Waste managment EE1205

Lectures:Legislation and regulation in field of waste utylisation. Source and characteristics of waste. Possibilities of waste utylisation. Landfill's localisation, site-selection criteria. Quantity and quality of leachate and landfill gas. Design of barier layers and landfill cover. Leachate treatment. Principles of monitoring for waste utylisation system.
Project: Design of simple landfill with full equipment for chosen administrative district/unit.

Term 2013Z:

Lectures:
Legislation and regulation in field of waste utylisation. Source and characteristics of waste. Possibilities of waste utylisation: landfilling, composting, incineration. Landfill's localisation, site-selection criteria. Quantity and quality of leachate and landfill gas. Design of barier layers and landfill cover. Composting of waste. Waste combusting. Principles of monitoring for waste utylisation system.

Project:
Design of simple landfill with full equipment for chosen administrative district/unit.

(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu

(in Polish) Obowiązkowy

Course coordinators

Izabela Tałałaj

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes:
student: can describe the processes occuring in the various methods of waste disposal
is able to assess the environmental impact of landfill
can design a object of waste utylisation
is able to work in a team

Assessment criteria

lecture - written koloquium/exam;
project - completion, presentation and discussion of the project

Bibliography

Bogchi A. Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management. John Willey and Son, New York 2004.
Carville M., Robinson H. Leachate treatment. Waste Management World. United Kingdom. 2005.