Solid Hazardous Waste Management Question Paper

Solid Hazardous Waste Management

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

ENS 405 :
SOLID HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

DATE: FRIDAY 3RD APRIL, 2009

TIME: 8.00 A.M. – 10.00 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question One and any other Three

Q.1
a)
Outline factors that determine whether particular waste is hazardours.

(5 marks)
b)
Outline the physical, chemical and biological treatments that mya be

employed in hazardours waste treatments before disposal. (10 marks)
c)
Discuss the Basel and the Rotterdam Conventions with specific references

to the following
i)
Aim
and
objectives
(2
marks)
ii)
The
control
mechanism

(2
marks)
iii)
The
obligation
of
the
parties.
(2
marks)

iv)
The synergies of the two conventions for harzardours waste management.
(4 marks)

Q.2
Give a critique on how the Kenyan legislation proposes the management of
hazardous
waste.
(15
marks)

Q.3
Outline the risks of increasing electronic waste in developing countries like
Kenya and suggest strategies and initiatives that may be put in place to manage
the waste.

(15 marks)

Q.4
a)
Briefly explain the considerations and major parameters that must be
considered during the design and operation of an incinerator as a
hazardous
waster
treatment
plant.
(8
marks)
b)
Describe the process taking place in a landfill that results in to generation
of leachates and gases and suggest ways of managing these products.
(7 marks)
Q.5
Briefly outline the major sources of the following hazardous waste in Kenya, and
outline the available option for disposal for each:
a) Radioactive waste
b)
Pesticide
residue.
(15
marks)
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