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Waste Management

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Course Unit Code546-0514/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KUC25doc. Dr. Ing. Radmila Kučerová
CAB72prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.
MUD0002Ing. Jaroslav Mudruňka, Ph.D.
Summary
The course provides the students with basic training in the area of waste
disposal in general. The course deals in detail with the issue of waste
utilization and disposal. The individual lectures focus on thermal processing
of waste, biological methods of waste disposal, composting, waste dumping and
physical-chemical methods of waste disposal.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject Waste Management is a detailed identification of the formation of selected types of waste and their disposal technologies. Based on resources it will be possible to evaluate and determine suitability of material utilization for each type of waste, including application of their handling.
Course Contents
1. Basic legislation of waste management
2. Municipal waste, collection, use
3. Waste from industry – disposal of industry-waste – possibilities of further utilization
4. Waste from mining and quarrying, waste from raw material preparation
5. Waste from metallurgical industry
6. Waste from energetics; Radioakctive waste – waste management
7. Waste from construction industry
8. Sampling of waste
9. Transport of hazardous waste
10. Biological methods of waste processing
11. Thermic methods of energy utilization and disposal of waste
12. Waste landfilling
13. Physical-chemical methods of waste disposal
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
REDDY, P. Jayarama. Municipal Solid Waste Management [online]. CRC Press, 2011 [cit. 2019-06-20]. DOI: 10.1201/b11435. ISBN 9780429217333.
LOTTERMOSER, Bernd G. Mine wastes: characterization, treatment and environmental impacts. 3rd ed. New York: Springer, c2010. ISBN 978-3-642-12419-8.
Hazardous industrial waste treatment / edited by Lawrence K. Wang ... [et al.]. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007 - ix, 516 s. : il. ISBN 978-0-8493-7574-3.
Industrial waste treatment / editor Nelson Leonard Nemerow. - Burlington : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007 - xx, 561 s. : il. ISBN 978-0-12-372493-9.
HLAVATÁ, Miluše. Odpadové hospodářství. 1. dotisk vyd. Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2006. 174 s. ISBN 80-248-0737-8.
REDDY, P. Jayarama. Municipal Solid Waste Management [online]. CRC Press, 2011 [cit. 2019-06-20]. DOI: 10.1201/b11435. ISBN 9780429217333.
ČABLÍK V., FEČKO P., LYČKOVÁ B. Multimediální učební texty zaměřené na problematiku nakládání s odpady. Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2004, CD.
Odpadové fórum : Odborný měsíčník o odpadech a druhotných surovinách. České ekologické manažerské centrum . 2000- , roč. 1, č. 1- . Praha : CEMC, 2000- . 1 x měsíčně. Dostupný z WWW: . ISSN 1212-7779.
Recommended Reading:
RADA, Elena Cristina. Solid waste management: policy and planning for a sustainable society. Toronto: Apple Academic Press, [2016]. ISBN 978-1771883740.
CHANG, Ni-Bin a Ana PIRES. Sustainable solid waste management: a systems engineering approach. Hoboken, New Jersey: IEEE Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1-118-96454-5.
POPOV, V., H. ITOH a C. A. BREBBIA. Waste management and the environment VI. Boston: WIT Press, c2012. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. ISBN 9781845646066.
REWAS 2008 : Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste, Treatment and Clean Technology : proceedings of the 2008 Global Symposium on ..., held October 12-15, 2008 in Cancun, Mexico [elektronický zdroj ]/ / edited by B. Mishra, C. Ludwig, and S. Das ; organized by TMS ... [et al.]. - Warrendale : Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, c2008. ISBN 978-0-87339-726-1 (CD-ROM).
RADA, Elena Cristina. Solid waste management: policy and planning for a sustainable society. Toronto: Apple Academic Press, [2016]. ISBN 978-1771883740.
KURAŠ, Mečislav. Odpady a jejich zpracování. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86832-80-7.
BOTULA, Jiří. Odpady z těžby a zpracování surovin. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2013. ISBN 978-80-248-3319-4.
Odpady : Odpadové hospodářství, ekonomika životního prostředí. ECONOMIA a. s. 1996- , roč. 1, č. 1- . Praha : ECONOMIA a. s., 1996- . 1x měsíčně. Dostupný z WWW: . ISSN 1213-7693.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 19
        ExaminationExamination67 34