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Learning outcomes
Effectively communicate fundamental principles of resource recovery to non-specialists
Analyse, quantify, trouble-shoot and optimise waste/wastewater treatment processes
Critically evaluate how technologies may be combined, modified, and utilized to meet specific waste treatment objectives
Design the basic scale and operation of the primary physical, chemical and biological waste treatment processes
Effectively communicate with waste/wastewater professionals on resource recovery issues
Identify and develop leadership strengths through an industry focused project that demonstrates effective resource recovery principles and sound ESG practices for MSW, C&I or C&D wastes
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1. Resource Recovery
• Integrated waste management – where are we now?
• 3-Rs or 5-Rs?
• Circular Economy – can waste be avoided through product design?
• Types of Solid Waste and Their Characteristics
o Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
o Commercial & Industrial Waste (C&I)
o Construction & Demolition Waste (C&D)
o Mining and Agricultural Wastes
2. Waste Characterization
• Quantity determination
• Composition and its determination
3. Logistics of the Solid Waste Industries
• Collection
• Transportation
• Processing solid wastes
• Life cycle analysis – towards Circular Economy
4. Physical Separation of Waste Solids for Source Reduction and Recycling
• Paper, Metals, Plastics Recycling, Glass Container Recycling, etc.
• Recycling of paper, metals, plastics, glasses, etc for solid waste source reduction and recycling.
• Separation techniques by size, density, magnet, infrared sorting, etc.
• Energy required in recycling processes
5. Biological Treatment of Solid Wastes
• Aerobic processes (composting & vermicomposting)
• Anaerobic processes (biogas and biomethane)
6. Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT) of Solid Wastes
• Incineration
• Gasification
• Pyrolysis
• Hydrothermal carbonization
• Energy recovery and by-products from ATT
7. Management of Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW)
• Construction and demolition industries
• Building design and construction methods – reducing waste
• Case studies in product and market developments
8. Wastewater Management
• Generation and characteristics
• Domestic – greywater, blackwater, yellow water
• Municipal and community scale
• Industrial
• Transition in developing countries
9. Wastewater Treatment
• Physical processes
• Biological process
• Chemical processes
• Biosolids (Physical, chemical & biological treatment processes)
10. Wastewater Recycling & Reuse
• Resource recovery from wastewater treatment
• Treated water, nutrients, biogas, biosolids, etc.
• Energy from wastewater – microbial fuel cells
11. Hazardous Waste & Management
• Household, industrial, commercial, agricultural
• Characterization and generation
• Treatment, transport, storage, disposal
• Minimization + case study: detox your home
12. Beyond resource recovery
• Circular Economy – what does it mean in practice?
• Zero waste society