Circular Economy
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 546-0131/01 |
| Abbreviation | CE |
| Course title | Circular Economy |
| Credits | 5 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Environmental Engineering |
| Course coordinator | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. |
Osnova předmětu
1. Circular Economy, definition and benefits, basic concepts
2. European and national legal and strategic framework of the circular economy - Circular Economy Action Plan, ESPR, PPWR, Waste Framework Directive and its current amendments, national Strategic Framework Circular Czech Republic 2040; links to legal and strategic documents
3. Tools in the field of Environmental protection - Ecodesign and sustainable products in the EU – Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), requirements for environmental sustainability of products, durability, reparability, reusability, recyclability, recycled content and digital product passport (DPP); implementing and delegated acts of the ESPR
4. Circular economy in the production process - Material efficiency of production processes; by-products; industrial symbiosis; closing material cycles; remanufacturing, refurbishment and new circular business models
5. Sustainable use of primary and secondary raw materials - Material intensity of the economy; substitution of primary raw materials; secondary raw materials; quality of recyclates; raw material security; strategic autonomy of the EU; environmental and economic context of extraction and processing of raw materials
6. Circular economy in waste management – waste prevention, reuse, recycling, extended producer responsibility; current European framework including PPWR
7. Waste management in the Czech Republic
8. Recycling technology and acquisition of secondary raw materials - Characterization of input materials; mechanical treatment and sorting; physical and physico-chemical separation processes; chemical, hydro- and pyrometallurgical processes; separation efficiency, yield, product purity and quality of the recyclate; technological limits of recycling
9. Energy recovery from waste in a circular economy - the position of energy recovery in the waste management hierarchy; energy-recoverable waste; combined material and energy recovery; environmental and raw material connections; management of residues after energy recovery
10. EU Critical and Strategic Raw Materials – Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1252), EU raw material security, benchmarks for mining, processing and recycling, sourcing of critical raw materials from secondary sources and mining waste, valorisation of closed and abandoned mining waste management facilities
11. Circular economy in construction - construction and demolition waste as a source of secondary raw materials, recycled construction products and aggregates, Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 on construction products, environmental properties and digital passport of a construction product
12. Water in the circular economy - water footprint; efficient use of water; closed industrial water circuits; water reuse; purification and recycling of technological and mining waters; recovery of materials from water and sludge flows; relation to the revitalization of post-mining areas
13. Circular economy and competitiveness of EU industry – Clean Industrial Deal, development of the secondary raw materials market, innovation, industrial symbiosis and the current state of the Circular Economy Act; case studies of the transformation of industrial and post-mining regions
2. European and national legal and strategic framework of the circular economy - Circular Economy Action Plan, ESPR, PPWR, Waste Framework Directive and its current amendments, national Strategic Framework Circular Czech Republic 2040; links to legal and strategic documents
3. Tools in the field of Environmental protection - Ecodesign and sustainable products in the EU – Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), requirements for environmental sustainability of products, durability, reparability, reusability, recyclability, recycled content and digital product passport (DPP); implementing and delegated acts of the ESPR
4. Circular economy in the production process - Material efficiency of production processes; by-products; industrial symbiosis; closing material cycles; remanufacturing, refurbishment and new circular business models
5. Sustainable use of primary and secondary raw materials - Material intensity of the economy; substitution of primary raw materials; secondary raw materials; quality of recyclates; raw material security; strategic autonomy of the EU; environmental and economic context of extraction and processing of raw materials
6. Circular economy in waste management – waste prevention, reuse, recycling, extended producer responsibility; current European framework including PPWR
7. Waste management in the Czech Republic
8. Recycling technology and acquisition of secondary raw materials - Characterization of input materials; mechanical treatment and sorting; physical and physico-chemical separation processes; chemical, hydro- and pyrometallurgical processes; separation efficiency, yield, product purity and quality of the recyclate; technological limits of recycling
9. Energy recovery from waste in a circular economy - the position of energy recovery in the waste management hierarchy; energy-recoverable waste; combined material and energy recovery; environmental and raw material connections; management of residues after energy recovery
10. EU Critical and Strategic Raw Materials – Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1252), EU raw material security, benchmarks for mining, processing and recycling, sourcing of critical raw materials from secondary sources and mining waste, valorisation of closed and abandoned mining waste management facilities
11. Circular economy in construction - construction and demolition waste as a source of secondary raw materials, recycled construction products and aggregates, Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 on construction products, environmental properties and digital passport of a construction product
12. Water in the circular economy - water footprint; efficient use of water; closed industrial water circuits; water reuse; purification and recycling of technological and mining waters; recovery of materials from water and sludge flows; relation to the revitalization of post-mining areas
13. Circular economy and competitiveness of EU industry – Clean Industrial Deal, development of the secondary raw materials market, innovation, industrial symbiosis and the current state of the Circular Economy Act; case studies of the transformation of industrial and post-mining regions
E-learning
Povinná literatura
PATNAIK S., MILLER L. and VIGLIAROLO F. Circular Economy and Sustainable Value Creation through Eco-Innovation. Springer. 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88516-7. ISBN 978-3-031-88515-0 .
SUBIN A.J., CALHOUN J., RENTERIA O.B., MERCADO, P., NAKAJIMA, S. et al. 2024. Promoting a Circular Economy in Mining Practices. Online. Sustainability. 2024. vol. 16, no. 24, p. 11016. ISSN 2071-1050 . Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411016.
SILLANPÄÄ M. and CH. NCIBI. The Circular Economy - 1st Edition. Elsevier. 2019. E-Book. ISBN 978-0-12-815267-6 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-02916-6.
CHARTER, M., ed. Designing for the circular economy. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-08101-7 .
SUBIN A.J., CALHOUN J., RENTERIA O.B., MERCADO, P., NAKAJIMA, S. et al. 2024. Promoting a Circular Economy in Mining Practices. Online. Sustainability. 2024. vol. 16, no. 24, p. 11016. ISSN 2071-1050 . Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411016.
SILLANPÄÄ M. and CH. NCIBI. The Circular Economy - 1st Edition. Elsevier. 2019. E-Book. ISBN 978-0-12-815267-6 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-02916-6.
CHARTER, M., ed. Designing for the circular economy. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-08101-7 .
Advised literature
MAVROPOULOS, A. and A.W. NILSEN. Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet? Publisher:Wiley. 448 pages. 2020. ISBN 978-1119699286 .
KOVACIC, Z., R. STRAND and T. VÖLKER. The Circular Economy in Europe. New York: Routledge, 2020. | Series: Routledge explorations in sustainability and governance: Routledge, 2019. DOI: 10.4324/9780429061028. ISBN 9780429061028 .
European Commission (2020): A new Circular Economy Action Plan. For a cleaner and more competitive Europe. COM(2020) 98 final. Brussels. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:9903b325-6388-11ea-b735-01aa75ed71a1.0017.02/DOC_1&format=PDF
WEETMAN, C. A circular economy handbook for business and supply chains: repair, remake, redesign, rethink. New York: Kogan Page, 2017. ISBN 9780749476755 .
KOVACIC, Z., R. STRAND and T. VÖLKER. The Circular Economy in Europe. New York: Routledge, 2020. | Series: Routledge explorations in sustainability and governance: Routledge, 2019. DOI: 10.4324/9780429061028. ISBN 9780429061028 .
European Commission (2020): A new Circular Economy Action Plan. For a cleaner and more competitive Europe. COM(2020) 98 final. Brussels. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:9903b325-6388-11ea-b735-01aa75ed71a1.0017.02/DOC_1&format=PDF
WEETMAN, C. A circular economy handbook for business and supply chains: repair, remake, redesign, rethink. New York: Kogan Page, 2017. ISBN 9780749476755 .