Course: Waste Management

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Course title Waste Management
Course code KAES/QODPA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Perná Kristýna, Mgr. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Complex resume information on wastes origins, classification, processing and utilization. Wastes depositions and detoxication. Possibilities of contamination of environment by harmful substances contained in wastes. Agricultural wastes, their anaerobic digestion and use in energetic and for fertilization. Analytics in waste processing. Waste classification and division, evaluation of wastes, recycling, communal wastes, industrial wastes, disposal of wastes, contamination of soils. Anaerobic degression of agricultural wastes to CH4, used for electricity production. Use of organic and mineral wastes to fertilizer production. Organization of waste management, waste management informatics in the CR and in the world, transport of wastes, detoxication of wastes. Radioactive wastes, manipulation with them, deposition and disposal.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
  • Class attendance - 12 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to orient in law orders on wastes, to evaluate wastes, to know possibilities of their processing and utilization.
Ability to orientate in legal regulations on waste, their evaluation, knowledge of the possibilities of their processing and use.
Prerequisites
Perfect knowledge of secondary school subject matter.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Seminar work

Attendance at lectures Developing a seminar topic
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