Subject(s): Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Waste disposal -- Waste processing -- Sanitary landfills -- Integrated waste management -- Introducing municipal solid waste management : ESSWM and EST, waste generation aspects, waste atream assessment, waste generation and composition, waste characteristics, health and environmental effects, status of waste generation in Bangalore -- Waste collection, storage and transport : Collection components, storage, collection operation, transfer station, waste collection system design, monitoring, implementing collection and transfer system -- Waste disposal : Key issues in waste disposal, sanitary landfill, landfill gas emission, leachate formation, environmental effects of landfill, landfill operation issues, waste disposal -- Waste processing techniques : Mechanical volume and size reduction, component separation, drying and dewatering -- Source reduction, product recovery and recycling : Significance of recycling, planning of a recycling program, recycling program elements, material recovery facilities, commonly recycled materials and processes, source reduction and recycling in Bangalore -- Recovery of biological conversion products - compost and biogas : Biogasification -- Incineration and energy recovery : Incineration, planning incineration facilities, refuse derived fuel system, energy recovery, air emission and its control, environmental concerns -- Hazardous waste- management and treatment : identification and classification, management, waste treatment, pollution prevention and waste minimization, hazardous wastes management in India -- Integrated waste management (IWM) : Basic of IWM, life cycle assessment, public education and involvement