Waste Management

This course unit covers the management of solid waste and byproducts, whether they originate from industry or local governments. The course outline is as follows:

1. Waste Sources and Characterization
2. Treatment Strategy
3. Recycling and Recovery
4. Landfill
5. Heat Treatments
6. Biological treatments (anaerobic digestion, composting)
7. Radioactive Waste Management

Hourly volumes:

CM: 21

TD: 12

Fields: 12 (2 groups)

By the end of this course unit, students should be able to identify the relevant deposit and then select the appropriate processing method, taking into account all relevant constraints (technical, environmental, economic, and social).

None

Recommended prerequisites:

Knowledge of wastewater treatment systems

Knowledge of waste treatment systems

By the end of this course unit, students will be able to:

- To propose a waste treatment method and provide justification for the choice

- To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of heat treatments

- To explain how a sorting and recycling system is set up

- Describe how the anaerobic digestion system works

- Describe the fuel cycle and explain the radioactive waste treatment system