Disposal of Hazardous Waste

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Associate teachers

Status of the course

Course objectives

- Acquiring knowledge about the sources, types and amounts of hazardous waste materials
- The possibility of permanent and environmentally safe management of hazardous wastes
- Recycling and getting of new products

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the cours Exercises in Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam, the student is expected to know:
- Substances that make hazardous waste,
- Definitions and law prescribed limits
- Sources, types and amounts of hazardous wastes
- Recycling and getting of new products
- Permanent and environmentally safe disposal

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Week 1: introduction, legislation on hazardous waste, environmental impact
Week 2: sources, types and labeling of hazardous waste, the UN numbers
Week 3: transportation of hazardous waste, road, rail, ship and air
Week 4: technological processes which produce harmful waste products
Week 5: production, storage, installation and remains inorganic binders and building
materials
Week 6: oily waste, types, options for reuse or safe disposal methods
Week 7: construction waste, recycling and disposal opportunities
Week 8: assessment (1st colloquium);
Week 9: technological processes using industrial waste as raw material
Week 10: technological processes of solidification and stabilization of industrial
waste materials
Week 11: physico-chemical methods of characterization of wastes
Week 12: hydration and optimization of additives in cement matrix
Week 13: test methods for new construction products with addition of industrial
waste - use value
Week 14: methods of testing new products with industrial waste-ecological
acceptability - leaching tests (leaching)
Week 15: Final comments, discussion, conclusions. assessment (2nd colloquium).

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Student responsibilities

Attending lectures in the amount of 80%, and laboratory exercises in 100% of the total number of lessons.