Side Streams' Management and UtilizationLaajuus (5 cr)

Objectives

Student
-can identify the potential for utilizing side streams from the perspective of the packaging industry and beyond, zero waste
-understands the boundary conditions set by legislation for the utilization of materials

Content

-Potential of the utilization of side streams in various industries, including the packaging industry
-Boundary conditions for utilizing side streams

Key questions:
-How to identify side streams and their potential for utilization?
-What are the benefits of utilizing side streams?
-How does the management of side streams contribute to the emergence of industrial symbiosis?
-What preconditions does the legislation set for the utilization of side streams?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

- can identify and name industrial side streams and their utilization opportunities
- can name the boundary conditions set by legislation for the utilization of materials
- identify existing operational methods important to the sector in terms of the circular economy, such as industrial symbioses

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

- explains the management of side streams and their utilization potential in packaging materials
- compares raw materials, knows how to choose the most suitable one for the application, and justifies one’s choices
-applies the boundary conditions set by legislation for the utilization of materials

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- comprehensively understands the potential of utilizing side streams as part of the circular economy of packaging
- examines and evaluates the whole in which the profession operates
- evaluates and compares different solution options, creatively combines solutions, or creates new ones
- understands the boundary conditions set by legislation for the utilization of materials