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Hazardous Waste Management Question Paper

Hazardous Waste Management

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Environmental Health

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE (ENVIRONMENT HEALTH)
HEH 302: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

DATE: FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST 2009 TIME: 8.00AM-10.00AM
INSTRUCTIONS:

1.
Answer ALL questions in section ONE. In section TWO, answer question one and
any other TWO.
2.
Please write your answers LEGIBLY

SECTION ONE: SAQs

1.
Giving examples, describe four characteristics of hazardous waste.
(10 marks)
2.
Compare and contrast cleaner production and industrial ecology with special
reference
to
hazardous
wastes. (10
marks)
SECTION TWO: LAQs
1.
Describe briefly the following hazardous waste treatment technologies and state their
advantages and disadvantages.
a)
Incineration
b) Gasification
c) Pyrolysis
d) Landfilling
2.
Discuss the health implications of poor hazardous waste management.
(15 marks)
3.
Give an account of the management of the following types of wastes.
(15 marks)
a)
Radioactive waste
b)
Health care waste
4.
Giving reasons why some African nations formed Bamako Convention to
counteract Basel Convention, Discuss the roles of Bamako Convention in
respect to trans-boundary movement of hazardous wastes.

(15 marks)
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