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18-Env-B5 Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management: May 2017

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  1. Question 1 Plan of Action for a Land-Constrained 50% Expansion
  2. Question 2 Process Design Variables for Five Unit Processes
  3. Question 3 Establishing Waste Generation Rates for a New Widget-Manufacturing Plant
  4. Question 4 Managing Biomedical Wastes — Liquid vs. Solid
  5. Question 5 Managing Waste Pharmaceutical Products
  6. Question 6 Handling a Bio-Inhibitory Compound When Biological Treatment Is Otherwise Preferred
  7. Question 7 Minimum Nutrient Requirements for Biological Treatment
  8. Question 8 When to Select a Physical-Chemical Treatment Train
  9. Question 9 Four Properties of a Hazardous Waste
  10. Question 10 Three Strategies to Minimize Improper Disposal of Household Hazardous Waste
  11. Question 11 Five Strategies to Reduce Industrial Waste Strength
  12. Question 12 Biggest Challenges in Managing Biomedical Waste
  13. Question 13 Eliminating Small Quantities of Hazardous Waste from Municipal Solid Waste
  14. Question 14 Plug-Flow vs. Complete-Mix — Good Choice Examples
  15. Question 15 Common Water Quality Problems in Cooling Tower Systems
  16. Question 16 Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment for a Seasonal Production Industry
  17. Question 17 Managing Treatment and Disposal of Liquid Radioactive Wastes
  18. Question 18 COD and TOC of an Ethylene Glycol Wastewater
  19. Question 19 Administration of the National Biomedical Waste Guideline

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Reference texts: Nemerow & Dasgupta, Industrial and Hazardous Waste Treatment, 2nd ed.; Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery, 5th ed.; Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 6th ed.; LaGrega, Buckingham & Evans, Hazardous Waste Management, 2nd ed.; CCME, Guidelines for the Management of Biomedical Waste in Canada (1992); Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999; Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) regulations on radioactive waste under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act; provincial hazardous waste regulations (e.g. BC's Environmental Management Act and Hazardous Waste Regulation).