546-0339/04 – Introduction to Waste Management (ÚdOH)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Environmental EngineeringCredits5
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2006/2007Year of cancellation2006/2007
Intended for the facultiesHGF, FMTIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
CAB72 prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.
HER238 Ing. Mariana Herková
KON536 Ing. Ester Konečná
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 6+6

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Knowledge of waste management in terms of their removal and their efficient material and energy recovery. Ability to distinguish different approaches, to estimate and find best solutions for a specific problem of waste management. Students will be able to obtain information for work experience, demonstrate a general overview and evaluate the problem. Compare different approaches and the practical site of them. Being able to produce results and solve the task independently. Demonstrate ability to communicate (active both writing and speaking), manage technical terminology.

Teaching methods

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Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)

Summary

The course provides students with basic information on the issue of waste economy and waste disposal. The students are acquainted with legal regulations concerning waste economy, prevention of waste formation, its effective material and power-producing utilization. Students are also informed about the following: the most important methods of disposal of the individual types of industrial waste and municipal refuse, individual technological procedures, such as collection, sorting and purchase of waste. Syllabus: Basics of Waste Economy Legal Regulations in Waste Economy Waste Economy Terminology Waste Formation and Characteristics Waste Disposal

Compulsory literature:

Circular economy and sustainability. Volume 2: Environmental Engineering. Editor Alexandros STEFANAKIS, editor Ioannis NIKOLAOU. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2022. ISBN 978-0-12-821664-4. DIAZ, Luis F, M DE BERTOLDI and Werner BIDLINGMAIER, ed. Compost science and technology. 1st ed. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2007 - xvi, 364 pp. ISBN 978-0-08-043960-0. Industrial waste treatment / editor Nelson Leonard Nemerow. - Burlington : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007,- xx, 561 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-372493-9. WILLIAMS, P. T. Waste Treatment and Disposal. Wiley, Second Edition. 2005. Available from: Book.

Recommended literature:

PICHTEL J. Waste Management Practices : Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2005. 659 pp. ISBN 0-8493-3525-6. EVANS, G. Biowaste and Biological Waste Treatment. London: James & James, 2001. xxi, 194 s. ISBN 1-902916-08-5. Hazardous waste management / Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham, Jeffrey C. Evans. - 2nd ed.. - New York: McGraw-Hill, c2001 - xxvi, 1202 s. : il. ISBN 0-07-039365-6. STONER, D. L. (ed.). Biotechnology for the Treatment of Hazardous Waste. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 1994. 232 s. ISBN 0-87371-613-2.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

During the exercises there will be a test to control the acquired knowledge, students will present their project, which is thematically focused on issues lectured. During lectures students and teachers will discuss diverse topics. At the end of semester written and oral exam.

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Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Basic of Waste Management Legislation in waste management Waste Management Terminology Establishment and characterization of waste (municipal waste, industrial waste, waste from mining and mineral processing, waste from metallurgical plants, waste from nuclear and non nuclear energy, waste from food industries, waste from agriculture, waste from glass and ceramic industries, scrap wood and paper industry, waste from textile and leather industry, waste from medical facilities, waste from construction). Waste management (landfill waste, thermal waste disposal methods, biological methods of waste treatment) Packaging Collection and purchase of waste Sampling Transport of dangerous goods (waste)

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