Hazardous waste

HAZARDOUS WASTE

Specific Assignment Requirements

The development of hazardous waste treatment technologies has focussed on thermal methods. Choose ONE particular method of advanced thermal treatment, such as

plasma,
gasification,
pyrolysis or
SCWO
and

Critically review the current state of the technology for hazardous waste treatment.

You should include:
a) Outline of the technology and its development
b) Applicable wastes and treatment efficiencies
c) Recent research
d) Barriers to uptake
e) How it contributes to driving up the waste hierarchy

The following Learning Outcomes and Key Skills will be assessed:

a) assess the chemical, physical and biological risks associated with a variety of hazardous wastes,
b) evaluate UK and EU legislation concerned with hazardous waste collection, transport,
c) determine the appropriate technique for the treatment of a given type of hazardous waste,
e) articulate and evaluate alternative strategies for solving a problem,
g) distinguish facts from values, evidence from opinion and reason logically,