Waste management in practice (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

Course will take place during 11.01.2021 - 14.02.2021.

In this course, student familiarize her/himself with the waste management as a part of circular economy and the essential concepts of waste management, recycling and the other ways to use waste as a resource. The main goal is to understand the big picture of topics relating to waste management and waste treatment.

Course topics are: 1. Waste management as a part of circular economy 2. Waste hierarchy 3. Waste amounts and waste fractions 4. Waste prevention and re-use 5. Recycling and material utilization 6. Waste-to-energy 7.Final disposal of waste.

Tavoitteet

Student:
1. Understands the principles of resource efficiency and waste hierarchy
2. Understands the most commonly used waste treatment techniques
3. Practice work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team
4. Practice to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully

Sisältö

In this first part you'll familiarize yourself with the waste management as a part of circular economy and the essential concepts of waste management, recycling and the other ways to use waste as a resource. The main goal is to understand the big picture of topics relating to waste management and waste treatment.

Oppimateriaalit

On ITSlearning platform.

They include articles, guidebooks, strategies and real-life examples from EU, waste management organizations, researchers and companies.

Opetusmenetelmät

Activating tasks on online platform, studies on waste management.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

No exam.

As this is an online course based on tasks:
- You don't have the possibility to raise your final grade or a grade for an individual task.

Pedagogiset toimintatavat ja kestävä kehitys

Tasks and materials on ITSlearning platform.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

The only way to do the course is to do the tasks, no alternative ways to complete the course.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Assignments:

Quizz DL 24.1.2021
Learning report 1 DL 24.1.2021
Argumentative pros and cons essay DL 31.1.2021
Discussion on essay DL 14.2.2021
Learning report 2 DL 14.2.2021
Self review DL 14.2.2021

The course is 5 ects so the workload is 135 hours all together.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

Grade will be determined by the following way:

Quiz 20%
Learning report 1 20%
Essay and discussion/debate 30%
Learning report 2 20%
Self review 10%

Hylätty (0)

Student is not returned tasks in deadline.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2)

Student poorly understands the principles of resource efficiency and waste hierarchy and commonly used waste treatment techniques. The student has shortcomings in his/her independent work management and use of external networks and resources.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

Student understands the principles of resource efficiency and waste hierarchy and commonly used waste treatment techniques. Student practice to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Student excellently understands the principles of resource efficiency and waste hierarchy and commonly used waste treatment techniques. Student act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work excellently.