Students will learn ecological and economical consequences as well as appropriate alternatives to conventional treatment of organic wastes, focusing integrated solution and concepts. Therefore, biological processes in soil, composting and anaerobic digestion will be the main topic of the course. Based on general roles, biological basics, entropic discussions and efficiency definition, specific technologies and combined or integrated processes will be taught. Seldom-used technologies, foreign developments and innovative own research concepts are presented. Students learn recycling of organic wastes in the context of sustainable material management and learn to develop systematic solutions. Topics are, e.g.

• Basics of biology
• Degradation principles of organic substances in soil and waste
• Contaminate soils and sites
• Identification, evaluation and remediation of contaminate soils
• Microbiological remediation processes