Leading university in the course development: al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Contact: Zhanar Shortanbaeva, zhanar.shortanbaeva@kaznu.kz
Course Joining Instructions:
1. Go to the platform
2. Enroll in course
3. Create account
4. Activate your account by selecting the link in the email
6. Start the course
Learning outcomes
After this course students:
- have knowledge in the specifics of waste generation in the process, their composition, properties and environmental impact; directions and methods of recycling for the extraction of valuable components
- can explain engineering and environmental research methods, including methodological, analytical, expert and sociological research
- be able to apply to conduct laboratory research methods
- have knowledge in the research methods on various spatial levels, including methods forming monitoring programs for technogenic deposits and sources of their formation;
Competences obtained by students:
- be able to carry out technological calculations to predict the composition and amount of possible waste when using a given technology for processing raw materials
- be able to analyze the behavior of waste of known composition during its technological processing
Main Topics
- The current state of the system waste management in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Fundamentals of industrial waste processing
- The use of waste paper, wood waste recycling
- Recycling of metals, slags and ash
- Recycling and reuse of electronics products
- Glass waste processing
- Economic and environmental aspects of waste reuse