COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5062 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET NECDET ALPASLAN

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to give general insight about the solidwaste management and to inform students about the solid waste operations from cradle to grave.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have information about the solid waste generation
2   Have information about the solid waste storage
3   Have information about the solid waste collection, transfer and transport
4   Have information about the solid waste processing
5   Have information about ultimate disposal of solid wastes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to solid waste management
2 Solid waste generation, quantification and qualification
3 Storage of Solid Wastes
4 Collection of Solid Wastes
5 Solid Waste Processing Techniques & Equipment
6 Reuse, Recycle, Recovery of Solid Wastes
7 Disposal On Land (site selection, planning)
8 Landfill design (leachate and gas control)
9 Landfill operations and closure
10 Presentations
11 Presentations
12 Waste to energy concept
13 Integrated solid waste management
14 Closing Remarks

Recomended or Required Reading

Various books about the solid wastes management

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Course instruction
2. Visual presentations of real applications by datashow
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

necdet.alpaslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced in the beginning of semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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