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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Environmental Engineering

SBA001 Waste Management 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter III

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
K Grennberg Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
SBE007 or SBE003 and KMK004 or corresponding courses.

COURSE AIM
To give the student knowledge about different types of waste, their treatments and the possibilities for recycling.

CONTENTS
Survey of different types of municipal and industrial waste. Organisation of collection, transport and treatment of municipal, hazardous and other kinds of waste. Landfill technology. Legislation. Economics. System considerations. Agenda 21.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS
Project work 1.50ECTS
Laboratory work and study visit 0.75ECTS
Written exam 3.75ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H. & Vigil, S.A. 1993.
Integrated solid waste management. Engineering principles and management issues.
Mc Graw-Hill, Inc. ISBN 0-07-112865-4.
Kompendium i restproduktteknik. Division of Waste Managenment acd Recycling.
Literature in connection with the project work.

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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