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Materials Recycling

32523

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Description

Course Program

• Current regulations regarding waste management, separate collection, and recycling of materials derived from waste. 
• Types of waste. 
• Waste management. 
• Disposal through landfill, brief notes on landfill construction characteristics. 
• Brief notes on incineration and energy recovery from waste and their environmental impact. 
• Waste recycling. 
• Separate collection. 
• Separation of unsorted waste into partially homogeneous fractions, mechanical-biological treatment of waste. 
• Recycling of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymeric materials. 
• Recycling of metallic materials, with particular reference to steel, aluminum-based light alloys, and copper-based metallic materials. 
• Reuse and recycling of glass. 
• Recycling of paper, cardboard, and packaging. 
• Recycling of debris from construction materials. 
• Recycling of some special waste, including used car batteries. 
• Treatment of the organic fraction of waste: composting.

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ECTS credits

9

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Teaching Language

English/italiano

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Exam Language

English/italiano

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Support Materials Language

English/italiano

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Basic Learning Outcomes

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Managing Entity (faculty)

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (UNICAS)

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