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18-Env-A6 Solid Waste Engineering and Management: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Definitions
  2. Question 2 Obstacles to Solid Waste Recycling
  3. Question 3 Federal Acts Relevant to Waste Management
  4. Question 4 Sanitary Landfill Site Features
  5. Question 5 Strategies for Managing Food Wastes
  6. Question 6 Risk Perception
  7. Question 7 Extending the Lifespan of an Existing Landfill
  8. Question 8 Investigating a Composting Odour Complaint
  9. Question 9 Managing Solid Waste from a Major Winter Sporting Event
  10. Question 10 Prerequisites to the Biological Process of Composting
  11. Question 11 Factors Affecting the Composting Process
  12. Question 12 Properties of Solid Waste as a Fuel
  13. Question 13 Design Factors for a Landfill Leachate Collection System
  14. Question 14 Considerations in Siting a New Landfill
  15. Question 15 Importance of Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Wastes
  16. Question 16 Definition Sketch for a Landfill Water Balance
  17. Question 17 Landfill Leachate Management Options
  18. Question 18 Maintaining an Outdoor Composting Facility During Winter
  19. Question 19 Eliminating Small Quantities of Hazardous Waste from MSW
  20. Question 20 Methods to Assess Solid Waste Quantities
  21. Question 21 Strategies to Derive Energy from Municipal Wastes
  22. Question 22 Unit Operations for Separation and Processing of Municipal Solid Wastes

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National Examination, May 2014 — 04-Env-A6 / 18-Env-A6, Solid Waste Engineering and Management. 3 hours duration, closed book, no calculator, one letter-sized aid sheet permitted. All 22 questions constitute a complete paper (100 marks total).

Reference texts: Tchobanoglous, Theisen & Vigil, Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues; Vesilind, Worrell & Reinhart, Solid Waste Engineering; Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (6th ed.); CCME, Guidance Document on Landfill Gas Management; Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.