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Recycling of Non-metallic Materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-2037/01
Abbreviation RNM
Course title Recycling of Non-metallic Materials
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Waste - the basic terms, types of waste. Waste management, legislation in WM.
2. Recycling, recycling technologies of selected types of waste.
3. Treatment and sorting of waste - basic technologies, used equipment. Separation processes.
4. Waste polymers - their distribution, basic sorting and treatment methods of waste processing, common recycling technologies. Description of the secondary raw materials obtained in connection with the use of a specific recycling technology and their possible application.
5. Waste paper – characteristics of waste, basic sorting and treatment methods of waste processing, common recycling technologies. Description of the secondary raw materials obtained in connection with the use of a specific recycling technology and their possible application.
6. Glass waste – characteristics of waste, basic sorting and treatment methods of waste processing, common recycling technologies. Description of the secondary raw materials obtained in connection with the use of a specific recycling technology and their possible application.
7. Waste tires – characteristics of waste, basic sorting and treatment methods of waste processing, common recycling technologies. Description of the secondary raw materials obtained in connection with the use of a specific recycling technology and their possible application.
8. Specific polymers – their characterization, basic sorting and treatment methods of waste processing, possible recycling technologies. Description of the secondary raw materials obtained in connection with the use of a specific recycling technology and their possible application.
9. Textile waste – basic sorting and treatment methods of waste processing, possible recycling technologies. Description of the secondary raw materials obtained in connection with the use of a specific recycling technology and their possible application.
10. Bio-waste - characteristics of waste, possibilities of treatment and utilization.
11. Specific technologies for the treatment of selected types of waste. Other possibilities of utilization of selected types of waste – preparation for reuse, other utilization including energy utilization.
12. Sustainability, circular economy.
13. Possibilities of waste minimization.

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, 2013. 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 .