Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering University University of California at Davis Davis, California Aesthetic, land-use, health, water pollution, air pollution, and economic con-siderations make proper solid waste management an ongoing concern for INCINERATION Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of solid waste at 1000C. This solid waste compactor offers better compaction compared to a conventional compactor as it allows utilization of up to 95-99% of the space in the compactor. collection of waste from communal bins, storage points or collection of solid waste from the source of generation and transportation of waste to the final disposal site, but more often it involves transportation to communal collection bins or points, processing or transfer station. BV series Smart Dual Compactor is made locally in Singapore. /c.d.). To introduce the reader to the solid waste management field, an overview of municipal solid waste problems, sources, collection, resource recovery, and disposal methods are presented in this paper. materials for reuse from the waste stream of municipal solid waste. Compaction characteristics of municipal solid waste (MSW) were determined in the laboratory and in the field as a function of moisture content, compactive effort, and seasonal effects. Waste layers are subjected to compaction and subsequently coated with an earth layer. Do you have PowerPoint slides to share? Solid waste has a heat- ing value about half that of coal and a sulfur content about one- tenth that of presently utilized coal. If so, share your PPT presentation slides online with PowerShow.com. Soil that is non-porous is preferred to mitigate the vulnerability of accidental leakage of toxic chemicals. It includes a lot of different processes like size reduction, classification, separation and compaction. Study Session 9 Storage, Collection, Transfer and Transport of Solid Waste Introduction. Landfills should be created in places with low groundwater level and far from sources of flooding. country each year. It is defined as ; Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, junk) is any unwanted or useless materials. The PowerPoint PPT presentation: "Solid Waste Collection and Transport" is the property of its rightful owner. This increases the efficiency of rubbish collection per trip, resulting in cost reduction in many processes. Proper technique for solid waste compaction consists of shredding the waste into small pieces, pushing it to mix it, placing it to fill voids and, finally, compacting it to maximize the tonnage of waste using a minimum of space in the landfill. This is Stage 1, which you learned about in Study Session 7. The major physical characteristics measured in waste are: (1) density (2) size distribution of components and (3) moisture content. 5 Solid Waste Management GEORGE TCHOBANOGLOUS, Ph.D. Municipal solid waste consist of--- household waste construction and demolition debris sanitation residue waste from streets With rising urbanization and change in life style and food habits ,the amount of municipal solid waste has been increasing rapidly and its composition changing. Secondary Collection. The ash is mostly formed by the inorganic constituents of the waste and gases due to organic waste. the heat generated by incineration is used to generate electric power. 5.2.1 Size Reduction Size reduction is the transfer of objects, in this case waste, into smaller particles. Oxygen is essential to combustion. Objective(s): To describe the tasks and logistics of MSW collection, to analyze collection systems, and to become familiar with the principals and theory behind the use of transfer stations Goals: Understand problems and concerns associated with MSW collection. Compare and contrast privately and publicly operated systems. A project underway in St. Louis indicates that it is feasible to use ground munici- pal solid waste as a supplementary fuel for a coal-fired power plant. 6 Waste Disposal Methods. Information and data on the physical characteristics of solid wastes are important for the selection and operation of equipment and for the analysis and design of disposal facilities.