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Waste Treatment Technology - AM240004

Title:	Waste Treatment Technology
Guaranteed by:	Department of Environmental Chemistry (240)
Faculty:	Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual:	from 2019 to 2023
Semester:	summer
Points:	summer s.:5
E-Credits:	summer s.:5
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:3/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	Kubal Martin prof. Dr. Ing. Šír Marek Ing. Ph.D.
Classification:	Chemistry > Environmental Chemistry
Incompatibility :	M240004
Interchangeability :	M240004, N240004
Is incompatible with:	M240004
Is interchangeable with:	M240004

Examination dates Schedule

This subject contains the following additional online materials

E-learning course

Annotation -

Providing skills in the field of waste collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal, with special amphasis on to solid waste - both municipal and industrial. The main aim of the course is to enlighten the state of the art in waste management and treatment technology, organizational and legislative developments and practices of handling solid wastes within the Czech Republic and Europe.

Last update: Kubová Petra (12.04.2018)

Course completion requirements -

Written test + Team project + Assignments

Last update: Šír Marek (05.02.2023)

Literature -

Williams P.T., Waste Treatment and Disposal, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2005, ISBN: 0-470-84912-6

Sarkar A., Singh R.P., Waste Management : Challenges, Threats and Opportunities, Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2015, ISBN: 1634821505

Wang L.K., Hung Y.T., Lo H.H., Yapijakis C., Waste Treatment in the Process Industries, CRC Press, 2005, ISBN 9780849372339

Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial, 2nd Edition; CRC Press; (February 26, 2014); ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781466585188

Handbook of Solid Waste Management, 2nd Edition; McGraw Hill; (July 13, 2002); ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071356231

Implementing the Circular Economy for Sustainable Development, 1st Edition; Elsevier; (December 10, 2020); ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780128217986

Plastics in the Circular Economy, 1st Edition; De Gruyter; (March 22, 2021); ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783110666755

E-waste Recycling and Management: Present Scenarios and Environmental Issues, 1st Edition; Springer; (June 14, 2019); ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783030141837

Electronic Waste: Recycling and Reprocessing for a Sustainable Future, 1st Edition; Wiley; (March 21, 2022); ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783527344901

Biotechnology for Zero Waste: Emerging Waste Management Techniques, 1st Edition; Wiley-VCH; (January 18, 2022); ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783527348985

Last update: Šír Marek (05.02.2023)

Syllabus -

1. Waste generation and types of waste

2. Waste landfill

3. Biological treatment of waste

4. Waste management and Landfill gas

5. Physical and chemical treatment of waste

6. Thermal Treatment of Waste

7. Specific handling of waste, e-waste

8. Processing of plastic waste

9. Waste and pollution - environmental issues

10. Identification of waste composition

11. Circular economy and bioeconomy

12. International waste legislation, Product - Waste relationship

13. Case studies - Waste treatment

14. Team project, Assignments

Last update: Šír Marek (05.02.2023)

Learning resources -

https://e-learning.vscht.cz/

Last update: Šír Marek (10.05.2018)

Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to apply technical knowledge learned within the course to numerous professional activities, including mainly construction and operation of waste treatment facilities.

Last update: Kubová Petra (12.04.2018)

Registration requirements -

no prerequsities

Last update: Kubová Petra (12.04.2018)

Teaching methods
	Activity	Credits	Hours
	Účast na přednáškách	1.5	42
	Práce na individuálním projektu	1	28
	Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování	2.5	70
		5 / 5	140 / 140

Coursework assessment
Form	Significance
Report from individual projects	30
Examination test	35
Oral examination	35