Waste management and recovery

This subject aims to train students in the different waste generated by society, in its integral management and in the possible treatment routes both current and under development.
Knowing how to decide whether a material is a waste or not in accordance with the legislation.
Know the classifications of waste based on the different criteria.
Know the framework and specific regulations for waste streams
Know the hierarchy of waste management
Know and know what analytical techniques can be applied in the life cycle of a product, including the stages outside the management plant (before entering), and in the same plant or plants.
Know and know what analytical techniques should be applied to apply them in optimal management

Waste, regulations, dangerousness, LER coding. Waste management and treatment plant. Types of waste. Analytical tests of a waste for its characterization. Analytical tests of a waste to select the optimal management. Waste management hierarchy. From waste to product. Organizations with responsibility for waste

Topic I. Introduction and regulations
Presentation and basic concepts of waste. Waste characterization: physical, chemical, thermal and biological properties. Waste problem. Classification according to its origin and danger. Waste coding and European Waste List. Organisms with responsibilities in the matter of waste. Hierarchical levels of waste management.
Topic II. Waste management and treatment plant
Residuous generation. Packaging and labeling of hazardous waste. Waste management sector. Waste treatment facilities. Comprehensive solid waste management systems. Productive technological process. Off-site and on-site stages. Treatments: thermochemical, physical, chemical, physicochemical and biological. Analytical tests of a waste for its characterization. Analytical tests of a waste to select the optimal management
Topic III. Industrial waste
Origin and causes of the generation of industrial waste. Classification of industrial waste. Industrial waste management. Prevention and valorization. Clean production. Waste management in the food industry. Residues from the dairy, meat, wine, fruit and vegetable and olive industries. Introduction to the management of industrial hazardous waste. Hazardous waste treatment systems.
Topic IV. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Introduction to MSW. Applicable legislation. Origin and classification. Composition and characterization. Management of MSW. Non-biodegradable materials treatment and recycling operations. Composting and bio-methanization of the organic fraction. Other recovery operations: Incineration, pyrolysis and gasification. MSW spillways: characteristics, types, location considerations, closure and gas and leachate control.
Topic V. Agricultural, livestock and forestry residues
Applicable legislation. Classification, generation and availability of agricultural, forestry and livestock waste. Valuation operations. Waste from agricultural and forestry industries. Management of phytosanitary and plastic containers for agricultural use. Valorisation of agricultural and forestry residues.
Topic VI. Special waste
General introduction to special waste. Construction and demolition waste. Mining waste. Wastewater treatment sludge. Sanitary waste. Other special waste.
Topic VII. Recovery of contaminated soils
Soil. Characteristics of pollutants and contaminated soils. On-site and off-site remediation techniques. Physical-chemical management treatment. Post-treatment techniques. Soil bio-recovery: in solid phase and in suspension phase.

Basic literature
Colomer Mendoza, F.J. Tratamiento y gestión de residuos sólidos. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 2007. ISBN: 9788483630716.
Ullmann, F. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley, 2000. Online ISBN: 9783527306732; DOI: 10.1002/14356007

Complementary literature
Banco Mundial (Rand, T. Haukohl, J. Marxenc, U.) Municipal solid Waste Incineration. Requirements for a Succesful Project, Madrid: MundiPrensa, 2000. ISBN 9780821346686.
Levin, M., Gealth, M. A. (Eds.) Biotratamiento de Residuos Tóxicos y Peligrosos. Nueva York: Ed. McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 84-481-1130-3.
Marañón Maison, E. Residuos industriales y suelos contaminado. Gijón: Universidad de Oviedo, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2000. ISBN 84-8317-240-2.
Moreno, J.; Moral, R. (Eds.). Compostaje. Madrid (etc.): Mundi-Prensa, 2008. ISBN 9788484763468.
Nemerow, N.L., Dasgupta, A. Tratamiento de vertidos industriales y peligrosos. Madrid: Díaz de Santos, D. L., 1998. ISBN 84-7978-337-0.
Niessen, W. R. Combustion and Incineration Processes. New York: Marcel Dekker, cop. 2002. ISBN 0-8247-0629-3.
Rodríguez Jiménez, J.J., Irabien Gulías. A. Los residuos peligrosos: Caracterización, tratamiento y gestión. Ed. Síntesis, Madrid. 1999. ISBN: 84-7738-703-6
Wang, L.K., Hung, Y-T., Lo, H.H. & Yapijakis, C. Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007. ISBN 0849375746 (alk. paper).
Elías, X. Tratamiento y valorización energética de residuos. Ed. Díaz de Santos. 2005. ISBN: 9788479786946.
LaGrega, M. D.; Buckingham, P. L.; Evans, J. C. Gestión de residuos tóxicos. Tratamiento, eliminación y recuperación de suelos. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, D.L. 1998. ISBN 84-481-0712-8.
Tchobanoglous, G.; Theisen, H.; A. Vigil, S.A. Gestión integral de residuos sólidos. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, D.L. 1998. ISBN 84-481-1830-8.

In this subject the student will acquire the following competences:
BASIC AND GENERAL
Specific skills
CE5 - Correctly assess the risks and the environmental and socioeconomic impact associated with special chemical substances
CE6 - Design processes that involve the treatment or elimination of hazardous chemicals
Basic skills
CB8. That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CB9. That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
General competences
CG3. Assess responsibility in the management of information and knowledge in the field of Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Research
CG.4. Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning and to communicate and transmit knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of industrial chemical engineering.
CG6 - Correctly apply the new technologies for collecting and organizing information to solve problems in professional activity
CG8 - Assess the human, economic, legal and technical dimension in professional practice, as well as the impact of chemistry on the environment and on the sustainable development of society.
Transversal competences
CT1. Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT2 - Work in a team and adapt to multidisciplinary teams.
CT4 - Appreciate the value of quality and continuous improvement, acting with rigor, responsibility and professional ethics

The master class will be used to develop much of the agenda. The seminars (interactive classes) will basically be devoted to conducting case study sessions and preparing homework and assignments individually or in groups.
The Learning Management System (Moodle) will be used as a communication tool with students, offering them information about the teaching program throughout the course in class and complementary materials for the study of the subject (teacher's notes and scientific-technical articles). Promote the student's autonomous study and the management of bibliographic sources in English. Some of the thematic problems will be carried out using a spreadsheet (Excel).
The possibility of a technical visit to a waste treatment plant to witness some of the activities developed in waste management explained in class will be evaluated.
The tutorials will be carried out in person.

The competencies to be achieved with each activity are:

Activity …………………………… Modality …………………… Competences
Lecture ………………………… Expository ………………… CE5, CE6, CB8, CB9, CT4
Exercises …………… Interactive Seminar… CG3, CG4, CT1, CT2, CE6
Case study ……………………………… Group tutoring …………………… CG3, CG8, CT1, CT2, CT4, CE5

The student's grade is the weighted average of the performance obtained in a) the exam (55% of the grade), b) the work in class (30% of the grade) and) group tutoring (15% of the grade). Attendance to group tutorials will be considered mandatory.
The technical visit (if carried out) will be evaluated by means of a questionnaire that will be given to the students on the day of the visit, which they must complete during the visit and deliver at the end of the visit. The evaluation of this work will be included in the one corresponding to the classroom assignments (b).
To take into account the scores obtained in sections b) and c) in the final grade, it will be necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 40% in the exam.
Before taking the exam, students will know the grades obtained in sections b) and c). A student who does not take the exam will be considered a no-show.
In the case of not passing the course in the First Chance (June), the student will be evaluated again from section a) in the Second Chance (July) and the grades of sections b) and c) will be saved.

In the event of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulation for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of grades will be applied.

The competences to be evaluated are the following:
Activity …………………………… Competences
Master lesson ………………………… CE5, CE6, CT1, CT2, CT4
Participation …………………………… .. CG 3, CG.4, CG6, CG 8, CT. 1, CT 2, CT 4
Technical visit …………………………. …… CT 4
Exam …………………………………… .. CT 8, CB 9, CG. 4, CT1

The memory of the degree includes an estimate of 51 hours of study and personal work of the student, which added to the 24 contact hours represent 75 hours of workload for this subject.

It is recommended to attend the class and use the Learning Management System for the subject.

Language: The subject will be taught in Spanish or Galician, but bibliography in English may be used to carry out work or consult information
It is necessary to use the Learning Management System.