335 Introduction To Waste Management (3)
Overview of issues in waste management. Nature and classification of waste.
Municipal solid waste: disposal methods, design, construction and maintenance
of sanitary landfills. Nature and sources of hazardous waste, storage,
transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste. Types and sources of
nuclear waste; disposal of high level and low level nuclear wastes. Sources,
nature, handling and disposal of biologic waste. Pollution prevention,
recycling and resource conservation. Prerequisites: Env Sci 110R, Geog 150,
Geol 220 or instructor's permission. Offered: On demand