Toxic and Hazardous Waste

 

LEARNING OUTCOME

The aim of the course is to make students aware of the categories, properties, threats to public health and human consequences of hazardous and toxic waste and materials, as well as their basic treatment methods.

After the successful completion of the course the students will be able:

• To know the main categories of hazardous and toxic waste, the routes of exposure of the human body and their properties regarding their effects on human health and the environment
• To propose and evaluate technologies for processing these materials, as well as their management methods.

 

 

GENERAL SKILLS

• Project design and management of toxic and hazardous waste treatment and disposal projects
• Respect for the natural environment through the proper management of toxic and hazardous waste
• Search, analysis and data and information synthesis, using the appropriate technologies in matters of health protection from toxic and hazardous waste.

 

CORSE CONTENT

• Properties, consequences for health
• Characterization and categories of toxic and dangerous substances and waste
• Toxic and hazardous materials and waste
• Other cases of toxic and hazardous materials such as household, hospital, agricultural, common use, etc.
• Heavy metals in the environment and their effects on humans due to their long-term presence in recipients
• Radioactive materials
• Dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated, diphenyl etc, emission sources, properties, routes of exposure and their hazard to public health
• Dispersion of toxic substances, routes of human exposure, consequences, hazard analysis
• Dispersion of petroleum products in the environment. Consequences and treatment of oil spills
• Treatment methods (thermal, chemical, physical, biological, stabilization)
• Institutional framework
• Transport of hazardous materials
• Classification and evaluation of chemicals dangerous to Public Health
• Hazardous materials identification systems.

 

STDENT EVALUATION

Evaluation in Greek language

The written final exam includes Multiple-choice questions, Short Answer questions and Development questions

Students, when given the topics, are informed about how to evaluate each group of topics, depending on their degree of difficulty. For the evaluation of students, fullness of answer, clarity, the degree of critical thinking of the student and language proficiency are taken into consideration.

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Γκέκας Β.Χ., Κατσιβέλα Ε.Σ., Φραντζεσκάκη Ν.Ε. Τεχνολογίες επεξεργασίας τοξικών και επικίνδυνων απόβλητων. Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, 2002
• Schnepp R., Gantt P. Επικίνδυνα Υλικά. Εκδόσεις Παρίκου. 1999
• Γιδαράκος Ε. Επικίνδυνα απόβλητα-Διαχείριση και επεξεργασία. Εκδόσεις Ζυγός, 2005
• Παναγιωτακόπουλος Δ.Χ. Βιώσιμη διαχείριση αστικών στερεών αποβλήτων. Εκδόσεις Ζυγός, 2002
• Tchobanoglous G., Kreith F. Εγχειρίδιο διαχείρισης στερεών αποβλήτων. Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, 2010
• LaGrega M.D., Buckingham P.L., Evans J.C. Hazardous Waste Management. 2^nd edition, Waneland Press, Inc, 2001
• VanGuilder C. Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management. Mercury Learning & Information, 2012
• Que Hee S.S. Hazardous Waste Analysis. Government Institutes Inc.,U.S., 1999
• Spellman F.R. Transportation of Hazardous Materials Post-9/11. Government Institutes Inc.,U.S., 2007

Relative scientific journals

• Waste Management
• Journal of Hazardous Materials
• Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
• Hazardous Waste Management
• International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
• Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

 

EUDOXUS

• Διαχείριση Στερεών Αποβλήτων, Κούγκολος Αθανάσιος, Εμμανουήλ Χριστίνα Λεπτομέρειες
• Τεχνολογίες επεξεργασίας τοξικών και επικίνδυνων απόβλητων, Γκέκας Βασίλειος Χ., Κατσιβέλα Ελευθερία Σ., Φραντζεσκάκη Νίκη Ε. Λεπτομέρειες