Waste management in practice (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Course will take place during 26.02.2024 - 29.03.2024.

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.

International connections

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.