Solid Waste Management
| Numbering Code |
U-ENG23 33058 LJ77 U-ENG23 33058 LJ16 U-ENG23 33058 LJ17 |
Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Mon.3 | |
| Instructor name |
TAKAOKA MASAKI (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) HIRAI YASUHIRO (Agency for Health, Safety and Environment Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course will study measures used to manage waste generated by household and industrial activities in cities and towns. Students will learn the hierarchical measures used in solid waste management, including waste prevention, reuse, recycling, bioconversion, thermal conversion, and final disposal. We will explain the concept of the 3Cs (Clean, Cycle, and Control) as they relate to hazardous waste and international management systems. We will also introduce strategic case examples for controlling mercury and asbestos waste. The course also covers (1) legal systems used for the definition and classification of municipal solid waste (MSW), (2) basic properties of MSW, (3) management plans and collection/transportation methods for MSW, and (4) basic waste management techniques and systems such as MSW treatment, recycling, and final disposal. | |||
| Course Goals |
The major objectives of the course are: (1) to learn about the waste management hierarchy and the processes of waste prevention, reuse, recycling, bioconversion, thermal conversion, and final disposal; (2) to gain an understanding of hazardous waste definitions and international legal systems on hazardous waste, as well as the 3Cs concept; and (3) to acquire basic knowledge about MSW management plans and the techniques and systems used for MSW collection, transportation, treatment, recycling, and disposal. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1. Resource Consumption and Waste Generation (1) Material Flow, Material Industry (Hirai) 2. Resource consumption and waste generation (2) Flow, stock, and life span of durable consumer goods (Hirai) 3. Definition and classification of waste and legal systems on waste management (Hirai) 4. Collection and transportation of waste (Hirai) 5. Hierarchical waste management (1) Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (Hirai) 6. Hierarchical waste management (2) Composting and biogas production (Hirai) 7. Hierarchical waste management (3) Incineration and energy recovery (Takaoka) 8. Hierarchical waste management (4) Landfill (Hirai) 9. Hazardous waste management (1) Definition and basics of hazardous waste (Hirai) 10. Hazardous waste management (2) Mercury (Takaoka) 11. Hazardous waste management (3) Asbestos (Hirai) 12. Waste disposal costs and waste charging (Hirai) 13. Evaluation and management of environmental impact associated with waste treatment (1) Characterization of waste (Hirai) 14. Evaluation and management of environmental impact associated with waste treatment (2) LCA (Hirai) < 15. Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluating method: examination scores, 60%; report and quizzes, 40%. | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Review on the materials and references distributed. Specified points will be announced in class. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Not specified. Materials and references will be given in class when needed. | ||
| References, etc. | To be announced in class. | |||
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