Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility detailed syllabus for Plastics Technology (Plastics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Plastics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Plastics Technology 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Plastics 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Plastics Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of circular economy and extended producer responsibility is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Emergence of the concept and current definitions- Circular economy and Sustainable development – Global initiatives towards circular economy- Principles of the circular economy- Building Blocks of Circular Economy.
Unit II
ACTION AREAS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY 9
Circular Economy in Production – Consumption – Waste Management – Innovation & Investment – Priority Areas of Circular economy- Plastics – Food Waste – Critical Raw Materials – Construction & Demolition – Biomass & Bio products- Assessment of circular economy.
Unit III
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Unit IV
EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR) 9
Introduction – EPR types – Impact of EPR on environment design – Features of collective producer responsibility schemes – EPR & Informal sector: Solid Waste Management & Recycling – EPR schemes.
Unit V
ECO-DESIGN 9
The historical development of Eco-design – Process of Eco Design – Legal framework of ecodesign – Types of Eco-design – Stages of Eco-design – Applications of Eco Design ; Supply chain : Circular Economy & supply chain – Loopy supply chain
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of circular economy
- Attain the knowledge in applications & building blocks of circular economy
- Understand the cSoncept of waste management & recycling
- Be familiar with eco design process
- Gain knowledge in various supply chain & its importance
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Peter Lacy, Jessica Long, “The Circular Economy Handbook: Realizing the Circular Advantage” ,Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2020 edition (29 January 2020)
- “Extended Producer Responsibility: a Guidance Manual for Governments”, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2001)
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Plastics Technology 5th Sem, visit Plastics 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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