Module 2: Recycling Management
Unit 1 Components of the recycling process
7 Topics
Topic 1 What is waste?
Topic 2 Waste and consumer society
Topic 3 The process of waste management
Topic 4 Importance of preventing waste production
Topic 5 Waste collection and transport
Topic 6 Management of the organic fraction
Topic 7 Management and disposal of other fractions
Unit 2 Pollution. What it is and how to contain it
2 Topics
Topic 1 What is pollution?
Topic 2 Eight different types of pollution
Unit 3 Waste management and sustainability
3 Topics
Topic 1 The need to change mentality
Topic 2 A new approach
Topic 3 Case history: modern w.m. in the Makkah
Further readings
References
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Module 2: Recycling Management
References
Cone M. (2006)
Silent Snow: The Silent Poisoning Of The Artic,
New York: Grove
Hailes J. (2007)
The New Green Consumer Guide, London
:
Simon & Schuster UK
OECD-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (2004) T
owards waste prevention performance indicators
, Paris. Retrieved from:
https://www.oecd.org/env/waste/wastepreventiontowardperformanceindicatorsproceedingsofanoecdworkshop.htm
Information about pollution:
www.ecoland.it
(posts by simonegianpio) and
www.treccani.it
Robinson W.D. (1986)
The Solid Waste Handbook: A Practical Guide
, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Freely usable pictures from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/
https://www.soc.chim.it/sites/default/files/chimind/pdf/2015_3_1_ca.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265142293_La_questione_dei_rifiuti_in_Europa_e_in_Italia
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