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18-Env-A6 Solid Waste Engineering and Management: December 2018

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  1. Question 1 Description and Significance of Key MSW Management Terms
  2. Question 2 Composting Process, Odour and Product Quality
  3. Question 3 Sanitary Landfill Cross Section and Design Methods
  4. Question 4 Landfill Gas Composition and MSW Composition Analysis
  5. Question 5 The Five Phases of Landfill Decomposition

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National Examination, December 2018 — 18-Env-A6, Solid Waste Engineering and Management. 3 hours duration, closed book (one aid sheet permitted, written on both sides). Question 1 is compulsory; candidates were instructed to attempt any three of the remaining four questions — all five are answered in full below as a complete study resource.

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.