After successful completion of the course, students are able to..
- analyze the legal situation of waste management systems
- design waste sampling campaigns based on statistics
- establish waste management concepts for industries
- analyze and evaluate waste management processes and systems
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Historical view on waste management and current situation: European and national laws and standards; waste types, amounts and properties; characterisation methods for waste (incl. sampling and sampling theory); important recycling and disposal technologies (thermal treatment, mechanical and biological treatment, recycling, and landfilling). In addition to technical aspects of waste management also economic and ecological aspects are presented and discussed.
ATTENTION: The lecture starts at 12:30 pm
On March 7th, 2023 from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. the presentation of our master's courses will take place in seminar room AD 03 - 1.
Participation in this presentation is not mandatory.
Additional information
If, due to the requirements of the federal government or the TU Wien, it is not possible to hold the course and the examination or parts of the course in attendance, the format will be switched to online. . When switching to the online format, the following methods and modes apply:
Method when switching to online format:
Recordings in TUWEL, zoom meetings
Exam mode when switching to online format:
Written, under supervision (Zoom Meeting)
Assessment scheme for the online exam:
See “exam modalities”; no change by switching to online format
Required technical equipment for participation in the course and examination:
Device with internet access (notebook, PC, tablet, smartphone)
Certificate of achievement:
See “exam modalities”; no change by switching to online format
For a positive grading, both, the exercises (usually 4 different exercises) as well as the written exam, need to be passed. For the grading, the results of the exercises and the final exams are weighted in a ratio of 40:60.
