Hazardous Waste Management

The course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of hazardous waste management and recycling technologies designed to minimize adverse environmental impacts. Students will become familiar with the specific requirements of hazardous waste management arising from the properties of hazardous substances, as well as with treatment and recycling technologies that can reduce or eliminate their harmful effects on human health and the environment.

Students acquire the knowledge required to understand the nature and characteristics of hazardous waste, the specific requirements for its safe handling, and contemporary approaches to hazardous waste management. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to handle hazardous waste safely and understand the design criteria applicable to temporary and permanent hazardous waste storage facilities.

I L/E Introduction to the course and familiarization of students with the course content

II L/E Legislation governing hazardous waste management in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union, with particular emphasis on the Basel Convention

III L/E Definition and classification of hazardous waste and its hazardous properties

IV L/E Physical, chemical, and other relevant properties of hazardous waste

V L/E Hazardous waste transportation systems and vehicles used for hazardous waste transport

VI L/E Hazardous waste recycling methods and recycling technologies

VII L/E First mid-term examination

VIII L/E Selection of containers for hazardous waste storage

IX L/E Design of temporary hazardous waste storage facilities

X L/E Design of permanent hazardous waste disposal facilities

XI L/E Site selection for hazardous waste disposal facilities

XII L/E Types of mining waste and tailings. Design and site selection of mine tailings disposal facilities

XIII L/E Hazardous waste treatment and destruction methods

XIV L/E Financial implications of proposed hazardous waste management measures

XV L/E Second mid-term examination

XVI Final examination

XVII Final semester verification and recording of grades

XVIII–XXI Additional consultations/classes and supplementary examination period

1. Pešević, D., Waste Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, 2022.

2. Jakšić, B., Ilić, M., Hazardous Waste Management, Grafomark, Banja Luka, 2000.

3. Stojanović, O., Stojanović, N., Kosanović, Đ., Chemical and Technological Handbook 4: Harmful and Hazardous Substances, IRO RAD, Belgrade, 1984.

4. Stanisavljević, M., Technologies for the Treatment of Wastewater and Industrial Hazardous Waste, Monograph, Požarevac, 2010.

Class attendance – 5 points
Class participation – 5 points
Seminar paper – 10 points
Mid-term examinations I and II – 15 + 15 points
Final examination – 50 points
Total – 100 points

Teaching is delivered through theoretical lectures, laboratory and field exercises, the preparation of a seminar paper, and mid-term examinations/tests. In addition, consultations with the course instructor and teaching assistant are provided as an additional form of student support and learning.