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18-Env-A6 Solid Waste Engineering and Management: December 2013

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  1. Question 1 Definitions
  2. Question 2 Critical Considerations in Solid Waste Management
  3. Question 3 Design Considerations for a Collection System
  4. Question 4 Leachate Treatment Processes
  5. Question 5 Common Landfill Design Problems
  6. Question 6 Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Solid Waste
  7. Question 7 Annual Landfill Area for a Population of 50,000
  8. Question 8 Separation at Home vs. Separation at a Materials Recovery Facility
  9. Question 9 Sanitary Landfill Cross Section
  10. Question 10 Resource Recovery Plant Process Diagram
  11. Question 11 Strategy to Extend Landfill Life
  12. Question 12 Methods to Estimate Municipal Refuse Quantities
  13. Question 13 Estimating Generation Rates and Composition
  14. Question 14 Waste-to-Energy Feasibility Assessment
  15. Question 15 Leachate Quantity and Time to Saturation
  16. Question 16 Variables Governing Landfill Gas Production

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Reference texts: Tchobanoglous, Theisen & Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues; Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater (Darcy's Law, vadose zone); CCME, Guidance Document on Landfill Gas Management; EGBC/Engineers Canada 04-Env-A6/18-Env-A6 examination syllabus.