Sustainable Materials Management - Recycling, Downcycling and Upcycling

Sustainable Materials Management is a systemic approach to using and reusing materials more productively over their entire lifecycle. By looking at a product's entire lifecycle, new opportunities can be found to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce costs. The course presents and defines concepts related to recycling, downcycling and upcycling concepts, as well as available recycling technologies.

Completing this course will equip you to:

• Identify techniques, technologies and manufacturing processes to deal with waste
• Recognize the requirements of sorting and preparation of recycled materials
• Recognize the requirements of manufacturing processes and quality control of recycled materials
• Select the standards and regulations on waste applicable to recyclates

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