Waste Management I

1. Basics of waste economy (reasons of formation, sources and occurrence of
waste, waste disposal).
2. Municipal refuse.
3. Waste from the chemical and metallic industries.
4. Waste from the leather manufacturing and textile industry, from glass
plants and the building industry.
5. Scrap from mechanical and power engineering. Waste water treatment sludge.
6. Waste from extraction, transport, processing and utilization of oil.
7. Radioactive and sanitary waste.
8. Residues from agriculture and forestry. Food-processing industry waste.
9. Dumping.
10. Reclamation.
11. Contamination and decontamination of soil.
12. Biological disposal of waste.
13. Thermal disposal of waste.
14. Physical and chemical methods of waste disposal.
15. New directions in waste economy (low-waste and non-waste technologies, potential prevention of waste formation).

Practice:

1.,2. Legislation in the area of waste economy.
3.,4. Practical calculations – collecting distance
- collection vehicle load
- number of available bins
5.,6. Field trip to a municipal dump.
7.,8. Waste transport – transports’ duties and transport of hazardous waste
- preparation of records in compliance with legal
regulations
9.,10. Field trip to FNsP hospital (disposal of sanitary waste, sanitary waste
incinerator).
11.,12. Preparation of operational-handling rules of a dump, permit process.
13.,14. Field trip - biodegradation.
15. Expert films, credit.