Course Overview

In addition to health and safety concerns, the Planning of waste management systems must also be sustainable i.e. environmentally sound, socially acceptable and economically viable. This class introduces the tools necessary to design integral solid waste management systems. The class provides specific modeling based on life-cycle thinking towards planning of waste management systems through scenario design.

Learning Achievement

Competence

General competence: understand the concepts associated with integrated waste management from waste generation, collection, treatment and final disposal.
Specific competence: evaluate, compare and analyze alternative waste management systems in terms of their environmental, economic and social impacts.

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Periodical assignments (30%), presentation in workshops/seminars (30%), and final test (40%)

Course schedule

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yabar Helmut Friedrich

Other information

Identical to 01AD312 and 0AND367.
Lecture is conducted in English.
Online(Synchronous)

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