Course: Waste Management

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Course title Waste Management
Course code USSV/PHOO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Baťa Robert, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kříž Radko, Ing.
Course content
Ecological conditions in life of company. Act no. 185/2001 Coll., on waste. Waste categories and its characteristics. Dangerous and toxic waste. Waste occurrence and its evidence in a company. Recycling and use of waste. Waste liquidation. Low-waste technologies. Plan of rational waste management.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The course follows up with the issue of the technology of production and goods and the enterprise theory. Students are acquainted with basic knowledge of ecological conditions in life of company. The accent is put on waste legislation. The course focuses on waste categories, its occurrence, recycling and liquidation. Furthermore, the attention is paid to rational company management and treatment with waste.
Student will be able to find a structure in some topics in waste management in public administration and privat sector.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on economy, management and law. Basic knowledge of chemistry and physics (student should have an idea about the names of some basic chemical elements and composition of certain simple chemical compounds. It would also be familiar with commonly used physical units and their conversions).

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Work-related product analysis, Systematic monitoring

Examination granting is conditioned by attendance at seminars.
Recommended literature
  • Zákon č. 185/2001Sb., o odpadech, ve znění pozdějších předpisů..
  • BENEŠ, B. Odpadové hospodářství. Praha: Verlag Dashöfer, 2006..
  • Kizlink, Juraj. Odpady : sběr, zpracování, zužitkování, zneškodnění, legislativa. Brno: CERM, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7204-884-7.
  • KRAMER, M., URBANIEC, M., OBRŠÁLOVÁ, I. Mezinárodní management životního prostředí I. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005..
  • KRAMER, M., URBANIEC, M., RIETSCHELOVÁ, I. Mezinárodní management životního prostředí II.Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005..


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2014) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2013) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2016) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2015) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter