Global waste management

Global waste management, 5 credits - 5100BI79

Upcoming implementations:

Global waste management 5100BI79-3004 02.02.2023-31.03.2023 5 credits (PEYTES19, ...) +-
Teacher(s) in charge

Piia Nurmi, Sonja Lankiniemi, Marketta Virta, Annika Holmbom, Mitja Hokkanen

Learning material

On Itslearning platform.

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

Learning methods

Activating tasks on online platform, studies on waste management.

Objects, timing and methods of assessment

In order to pass the course all assignments must be returned within deadlines.

Course grade will be determined by the following way:

Quizz 20%
Group assignment 50% (40% teacher’s evaluation and 10% peer evaluation)
Learning report 10%
Self & peer review 20%

Teaching language

English

Timing

02.02.2023 - 31.03.2023

Enrollment date range

01.12.2022 - 07.01.2023
Group(s)
- PEYTES19
- PEYTES20
Seats

20 - 70

Responsible unit

Engineering and Business

Teachers and responsibilities

Main responsible teacher Piia Nurmi

Other teachers
Marketta Virta
Sonja Lankiniemi
Mitja Hokkanen
Erika Reiman
Henna Knuutila

Additional information

Avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille varattu 15 paikkaa.

Itslearning and email

Degree Programme(s)

Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Share of online studies

5 credits

Assessment scale

H-5

Alternative methods of attainment for implementation

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

Exam dates and retake possibilities

No exam.

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

Pedagogic approaches

Tasks and materials on Itslearning platform.

Student's schedule and workload

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

Content scheduling

The course will take place during 02.02.2023 - 12.03.2023.

The course is online course.

Three online study sessions will be organized:
2.2. Introduction
9.2. information on group work
16.2. help session on group work
2.3. Group assignment presentations

Assessment criteria

Failed (0)

Student has not returned tasks within deadlines.

The student:
1. Understand the principles of waste legislation and
2. Recognize the need for legislative incentives
3. Recognizes the roles of different operators and the best practices of operational waste management.
4. Understand the social and environmental impacts of waste management globally
5. Practice work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team
6. Practice think in a customer-oriented way
7.Practice to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully

In this course you'll familiarize yourself with the practices of waste management from workplace safety to transportation. The main goal is to understand the usual daily practises of operational waste management. You will also get information about waste legislation in the EU get understanding the waste management in the developing countries.