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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Waste Management

  • Unit Code

    SCI3307

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit describes the principles and practices of waste management. It deals with solid and liquid waste management and also addresses handling hazardous materials and provides students with the opportunity to develop strategies for dealing with waste management problems.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from SCI1186

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse waste problems and applyappropriate management solutions andtechnologies
  2. Apply waste minimisation principles to waste management problems.
  3. Describe waste management practices at the local and state government level to deal with solid and liquid wastes.
  4. Describe waste technologies for solid and liquid wastes.
  5. Identify the environmental issues associated with disposal of waste.
  6. Report and present to key stakeholders on solutions to a waste management problem.

Unit Content

  1. Cleaner production and waste minimisation.
  2. Community participation in waste disposal issues.
  3. Development of strategies and plans to deal with waste management issues.
  4. Environmental impacts associated with waste disposal, including hazardous waste.
  5. Factors influencing waste production, minimisation and disposal.
  6. Legal and administrative frameworks for dealing with waste.
  7. Management systems including collection and transfer practices, financial and pricing mechanisms and auditing.
  8. Principles and practice of waste management including definitions and terminology.
  9. Re-use, recycling, recovery and treatment.
  10. The technologies and management options available to deal with hazardous waste.
  11. Waste management regimes at the local and state government level.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, practicum and directed reading.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectWaste Project30%
AssignmentAssignment30%
ExaminationEnd of Semester Exam40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportWaste Audit30%
ExerciseAssignment 140%
AssignmentAssignment 230%

Text References

  • ABS. (1998). Waste management industry Australia. Australian Government.
  • Ciambrone D.F.(2007). Environmental life cycle analysis. CRC Press.
  • Williams P.T. (2005). Waste Treatment and Disposal (2nd ed.). London UK: Joh Wiley & Sons.
  • Tchobanoglus G., and Frank K. (2002). Handbook of solid waste management. (2nd ed.). USA: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing.
  • Bilitewski B. (1997). Waste management. New York: Springer.
  • Pichtel, J. (2005). Waste management practices: municipal, hazardous, and industrial. CRC Press.

Journal References

  • Journal of Waste Management
  • Journal of Air and Waste Management
  • Journal of Waste Management and Research
  • Practical Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Waste Management

  • Unit Code

    SCI3307

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit describes the principles and practices of waste management. It deals with solid and liquid waste management and also addresses handling hazardous materials and provides students with the opportunity to develop strategies for dealing with waste management problems.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from SCI1186

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse waste problems and applyappropriate management solutions andtechnologies
  2. Apply waste minimisation principles to waste management problems.
  3. Describe waste management practices at the local and state government level to deal with solid and liquid wastes.
  4. Describe waste technologies for solid and liquid wastes.
  5. Identify the environmental issues associated with disposal of waste.
  6. Report and present to key stakeholders on solutions to a waste management problem.

Unit Content

  1. Cleaner production and waste minimisation.
  2. Community participation in waste disposal issues.
  3. Development of strategies and plans to deal with waste management issues.
  4. Environmental impacts associated with waste disposal, including hazardous waste.
  5. Factors influencing waste production, minimisation and disposal.
  6. Legal and administrative frameworks for dealing with waste.
  7. Management systems including collection and transfer practices, financial and pricing mechanisms and auditing.
  8. Principles and practice of waste management including definitions and terminology.
  9. Re-use, recycling, recovery and treatment.
  10. The technologies and management options available to deal with hazardous waste.
  11. Waste management regimes at the local and state government level.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, practicum and directed reading.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectWaste Project30%
AssignmentAssignment30%
ExaminationEnd of Semester Exam40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportWaste Audit30%
ExerciseAssignment 140%
AssignmentAssignment 230%

Text References

  • ABS. (1998). Waste management industry Australia. Australian Government.
  • Ciambrone D.F.(2007). Environmental life cycle analysis. CRC Press.
  • Williams P.T. (2005). Waste Treatment and Disposal (2nd ed.). London UK: Joh Wiley & Sons.
  • Tchobanoglus G., and Frank K. (2002). Handbook of solid waste management. (2nd ed.). USA: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing.
  • Bilitewski B. (1997). Waste management. New York: Springer.
  • Pichtel, J. (2005). Waste management practices: municipal, hazardous, and industrial. CRC Press.

Journal References

  • Journal of Air and Waste Management
  • Practical Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste
  • Journal of Waste Management
  • Journal of Waste Management and Research

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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