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Waste and secondary raw materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-2030/01
Abbreviation OaDS
Course title Waste and secondary raw materials
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to waste
2. Basic definitions and distribution of waste
3. Legislation in the field of waste management
4. Waste versus raw material
5. Production and composition of waste
6. Waste management
7. Collection and collection of waste
8. Methods of evaluation and disposal of waste
9. Waste processing and recycling
10. Recycling of municipal waste
11. Processing of biomass
12. Composting
13. Landfills
14. E-waste recycling

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

RAMACHANDRA RAO, S. R. Resource Recovery and Recycling from Metallurgical Wastes. Elsevier, London, 2006. ISBN 978-0-08-045131-2.
GHOST, Sandham K., Ed. Circular Economy: Global Perspective. Springer, 2020, 453 s. ISBN 978-981-15-1051-9 .