813101 Waste management and waste disposal


Type
Lecture
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2023
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

TOPICS OF THE COURSE:
Introduction, examples showing the situation, relevant law, volume of waste, separate collection, waste avoidance, food waste, waste from electric and electronical equipment, material recycling and energy recovery, secondary materials, biowaste, compost, environment protection, old bioreactor landfills for untreated waste, thermal treatment, residues of thermal treatment, mechanical biological treatment, modern landfilling of waste, aftercare measures, remediation of landfills

Previous knowledge expected



Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Teaching of basics and relationships of the wide area of waste management including current problems and solutions from research and practice. Attending this course should enable the student to understand the status quo of waste managemetn in Austria and Europe und to hve the basic skills to adress current and future waste management challenges.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.