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Ideas for waste – development of waste recycling procedures
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PIUS – search for potential in enterprises to save resources and costs
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Mass flow analysis and mass flow control
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Analysis and evaluation of pollutants in the environment
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Development of sealing systems for landfill surfaces
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Costs-by-cause charge system in the waste industry
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Project studies (waste engineering and resource management)
The professorship for Waste and Resource Management is attached to the Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resource Management (ILR) at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen since 1995. Its integration in the "Agricultural Science, Nutrional Science and Environmental Management" department offers the possibility to analyse the utilisation cycles of vegetable and animal food.
Objectives In its teaching and research, the professorship pays particular attention to the accumulation of pollutants in the recovery substance cycle and the resilience processes of material cycles by focussing on the analysis of chemical and microbiological processes in order to establish a sustainable mass flow management.
Tasks The main focus of the professorship for Waste and Resource Management lies on the analysis, optimisation and, where applicable, the closure of material cycles. It also deals with current issues such as resource and cost efficiency or costs-by-cause charge systems in the waste industry. In this context, the repository system as well as site assessment and site decontamination are important application fields. The ecological evaluation and optimisation of production processes for manufactoring enterprises and service providers also belongs to its portfolio.
Exemplary Reference Projects Pollutant Unit Scheme to Evaluate Redevelopment Measures for Industrial Sites Development of a pollutant unit scheme to evaluate redevelopment measures for industrial sites (Infraserv GmbH, Frankfurt-Hoechst) Recycling Method for Synthetic Mineral Fibre Waste in the Brick Industry Development of a recycling method for synthetic mineral fibre waste in the brick industry (Wool.rec. GmbH, Braunfels-Tiefenbach) Degradation Behaviour of Surface and Aircraft Deicers in the Soil and in Sewage Plants Evaluation of the degradation behaviour of surface and aircraft deicers in the soil and in sewage plants (Fraport AG, Frankfurt am Main)
Infractructure Chemical Analysis: ICP-MS, GC-MS, HPLC, IC, TOC and DOC measurement, microwave et al. Biological Analysis: BSB, CSB, breathability (AT4) et al. Physical Analysis: Procter density, porosity, pore size distribution, screen analysis, gas diffusion et al. Test Facilities: Tipping troughs, greenhouses, climatic chamber
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