Terminated in academic year 2008/2009

Waste Management

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0310/02
Abbreviation	HOSO
Course title	Waste Management
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Barbora Lyčková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. The main objectives of waste management
3. Waste Legislation
3.1 Environmental Legislation
3.2 Waste Management Legislation
4. Types of waste
4.1 Municipal waste - characterization, separate collection, disposal options
4.2 Waste from industry - characteristics, use and disposal options
5. Landfill - construction of landfills, design elements, reclamation
6. Waste processing technologies
6.1 Biological methods of waste treatment - composting, anaerobic digestion, biodegradation
6.2 Thermal Methods
6.3 Physical and chemical methods

Literature

Waste recycling / edited by Zbigniew Wzorek ... [et al.]. - Kraków : Wydawnictwo Instytutu Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN, 2005 - 202 s. : il. ISBN 83-89174-83-9

Advised literature

Waste management practices : municipal, hazardous, and industrial / John Pichtel. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2005 - 659 s. : il. ISBN 0-8493-3525-6 (váz.)

Waste treatment in the process industries / edited by Lawrence K. Wang ... [et al.]. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006 - ix, 638 s. : il., mapa ISBN 0-8493-7233-X (váz.)978-0-8493-7233-9

Wastes management / published on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management. - Northampton : IWM Business Services, 1982-2006

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