653-3038/01 – Materials recycling and circular economy (RMCE)

Gurantor department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling	Credits	2
Subject guarantor	doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Optional
Year	1	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2022/2023	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	FMT	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master

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Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
MAL37	doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Graded credit	2+0
Part-time	Graded credit	6+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

- student will be able to define basic terms from the field of circular economy - student will be able to describe principles of circular economy - student will be able to describe basic technologies of processing common types of waste - student will be able to assess the ratio of waste utilization

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Project work

Summary

Předmět je zaměřen na problematiku oběhového hospodářství, maximalizaci využívání odpadů jako druhotných surovin a minimalizaci tvorby odpadů. Výuka bude probíhat formou prezentací s následnou diskusí k danému tématu.

Compulsory literature:

GHOST, Sandham K., Ed. Circular Economy: Global Perspective. Springer, 2020, 453 s. ISBN 978-981-15-1051-9. STAHEL, Walter R. The Circular Economy: A User’s Guide. Routledge, 2019, 102 s. ISBN 978-0-367-20014-5. WORRELL, E. a M. A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. ISBN 978-0-12-396459-5.

Recommended literature:

ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6. FRANCO-GARCÍA, M.-A., CARPIO-AGUILAR, J. C., a H. BRESSERS, Ed. Towards Zero Waste: Circular Economy Boost, Waste to Resources. Springer International Publishing, 2019, 273 s. ISBN 978-3-319-92930-9. NORDBERG, G. Handbook on the toxicology of metals. Burlington: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-369413-3.

Additional study materials

Study supports in the EduDocs system

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Progress tests, final test, seminar work.

E-learning

Other requirements

Complete all given tasks: Progress tests, final test, seminar work.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Waste management, waste, waste utilization, recycling. Circular economy. The basic terms of circular economy, product life cycle. Renewable, non-renewable resources, raw materials saving, sustainability. Reduction of waste generation, consumption of raw materials and energy. Material flows. Overview of basic technologies for common types of waste processing. Examples of specific waste treatment technologies. Upcycling, downcycling, urban mining. Limiting factors for use of waste as a secondary raw material. Utilization rate of selected waste, EU requirements. The system of circular economy in practice. Current environmental problems related to waste generation. Social responsibility. Tools to reduce waste generation.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2022/2023 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Graded credit	Graded credit	100	51	3

Mandatory attendence participation: Passing tests, elaboration of seminar work.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Completion of all compulsory tasks within individually agreed deadlines.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2024/2025	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner

Assessment of instruction

2023/2024 Winter

2022/2023 Winter