THT340 Resource Recovery - Advanced Course

The first iteration of this course is planned for the academic year 2025/2026, and builds in particular on the courses THT280 and THT291. The teaching is structured around seminars and case studies. A list of preliminary potential topics are:

• Source separated wastewater: Rehabilitation and development of new sites
• Waste from the aquaculture industry
• Solid (organic) waste companies
• Food processing industry
• Use of organic polymers in water/wastewater treatment
• Reuse potential of recovered materials, constraints (law and regulations/environment/health/economics)
• Recent research approaches
• Use of various software to assess sustainability, health, environmental impact and cost in the circular economy perspective
• Oral (seminar) and written reporting