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18-Env-A6 Solid Waste Engineering and Management: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 Definitions
  2. Question 2 Leachate Treatment Processes
  3. Question 3 Problems Associated with Landfilling
  4. Question 4 Variables Governing Landfill Gas Production
  5. Question 5 Factors Affecting Landfill Gas Production
  6. Question 6 Methods to Estimate Municipal Refuse Quantities
  7. Question 7 Hazards Posed by Methane Emissions from LFG
  8. Question 8 Post-Closure Plan Considerations
  9. Question 9 Waste-to-Energy Feasibility Assessment for an Industrial Park
  10. Question 10 Landfill Project Risk Analysis
  11. Question 11 Landfill Design and Operational Plan
  12. Question 12 When Source Separation Is Warranted
  13. Question 13 Waste Generation Rate and Composition Study
  14. Question 14 Steps in the Composting Operation
  15. Question 15 Key Process Inputs for Healthy Compost
  16. Question 16 Landfill Mining
  17. Question 17 Data Sources for a Seasonal Community's Waste Strategy

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National Examination, May 2016 — 04-Env-A6 / 18-Env-A6, Solid Waste Engineering and Management. 3 hours duration, closed book, one non-communicating calculator (Casio or Sharp), one letter-sized aid sheet permitted. All 17 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.