The course aims to illustrate the technical-scientific fundamentals on the recovery of (material and energy) resourses from (municipal and special) waste. The course is properly organized in the perspective of the environmental and territorial implementation of the sustainable and circular economy.

· Sustainability, UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), circular economy, sustainable use of resources, primary and secondary raw materials.

· Integrated, sustainable, and circular waste management: definitions and typologies (residential, commercial and institutional, industrial, agricultural waste), compositional analysis, characterization (approaches and methods), generation, EU and IT strategies and regulations.

· Prevention and preparing for reuse of waste.

· Material recovery from waste: separate collection (systems and organization), mechanical treatment (unit processes), composting of biomass and organic waste, recycling of paper/cardboard, plastic, glass, metals, and waste electric and electronical equipment, urban mining.

· Energy recovery from waste: biomethane (by anaerobic digestion) and other biofuels from biomass and organic waste, biochemical methane potential tests at lab-scale, thermal treatments (incineration, pyrolysis, and gasification), solid fuels from waste.

· Management of unsorted residual municipal waste: mechanical-biological treatment (biostabilization and biodrying).

· Landfilling in the integrated management of waste: concepts and challenges, landfill gas (generation, collection, and energy recovery), landfill leachate (water balance in a landfill, leachate collection and management), monitoring of landfill gas diffuse emissions with the accumulation chamber method, landfill mining. 

· Management and recovery of construction and demolition waste.

· Challenges of waste management and climate change mitigation.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures.

Course books

"Schemes of Lessons" (in Italian) and possible "Handouts" distributed during the course (inside the Moodle platform).

Recommended reading:

• Christensen T.H. (Ed.), 2010, Solid waste technology and management, Volumes 1 and 2, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK. 
• d'Antonio G., Fabbricino M., 2019, Impianti di trattamento dei rifiuti solidi urbani. Elementi di progettazione e modalità di esercizio, Rogiosi Editore, Napoli.
• De Feo G., De Gisi S., Galasso M., 2021, Rifiuti solidi. Progettazione e gestione di impianti per il trattamento e lo smaltimento, Prima ristampa, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Palermo.
• Grosso M., Montani M.C., 2015, Dove vanno a finire i nostri rifiuti? La scienza di riciclare, gestire, smaltire gli scarti, Collana Chiavi di Lettura (a cura di Vozza L.), Zanichelli Editore, Bologna.
• Serranti S. (a cura di), 2022, Scienze della sostenibilità. Energia, Risorse, Città, Acqua, Ecosistemi, Diritto, Zanichelli Editore, Bologna.

Assessment

The assessment of learning requires an oral test to verify the student's preparation to address thematic issues regarding the material and/or energy recovery from diversified tipologies of waste.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

The same of attending students.

Course books

"Schemes of Lessons" (in Italian) and possible "Handouts" distributed during the course (inside the Moodle platform).

Recommended reading:

• Christensen T.H. (Ed.), 2010, Solid waste technology and management, Volumes 1 and 2, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK. 
• d'Antonio G., Fabbricino M., 2019, Impianti di trattamento dei rifiuti solidi urbani. Elementi di progettazione e modalità di esercizio, Rogiosi Editore, Napoli.
• De Feo G., De Gisi S., Galasso M., 2021, Rifiuti solidi. Progettazione e gestione di impianti per il trattamento e lo smaltimento, Prima ristampa, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Palermo.
• Grosso M., Montani M.C., 2015, Dove vanno a finire i nostri rifiuti? La scienza di riciclare, gestire, smaltire gli scarti, Collana Chiavi di Lettura (a cura di Vozza L.), Zanichelli Editore, Bologna.
• Serranti S. (a cura di), 2022, Scienze della sostenibilità. Energia, Risorse, Città, Acqua, Ecosistemi, Diritto, Zanichelli Editore, Bologna.

Assessment

The assessment of learning requires an oral test to verify the student's preparation to address thematic issues regarding the material and/or energy recovery from diversified tipologies of waste.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.