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Continuous Assessment Test - II (Assignment) : B.E./ B. Tech. Degree Examination Department of Civil Engineering

1. The document is an exam for a Municipal Solid Waste Management course. It contains 3 parts with multiple choice and descriptive questions. 2. Part A contains 5 short answer questions related to definitions of waste minimization, purpose of onsite processing, need for source reduction, factors for transfer station location selection, and diseases from improper MSW storage. 3. Part B has two long answer questions, one about reducing solid waste with a diagram of a resource recovery facility, and the other involving route planning calculations for waste collection vehicles. 4. Part C asks students to explain 5 innovative global waste management ideas for India and details on construction and demolition waste reuse and recycling. The course outcomes cover sources and

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Continuous Assessment Test - II (Assignment) : B.E./ B. Tech. Degree Examination Department of Civil Engineering

1. The document is an exam for a Municipal Solid Waste Management course. It contains 3 parts with multiple choice and descriptive questions. 2. Part A contains 5 short answer questions related to definitions of waste minimization, purpose of onsite processing, need for source reduction, factors for transfer station location selection, and diseases from improper MSW storage. 3. Part B has two long answer questions, one about reducing solid waste with a diagram of a resource recovery facility, and the other involving route planning calculations for waste collection vehicles. 4. Part C asks students to explain 5 innovative global waste management ideas for India and details on construction and demolition waste reuse and recycling. The course outcomes cover sources and

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B.E./ B. TECH.

DEGREE EXAMINATION
Department of Civil Engineering
Continuous Assessment Test – II
(Assignment)
Subject : Municipal Solid Waste Management
Subject code : EN8591
Year & Sem : IV & VII Max. Marks : 50
Answer all the questions
PART – A (5 X 2 = 10Marks)
1. Define waste minimization. [CO2][R]
2. What is the purpose of onsite processing? [CO2][A]
3. Why is source reduction required in waste management? [CO3][E]
4. Give any two factors to be considered while selecting suitable - location for transfer
station. [CO3][E]
5. Name any two diseases transmitted through improper storage of MSW. [CO3][A]
PART – B (2 X 13 = 26 Marks)
6. What can you do to reduce solid waste? With a neat diagram explain the resource recovery
facility producing various marketable products from municipal solid waste. [CO2][A]

7.(i)Explain the routing guidelines to formulate a suitable route for collection vehicles. Sketch
the routing pattern for one way street collection and three block configuration. [CO3][E] (7)

(ii)Solid waste from a new industrial park is to be collected in large containers (drop boxes),
some of which will be used in conjunction with stationary compactors. Based on traffic studies at
similar parks, it is estimated that the average time to drive from the garage to the first container
location (t1) and from the last container location(t2) to the garage each day will be 15 and 20 min,
respectively. If the average time required to drive between containers is 6min and the one way
distance to the disposal site is 15.5 mi (speed limit:55mi/h), determine the number of containers
that can be emptied per day, based on an 8h work day. Assume the off-route factor, W, is equal
to 0.15. [CO3][E] (6)
PART – C (1 x 14 = 14 Marks)
8.(i)Explain in details about the “5 Cool Waste Management Ideas from the World that India can
adopt”. (8) [CO2][A]
(ii)Explain the about construction & demolition reuse and recycling [CO3][A] (6)
COURSE OUTCOME
L T P C
R 2017 C413 EN8591 Municipal Solid Waste Management
3 0 0 3
C413.1 Able to know the sources and characteristics of solid waste
C413.2 Able to understand the merits of 3R’s
C413.3 Able to gain knowledge on collection, segregation and transfer of MSW
C413.4 Able to understand the different processing methodology for MSW
C413.5 Able to gain knowledge on effective disposal of MSW

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