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 and Kasari: 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 test (in Tabula) after lectures are over in January.
Yrjönen: participation 80% of the lectures, participation to all excursions (3), 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
Kasari: lectures

Oppimateriaalit

Lessons, excursions, conversations, practices.
Yrjönen and Kasari: 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 (3), visiting lectures, laboratory work

Kansainvälisyys

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

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

Anne Kasari's part: not passed test 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)