Waste management in practice (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The course will take place during 10.01.2022 - 13.02.2022.

Four online study sessions will be organized:

10.1.2022 at 9-10 Introduction
24.1.2022 at 9-10 Essay help session (voluntary)
31.1.2022 at 12-14 Calculation task
3.2.2022 at 12-14 Calculation task help session (voluntary)

In this course student familiarizes themselves 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.

Material includes 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.

This course is based on assignments:
- 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
Learning report 1
Calculation exercise
Argumentative pros and cons essay
Discussion on essay
Learning report 2
Self review

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

Evaluation methods and criteria

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

Course grade will be determined by the following way:

Quiz 20%
Learning report 1 15%
Essay and discussion/debate 30%
Calculation exercise 10%
Learning report 2 15%
Self review 10%

Failed (0)

Student has not returned tasks within deadlines.

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 their 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 practices 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 acts independently using external networks and resources to manage a work excellently.

Further information

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