Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Introduction to Waste Management

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0339/02
Abbreviation	ÚdOH
Course title	Introduction to Waste Management
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.

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)

Literature

Circular economy and sustainability. Volume 2: Environmental Engineering. Editor Alexandros STEFANAKIS, editor Ioannis NIKOLAOU. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2022. .
LETCHER, T. M. and VALLERO, Daniel A. (eds.), 2011. Waste: a handbook for management. Amsterdam: Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier. .
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. .

Advised literature

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.
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.

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