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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Basic methods of waste utilization

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-0005/01
Abbreviation ZMVO
Course title Basic methods of waste utilization
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The basic terms of circular economy.
Legislation in waste management.
Basic methods of waste utilization.
Basic recycling technologies of common waste.
Alternative ways of waste utilization.
Possibilities of waste utilization from a technological point of view.
Possibilities of waste utilization from ecological and economic point of view.
Limiting aspects of waste utilization.
Utilization rate of selected waste.
Raw materials saving, sustainability.
Material flows.
Circular economy.

Literature

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 .
ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.

Advised literature

GHOST, Sandham K., Ed. Circular Economy: Global Perspective. Springer, 2020, 453 s. ISBN 978-981-15-1051-9 .
NORDBERG, G. Handbook on the toxicology of metals. Burlington: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-369413-3.