Gaining the knowlagde in the field of waste management focused on waste treatment and disposal. Learning about specifics of design of facilities and locations for waste treatment and disposal taking into account the bast practice recommendations. Students acquire knowledge in planning and construction design of landfill body, leachate collection and treatment facilities, landfill gas collection, treatment and utilization and other objects located in the centers for waste management.

The knowledge acquired is used as the basis for further development in specialized subjects.

Specifics of waste management in developing countries and the situation of waste management in the world. The choice of location for the landfill, the mathematical models of evaluation factors for the selection of a landfill site. Design of the bottom cell landfill operations at the landfill closure landfill. Collection and treatment otpadih water. Biochemical processes of formation of landfill gas collection and treatment of landfill gas, construction of gas combustion deonijskog. Advanced systems for waste treatment, composting, anaerobic digestion, combustion of waste. MFA as a tool for determining the flow of raw materials from waste.

Classes are performed in the form of interactive lectures, auditory and computer exercises. Lectures present the theoretical part of the material accompanied by characteristic examples for easy understanding of the study material. Auditory exercises consist of characteristic tasks and detailed study of study material. In addition to lectures and exercises consultations are regularly performed. Part of the material, which makes a logical unit, can be taken during the teaching process through tests. Each test can be taken into account and through written test. Exam score is based on: the presence of the lectures and exercises (auditory and computer), the success of tests and written exam (combined tasks and theory).