Overview of Solid Waste Landfill (Online)
5 hours · $94.95
Description
This professional engineer license renewal PDH course introduces an overview of solid waste landfill design, operation, and performance. This PE PDH course covers the materials related to Site Selection, Site Preparation, Equipment, Operation, Environmental Considerations, Bioreactor Landfill, Landfill Design, Completed Solid Waste Landfills, Solid Waste By-Products and their beneficial use. This PE continuing education course is suggested for civil engineers, environmental engineers, and solid and hazardous waste landfill managers and operators.
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A solid waste (SW) landfill is defined as a land disposal site employing an engineered method of disposing solid wastes on land in a manner that minimizes environmental hazards by spreading the solid waste to the smallest practical volume, and applying and compacting cover material at the end of each day.
Why are landfills important?
Landfills contain garbage and serve to prevent contamination between the waste and the surrounding environment, especially groundwater.
What happens to the trash in a landfill?
Landfills are not designed to break down trash, merely to bury it. That’s because they contain minimal amounts of oxygen and moisture, which prevents trash from breaking down rapidly. So, landfills are carefully filled, monitored and maintained while they are active and for up to 30 years after they are closed.
What is the difference between a dump and a landfill?
A dump is an open hole in the ground where trash is buried and where animals often swarm. Dumps offer no environmental protection and are not regulated.
Course Objectives
After completing this online PDH course, the professional engineer will be able to:
- Describe the requirements for landfill site selection and preparation.
- List the equipment necessary to run a solid waste landfill.
- Explain the operational procedure of solid waste landfill.
- Interpret the environmental considerations for solid waste landfill operation and design.
- Illustrate the types of bioreactor landfills.
- Analyze solid waste landfill components.
- Discuss the beneficial use of solid waste by-products.
- Recognize the software used in solid waste landfill design and operation.
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