Winter Semester 2016/17
Waste management (Module 3) EK501
Module content:
Legislation and regulation in field of waste management; Sources and characteristics of waste; Waste analyses methods; Characteristics of waste quantity and quality; Waste collection; Princiles of waste management; Management of special wastes (hazardous); Characteristics of waste management technologies; Possibility of waste minimalisation.
Legislation and regulation in field of waste utylisation.
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.
(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Student:
knows the rules of proper waste management,
is able to describe the system of waste managament with use of literature sources, statistical data and data from institutions,
is able to do a mass balance for waste,
is able to assess the existing waste management system, and to suggest the possible of its improvement,
is aware of the responsibility for his decisions,
is able to prepare a presentation cocerning the waste system,
is able to wark in a team.
Learning outcomes:
The objective in theoretical part is achievment of skills for assessment of waste utylisation system as well as competence in decision making in this field.
The practical objective is knowledge of landfill design for chosen administrative unit.
Assessment criteria
Lecture:
Final exam. One can obtain max. 10 points for exam. The final mark is:
5 - 10 pkt,
4+ - 9 pkt,
4 - 8 pkt,
3+ - 7 pkt,
3 - 6 pkt
Project:
project and its disscussion - 15 points
Bibliography
Bogchi A., 2004. Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management. John Willey and Son, New York
Carville M., Robinson H., 2005. Leachate treatment. Waste Management World. United Kingdom.
McBean E.A., Rovers F.A., Farguhar G.J, 1995. Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design. New Yersey.