Waste management in practice (5 cr)
Code: 5100BI77-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2020 - 15.01.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 11.01.2021 - 14.02.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Location-independent
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology
- Teachers
- Marketta Virta
- Henna Knuutila
- Piia Nurmi
- Sonja Lankiniemi
- Ilona Engblom
- Teacher in charge
- Piia Nurmi
- Course
- 5100BI77
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
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.
Objective
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
Content
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.
Materials
On ITSlearning platform.
They include articles, guidebooks, strategies and real-life examples from EU, waste management organizations, researchers and companies.
Teaching methods
Activating tasks on online platform, studies on waste management.
Exam schedules
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.
Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development
Tasks and materials on ITSlearning platform.
Completion alternatives
The only way to do the course is to do the tasks, no alternative ways to complete the course.
Student workload
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.
Evaluation methods and criteria
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%
Failed (0)
Student is not returned tasks in deadline.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (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.
Assessment criteria, good (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.
Assessment criteria, excellent (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.