The Health Aspects of Waste Management

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-HHE-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 20

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: ÁOK ETK GYTK TTK

Topic

Importance of waste treatment and management is unquestionable. Vast amounts of waste is produced every day even in our close environment. The course searches what happens with the the garbage after it is thrown out. The course mainly focuses on the health effects of different types of waste one can get in contact with.

Lectures

  • 1. Basics of waste management - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 2. Main categories of waste - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 3. Waste collection and transportation - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 4. Waste handling - physical and chemical procedures - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 5. Waste handling - physical and chemical procedures - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 6. Biological waste handling - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 7. Waste incineration - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 8. Waste deponation - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 9. Hazardous waste management - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 10. Hazardous waste management - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 11. Waste from Healthcare - Szabó István (Népeg)
  • 12. Other special waste categories - Szabó István (Népeg)

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Lecture slides

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture slides.

Notes

Lecture slides.

Recommended literature

Lecture slides.

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

None.

Mid-term exams

Test after the last lecture.

Making up for missed classes

2x45 minutes of absence is allowed.

Exam topics/questions

Test from the lecture slides.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars