Waste Management and Engineering (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

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

Content (course unit)

- 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

Prerequisites (course unit)

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

Location and time

Lectures start on the second week of January and end by the end of April.

Exam schedules

no exam, but short quizzes in Tabula

Evaluation methods and criteria

Min attendance to the lectures is 60 % and laboratory work 100 %.
Anne Kasari's part (20%) of the course is evaluated by the activity in the lessons and short tests (in Tabula) after lectures are over.
Satu Kuutti's part (20 %) of the course is evaluated by the activity of the lessons, short tests and learning diary.
Silja Kosti's part (20 %) of the course is defined later on.
Rest of the grade is based on the presentation (20 %), laboratory work and report (20 %). All the reports, diaries or other tasks/quizzes etc returned late will decrease the final grade.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussions, assignments, presentations, excursions, learning diary, laboratory

Learning materials

material found in Tabula

Student workload

5cr = 135 hours of work

Completion alternatives

no alternative ways to conduct the course

Practical training and working life cooperation

excursions, details told later

International connections

international study group

Further information

Tabula is the communication channel, place for assignment submissions and course materials through the course.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Attendance to lectures (including excursions) is less than 60 % and laboratory work less than 100 % or any of the following is missing: presentations, learning diary, laboratory work report, short tests (quizzes) undone or failed.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Minimum attendance requirements fullfilled and other given tasks done in a satisfactory level. In this case the average knowledge of the taught subjects is in the basic level.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student shows understanding of the waste management systems and the student is able to apply some of the knowledge gained during the course when doing the assignments. The student is able to express thoughts and reflections in his/her learning diary. The student knows group work skills. The student is able to utilize the possibility for co-operation and collective learning by participating the lectures, excursions and group works. The students is able to work according to instructions given and by meeting the deadlines.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student shows understanding of the waste management systems and the student is able to apply the knowledge gained during the course when doing the assignments. The student is able to analytically express thoughts and reflections in his/her learning diary. The student knows excellent group work skills. The student is able to utilize the possibility for co-operation and collective learning by participating the lectures, excursions and group works in an active manner. The students is able to work according to instructions given and by meeting the deadlines.