Courses Catalogue

Waste And Waste Management

Course Code: MCB 414
Credit Unit: 2
Academic Programme: Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology
Faculty: Microbiology
Status: Elective
Programme Type: Bachelor

Course Description

Causes of wastes generation (industrialization, population explosion etc.) Classification of wastes and their effects on the environment e.g. disease spread, breeding sites for mosquitoes, flies, insects vectors and dirty environment etc, wastes of food industries and different methods of waste disposal and their suitability or otherwise, effluent wastes treatment and conversion of wastes or utilization as raw material, recycling, gaseous wastes control, federal laws regarding generation and disposal of wastes