Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy

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current research priorities

- Thermal and biological waste treatment as well as international waste and recycling management - High-quality energy recovery from residual materials through biogas generation and thermal utilization - Recycling of mineral waste materials and fibers - Characterization of transport, degradation and retention processes for pollutants and residual materials - Management of material flows and the development of circular economy strategies on the way to a sustainable and climate-neutral society.

The content of our study course

Master's program Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment: Waste management covers all activities related to the prevention, reduction, recycling and disposal of waste originating from industry, commerce, services, households and the public sector. Contaminated sites are defined as sites and decommissioned facilities, which, as a result of previous human activities, have adverse health or environmental changes to the soil or groundwater due to contamination with pollutants.

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LABORATORY OF THE INSTITUTE

Our modern institute laboratory enables a broad range of analytical services. The essential inorganic and organic sum and individual parameters, which are necessary for pollutant characterization of groundwater and soil samples, can be determined in the laboratory. This includes the determination of heavy metal contents and microbiological investigations.

WELCOME TO OUR INSTITUTE

The Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy was established in September 1995 by the joint initiative of the Chair of Waste Management and the Chair of Groundwater and Soil Remediation.

The institute represents a branch of the TUD Dresden University of Technology as being located on the picturesque Elbe River banks in Pirna-Copitz (about 25 km SE of Dresden). On the site in Pirna the institute consists of modern laboratories, lecture rooms and large spatial capacities for research activities.

Since the activities of the two chairs have been united, a broader spectrum of environmental aspects can be covered. This is reflected in multidisciplinary approaches from natural sciences, engineering and economics of waste management and remediation of contaminated sites. Especially the interdisciplinarity of our research topics plays a major role in the specialized education of our students.

The name of the Institute was until 2015 "Institute for Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment".

Education

The institute offers a study course for Master degree in Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment. Further lectures are offered among others for students of Urban Water Management, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering with Business Studies, Geography, Biology and Informatics.

Chair of Waste Management and Circular Economy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christina Dornack
Head of the Institute

Waste to Energy
Biogas, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF), Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL) production, increase in efficiency

Materials and circular flow
Efficiency of resources, improved recycling, minimisation of pollutant transfer

Problems of Recycling Management of materials and matters
Origin, release, transport and effects of pollutants, risk assessment and long term behaviour of contaminants