Environmental Studies and E-Waste Management BCS508
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Module 1 Overview
Ecosystem and Sustainability:
Ecosystem: Structure of Ecosystem, Types: Forest, Desert, Wetlands, Riverine, Oceanic ecosystems.
Sustainability: 17SDG targets and possible actions.
Self-Study Component (SSC): Components of the environment.
Textbook 1: CH- 3, e-resource:1
Module 2 Overview
Natural resources and Energy:
Natural Resources: Water resources - Availability & Quality aspects, Water borne diseases & water induced diseases, Fluoride problem in drinking water.
Energy: Different types of energy, Conventional sources & Non -Conventional sources of Energy, Solar energy, Wind Energy, Hydrogen as an alternative energy
Self-Study Component (SSC): Alternative Energy sources
Textbook 1: CH- 2
Module 3 Overview
Environmental Pollution:
Environmental Pollution: Water Pollution, Noise pollution, Air pollution (Sources, Impacts, Preventive measures and Public Health Aspects.
Self-Study Component (SSC): Case studies of air pollution episodes
Textbook 1: CH- 5
Module 4 Overview
Waste management:
Waste management: Solid Waste Management , types and sources, functional elements of SWM, Biomedical Waste Management - Sources, Characteristics
Environmental Legislation: Solid Waste Management Rules,2016, Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
Self-Study Component (SSC): Case studies on waste management options
Textbook 1: CH- 6, e-resource:2
Module 5 Overview
E - Waste Management
E- waste; composition and generation. Global context in e- waste; E-waste pollutants, E waste hazardous properties, Effects of pollutant (E- waste) on human health and surrounding environment, domestic e-waste disposal, Basic principles of E waste management, Component of E waste management.
E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011; and E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 - Salient Features and its implications.
Self-Study Component (SSC): E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules, 2023, 2024
Textbook 1: CH- 6, Textbook 2: CH-2, e-resource:3
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Credits for BCS508: 01.
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