Waste Management and Engineering (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

After completing this course student:
- is familiar with the principles and practises of waste management
- knows waste legislation and its applications
- knows the waste management techniques
- knows waste recycling and the secondary uses of waste material
- can recycle and manage recycling systems
- knows the principles of landfill construction and management of waste management sites
- can compost and do simple laboratory analyses concerning biowaste and compost quality
- has adopted the 3R principle and understands the necessity of reducing waste amounts an defficient secondary use of waste materials

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

- Composition, collection, transportation and treatment of waste material
- Waste legislation, policies and regulations
- Waste treatment technologies (landfills and their operation, waste incineration, biowaste treatment, hazardours waste treatment)
- Laboratory exercises: composting, leachate tests

Esitietovaatimukset (Opintojakso)

Basic Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry courses, Basics for Environmental Technology and Management

Aika ja paikka

Yrjönen: according to the timetable

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

Anne Kasari's part of the cource is evaluated by the activity in the lessons and short tests after each 3 hour lesson in Tabula-
Yrjönen: participation 80% of the lectures, participation to all excursions (4), presentation evaluated 1-5, laboratory work done and the report evaluated, activity in lectures

Arviointiasteikko

0-5

Opiskelumuodot ja opetusmenetelmät

Yrjönen: Lectures, groupworks, excursions, presentation, visiting lectures, laboratory work

Oppimateriaalit

Lessons, excursions, conversations, practices.
Yrjönen: material found in Tabula, list of litterature in Tabula

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

5cr = 135 hours of work

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Yrjönen: no options

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

excursions, visiting lectures

Kansainvälisyys

Yrjönen: lectured in english, international group, participators from ? countries

Arviointikriteerit - hylätty (0) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

Anne Kasari's part: not passed tests and not attending to lessons
Yrjönen: no participation to the lectures, excursions, laboratory work, presentation missing

Arviointikriteerit - kiitettävä (5) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

Yrjönen: participation to the lectures min 80%, laboratory work and report done (5), participation to all excursions, presentation done (5)