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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

  • PEYTES20
  • 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