduced when more people relocate out of the
community and companies choose to
relocate to other communities, especially when the populations
of skilled workers available to hire is reduced.
References
European Environment Agency. (2013). Managing municipal
solid waste – A review of achievements in 32
European countries. Retrieved from
http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/managing-municipal-
solid-

8. waste#tab-figures-used
Eurostat. (2016). Municipal waste statistics. Retrieved from
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-
explained/index.php/Municipal_waste_statistics
Hoornweg, D., & Bhada-Tata, P. (2012). What a waste: A global
review of solid waste management.
Retrieved from
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTURBANDEVELOPMEN
T/Resources/336387-
1334852610766/What_a_Waste2012_Final.pdf
Suggested Reading
To learn more about municipal solid waste, take a few minutes
to view this PowerPoint that covers the subject
in more depth.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Municipal
solid waste [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved
from http://www.epa.state.il.us/air/mact/landfill/landfill4.ppt
Learning Activities (Non-Graded)
Review and consider the following questions/topics related to
the content of this unit:

9. 1. Discuss the changes that the 1976 Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act Subpart D brought to
the 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act.
2. Describe how the differences between a dump and a sanitary
waste landfill affect the environment.
3. A sanitary landfill uses a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer to move
trash into the burial cell and to compact the
trash from the weight of the bulldozer driving over the trash.
Look up the weight of a Caterpillar D9
bulldozer and the area of the tread that contacts the trash.
Calculate the maximum compaction in the
landfill.
4. How has the plastics industry responded to the proposal that
plastic bags be restricted for use in
grocery and retail stores?
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their course of study. You do not have to
submit them. If you have questions, contact your instructor for
further guidance and information.
http://www.epa.state.il.us/air/mact/landfill/landfill4.ppt
Course Syllabus
Course Description

10. A study of the growing and increasingly intricate problems of
controlling and processing the refuse created by urban society.
Includes discussion of issues concerning regulations and
legislation with major emphasis on solid waste engineering
principles.
Course Textbook(s)
Worrell, W. A., Vesilind, P. A., & Ludwig, C. (2017). Solid
waste engineering: A global perspective (3rd ed.). Boston, MA:
Cengage Learning.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Assess the fundamental science and engineering principles of
solid waste management.
2. Evaluate the evolution of technologies related to solid waste
management.
3. Assess the political environment as it relates to solid waste
and solid waste management.
4. Summarize laws and standards related to solid waste
management.
5. Describe best practices of solid waste management in an
urban society.
6. Relate leadership and management principles to effective
solid waste management.
7. Examine the impact of solid waste on human populations.
8. Solve solid waste related problems through collaborative
methods of problem solving.
Credits
Upon completion of this course, the students will earn 3 hours

11. of college credit.
Course Structure
1. Study Guide: Course units contain a Study Guide that provide
students with the learning outcomes, unit lesson,
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from one or more chapters from the textbook and/or
outside resources.
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resources listed if the opportunity arises, but they will not be
tested on their knowledge of the Suggested Readings.
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12. Grading rubrics are included with each assignment.
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with an opportunity to ask your professor general or
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Unit I Assignment
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Unit IV Assignment

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Unit VI Scholarly Activity
A local municipality expects to close its landfill in one year,
and it has decided to adopt a thermal technology for the
treatment of its municipal solid waste. The city needs your help
to choose between a traditional municipal waste incinerator
and a pyrolysis unit. As a solid waste professional, you have
been hired by the city council to provide an analysis of these
two technologies.
You are tasked with preparing an executive summary that
compares the two technologies. Your summary should contain
the following items:
a short description of the technologies, their advantages and
disadvantages, their waste products, and their economics;
the fundamental science and engineering principles of solid
waste management that are involved;
the laws or standards that factor into your decision;
how your decision will affect the population of the community;
and
your recommendation and rationale to the city.
Your executive summary should be a minimum of three pages in
length. You must use your textbook and at least one
resource from the CSU Online Library in your paper, but other
academic sources may be used in addition. Any outside

18. information used must be cited in accordance to APA style, and
your paper should be formatted in APA style to include a
title page, running head, and reference page.
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Unit VII Assignment
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demonstrate
what you have learned in this unit.
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Unit VIII Scholarly Activity
You are an engineer in a design, build, and operate construction
firm. The firm has received four requests for proposals
(RFPs) and can only respond to one of these. You have been
asked to review the RFP from Washentaw County, Michigan,
and write up a three-page executive summary for the marketing
team. After reading all of the executive summaries, the
marketing team will make a decision about which, if any, of the
RFPs to respond to.

19. The RFP from Washentaw County is located here:
http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/finance/pu
rchasing/online_bids/bid-status-previous-years/previous-
year-assets/assets_2010/rfp6518.pdf
Your executive summary should include the following items:
an introduction that includes a detailed overview of the project
scope;
identification of the required information to be included into the
company response to the RFP;
your concerns about any of the obligations in the RFP;
how any negotiations with Washentaw County could affect the
decision (i.e.,What collaborative methods of problem
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solving could be used to solve the marketing team’s problem of
choosing an RPF? How could these methods be applied
to this situation?); and
your justified recommendation to respond or to pass on this
business opportunity. This should include a description of
the leadership and management principles that factored into
your decision.
Also, as stated in the RFP, the criteria for making a decision
will depend on the following three areas: price, collection and
methodology, and responsiveness to the bid. While you cannot
address the price issue, you can cover in your
recommendation discussion the collection methodology and the
level of detail that you would recommend when responding
to the bid.
Your response should be at least three pages in length. At a
minimum, you should use information from your textbook to
support your answer, but other academic resources may be used
as well. Any resources used should by cited in
accordance with APA guidelines. Format your response in APA
style to include a title page, running head, and reference
page.
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Schedule/Grading

24. The following pages contain a printable Course Schedule to
assist you through this course. By following this schedule, you
will be assured that you will complete the course within the
time allotted.
Unit I Integrated Solid Waste Management [ Weight: 12% ]
Read/View: Unit I Study Guide
Chapter 1: Integrated Solid Waste Management
Chapter 2: Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics and
Quantities
Discuss: Unit I Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit I Assignment 10%
Unit II Collecting and Handling Municipal Solid Waste [
Weight: 12% ]
Read/View: Unit II Study Guide
Chapter 3: Collection
Discuss: Unit II Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit II Assignment 10%
Unit III Unit Operations for Processing Municipal Solid Waste [
Weight: 12% ]
Read/View: Unit III Study Guide
Chapter 4: Mechanical Processes
Discuss: Unit III Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit III Assignment 10%

25. Unit IV Unit Operations for Separating Municipal Solid Waste [
Weight: 12% ]
Read/View: Unit IV Study Guide
Chapter 5: Separation Processes
Discuss: Unit IV Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit IV Assignment 10%
Unit V Role of Biological Processes in Stabilizing Municipal
Solid Waste [ Weight: 12% ]
Read/View: Unit V Study Guide
Chapter 6: Biological Processes
Discuss: Unit V Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit V Assignment 10%
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Unit VI Role of Thermal Processes in Solid Waste Management
[ Weight: 14% ]
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Chapter 7: Thermal Processes
Discuss: Unit VI Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit VI Scholarly Activity 12%
Unit VII Structure and Design of Municipal Solid Waste

26. Landfills [ Weight: 12% ]
Read/View: Unit VII Study Guide
Chapter 8: Landfills
Discuss: Unit VII Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit VII Assignment 10%
Unit VIII Integrated Resource Management [ Weight: 14% ]
Read/View: Unit VIII Study Guide
Chapter 9: Toward Integrated Resources Management -
Environmental, Political, and
Economic Issues
Discuss: Unit VIII Discussion Board 2%
Submit: Unit VIII Scholarly Activity 12%
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