Subject(s): Biogas -- Recycling -- Refuse and refuse disposal. -- Integrated Waste Management -- Introducing municipal solid waste management : Classification of solid wastes, SWM -- Waste generation aspects : Waste stream assessment (WSA), waste generation and composition, waste characteristics, health and environmental effects, status of waste generation in Bangalore -- Waste collection, storage and transport : Collection components, storage- containers/collection vehicles, collective operation, transfer station, waste collection system design, record keeping, control, inventory and monitoring, implementing collection and transfer system, case of Bangalore -- Waste disposal : Key issues in waste disposal, disposal options and selection criteria, sanitary landfill, landfill gas emission, leachate formation, environmental effects of landfill, waste disposal -- Waste processing techniques : Purpose of processing, mechanical volume and size reduction, component separation, drying and dewatering -- Source reduction, product recovery and recycling : Source reduction- basics, significance of recycling, planning of a recycling program, recycling program elements, commonly recycled materials and processes, source reduction and recycling in Bangalore -- Recovery of biological conversion products- compost and biogas : Composting, biogasification, composting and biogasification- environmental effects -- Incineration and energy recovery : Planning an incineration facility, incineration technologies, refuse derived fuel (RDF) system, modular incineration, fluidized-bed incineration, energy recovery, air emission and its control, environmental concerns -- Hazardous waste- management and treatment : Identification and classification, Hazardous waste management and treatment, pollution prevention and waste minimization, hazardous wastes management in India -- Integrated waste management (IWM) : basics of IWM, waste management modeling, benefits of IWM in developing economies, life cycle assessment (LCA), public education and involvement