Objectives and competences
? Students will study the problems about waste in the environment, the emphasis will be on textile waste.
? They will search knowledge about the problems of waste from industry, particularly from the textile industries, about waste statistics and the possibilities of ecological balancing.
? They will study the influences of additives on recycling efficiency
Content (Syllabus outline)
Material fundamentals and polymer recycling (definitions and waste statistic)
Environment and materials
Waste minimisation
Influence of textile industry on environment
Virgin state of delivery, mixed polymers waste industrial waste,
Economic Instruments for encouraging polymer recycling
Structure and properties of elastomers and thermosets
Recycling of textile waste by using conventional and non-conventional methods
Introduction in reprocessing technology (extruding, feedstock recycling)
Learning and teaching methods
Teaching methods_
Systematic lectures
Dialogue
Practical work
Learning methods:
Abstractive conceptualisation
Concrete experience
Active experimentation
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
evaluate the research results about the problems of waste and recycling
• Interpretation of basic knowledge about recycling of polymer materials on real solid waste
• The student will be able to plan and proceed some calculations about technological processes for recycling polymer materials.
• The student will be able to plan technological processes for recycling polymer materials.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
The student will be able to plan technological processes for recycling polymer materials.
Readings
Temeljna literature:
Recycling of Polymers: Methods, Characterization and Applications (2017)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527689002?msockid=102a0932adc166420dd51c1bac6267c8
Dodatna literature:
Recycling and reuse of materials and their products (Let. 3, str. XXI, 239). (2013). Apple Academic Press. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/1962343
Wang, Y. (2006). Recycling in textiles (str. X, 230). Woodhead Publishing; CRC Press. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/27532805
Prerequisits
Knowledge about polymers.
Additional information on implementation and assessment 