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Waste management in practice (5 cr)

Code: 5100BI77-3005

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2023 - 26.02.2024

Timing

26.02.2024 - 29.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 50

Teachers

  • Marketta Virta
  • Henna Knuutila
  • Piia Nurmi
  • Sonja Lankiniemi

Groups

  • PEYTES20
  • PEYTES21

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.

Evaluation scale

H-5