CE 4610: Solid Waste Engineering

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Department
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Category
Category II (offered at least every other Year)
Units 1/3

This course will provide an overview of municipal solid waste (MSW) engineering with specific attention to municipal solid waste quantities and characteristics, refuse collection systems, landfilling, recycling and material processing, pollution prevention, biological processing, and energy recovery.
Students may not receive credit for both CE 461X and CE 4610.

Recommended Background

Basic knowledge of general chemistry (CH 1010, CH 1020 or equivalent), differential equations (MA 2051 or equivalent), fluid mechanics (ES 3004 or equivalent), thermodynamics (ES 3001, or equivalent), and Environmental Engineering (CE 3059).