Application of recycling technologies

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	653-3041/01
Abbreviation	ART
Course title	Application of recycling technologies
Credits	2
Coordinating department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Characteristics of selected types of waste
- Possibilities of waste utilization, recycling
- Methods of processing selected types of waste
- Selected recycling technologies
- Possibilities of subsequent use of secondary raw materials for further production
- Application of recycling technologies to specific types of waste
- Metals recovery from metal and metal-containing waste
- Assessment of the suitability of use of selected waste treatment technology from a technological point of view
- Assessment of the suitability of use of selected waste treatment technology from an economic and ecological point of view
- Limiting factors for use of waste as a secondary raw material
- Proportion of utilization of selected wastes, legislative requirements
- System of circular economy
- Environmental problems related to waste generation

Literature

WORRELL, E. a M. A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. .
RAO, S. R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-045131-4.

Advised literature

ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.
NORDBERG, G. Handbook on the toxicology of metals. Burlington: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-369413-3.

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