ECTS
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Course code: IISS10093o15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Waste Management
Major: Environmental Engineering
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Alicja Czamara
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students - Contact person: dr inż. Andrzej Pawłowski
Learning outcomes: Knowledge Student has a basic knowledge of: the principles of organization and planning of waste management, legal basis, classification of waste, technical capabilities of collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste, principles of construction and operation of landfills and facilities. Skills Student can determine the amount, sources and ways of dealing with waste, make a balance and forecast of amount of municipal waste and analyze the waste management in the workplace, adjust the existing waste management system to current requirements.
Competences: Student recognizes the importance of waste management for sustainable development, understands the need of avoiding generation of waste, their use and reducing of amount of waste deposited in landfills.
Prerequisites: -
Course content: The legal basis for waste management. Classification, physical, mechanical and chemical properties of waste. Forecasting of quantities of waste. Reducing the amount of waste. Waste management in local government units. Separate collection and segregation of waste. Composting of waste. Collection and transportation of waste. Thermal utilization of municipal waste. Hazardous waste. Landfills: the types, location, construction and operation. Landfills reclamation.
Recommended literature: 1. Bilitewski B., Härdtle G., Merk K., 2006: Podręcznik gospodarki odpadami, teoria i praktyka, Wydawnictwo „Seidel-Przywecki" Sp. z o.o., Warszawa. 2. Czamara A., Kowalski J., Molski T.: Hydrogeologia inżynierska z podstawami gruntoznawstwa. Skrypt AR we Wrocławiu nr 504, Wrocław 2005. 3. Leboda R., Oleszczuk P., 2002: Odpady komunalne i ich zagospodarowanie. Zagadnienia wybrane. Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin. 4. Praca zbiorowa pod redakcją P. Szyszkowskiego. 5. Rosik-Dulewska Cz., 2012: Podstawy gospodarki odpadami, PWN, Warszawa. 6. Obowiązujące akty prawne (Krajowy Plan Gospodarki Odpadami, Ustawa o odpadach i powiązane z nią ustawy i rozporządzenia).
Assessment methods: Passing classes based on score from projects and tests, prepared forecast of waste amount and presentation of the concept of building a landfill for the selected community. Written exam. Final score is calculated as a 50% of exercise score and 50% of lecture score.
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