Solid waste management

Course contents

Waste:
- Waste reduction
- Primary measures
- Secondary measures
- Mechanical waste treatment plants
- Biological waste treatment plants
- Thermal waste treatment plants (incl. flue gas purification)
- Waste storage/disposal sites
- Types of disposal sites and technologies
- Contaminated sites
- Exploration, examination, evaluation and remediation
Excursions (e.g. to AVE Wels or Lenzing)
Recycling of:
- Waste paper
- Waste glass
- Plastic
- Iron, steel, scrap metal
- as well as current trends in recycling technology

Department

Bachelor's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering