Global waste management (5 cr)
Code: 5100BI79-3006
General information
Enrollment
01.12.2023 - 26.02.2024
Timing
01.04.2024 - 03.05.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Engineering and Business
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology
Teachers
- Marketta Virta
- Henna Knuutila
- Piia Nurmi
- Sonja Lankiniemi
Groups
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PEYTES20
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PEYTES21
Objective
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
Content
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.
Evaluation scale
H-5