| NAME OF THE COURSE |
Solid waste and recycling |
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Course teacher |
Prof Ladislav Vrsalović |
Credits (ECTS) |
5.0 |
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Associate teachers |
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Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Mandatory |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
0 % |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
Students will get the basic knowledge about environmental pollution with solid waste, the causes of its formation and its impact on the environment. They will also learn about the possibilities of solving the waste problems by separating the components of solid waste that can be used as raw materials for production of new usable products or energy production. |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
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Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
After passing the exam the student is expected to know:
- Distinguish types of solid waste.
- Compare methods of waste segregation.
- Present ways of utilization of various types of waste.
- Interpret waste management legislation in Croatia.
- Describe the basic features of communal landfills. |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
1st week: Introduction. Definition of waste and basic terms related to waste. Types and distribution of solid waste.
2nd week: Hazardous waste.
3rd week: Transfer of pollutants through the soil and its interaction with the soil.
4th week: Collection, transport, separation and mechanical processing of solid
waste.
5th week: Getting usable materials from solid waste. Direct recycling and recycling
systems.
6th week: Sanitary waste disposal. Composting.
7th week: Thermal treatment and pyrolysis. (I. partial written exam).
8th week: Energy production from solid waste.
9th week: Production of ethanol end methane from biomass.
10th week: Processing of waste from agro-industry and agriculture. Waste disposal from forestry.
11th week: Management of the pesticides packaging waste.
12th week: Recycling of paper and textile materials.
13th week: Tyres recycling.
14th week: Electrical and electronic waste. Automobile and household batteries.
15th week: Landfills. (II partial writen exam)
LABORATORY EXERCISES:
The beneficial use of citrus peel. Production of ethanol by distillation of fermented grape marc. Production of calcium tartarate. Processing the recycled paper.
Separation and recycling of metallic materials. Fieldwork on landfill Karepovac. |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
Attending lectures in the amount of 80%. Laboratory exercises 100 %. |
Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
1.0 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
1.0 |
Report |
0.0 |
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Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
0.0 |
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Tests |
1.0 |
Oral exam |
1.0 |
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Written exam |
1.0 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
The entire course can be passed by two partial exams during the semester. Passing threshold is 50%. Each partial exam in assessing participates with 50%.
On examination shedule students will have oral exam.
Scoring: - 50% insufficient, 50%-60% - sufficient, 61% -74% - good, 75% -87% very good, 88% -100% - excellent. |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
G. Tchobanoglous, F. Kreith, Handbook of solid waste management, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002. |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
S. Kalambura, T. Krička, D. Kalambura, Gospodarenje otpadom, Veleučilište Velika Gorica, 2011.
N. P. Cheremisinoff, Handbook of solid waste menagement and waste minimization technologies, Butterworth Heinemann, USA, 2003.
M. Kliškić, Kruti otpad i recikliranje, upute za vježbe, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet u Splitu, Split 2000.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
- monitoring of students suggestions and reactions during semester
- students evaluation organized by University |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
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