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Unit of Study CHE73005 - Hazardous Waste and Leachates (2020)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 2 day compulsory residential for Online students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Provides students with detailed insight into dealing with hazardous and complex wastes and leachates. Innovative and practical approaches to treating, storing, and managing waste in various compartments of the environment will be explored. Case studies from mining, medical industries, agriculture and industrial processing will be used to highlight challenges in managing hazardous waste and identify solutions to reduce impacts on the environment.

Unit content

Creation of hazardous wastes and leachates

Hazardous waste and leachate characterisation

Hazardous waste producers

Waste storage and leachate containment

Identifying toxicity and waste detoxification

Dealing with storage failure

Strategies to mitigate hazardous waste

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify and characterise types of hazardous waste and leachate
2 develop strategies for dealing with hazardous waste and leachates
3 solve complex problems associate with hazardous waste and leachate reduction and mitigation
4 understand the sources of hazardous waste and how leachates are produced.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify and characterise types of hazardous waste and leachate
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. develop strategies for dealing with hazardous waste and leachates
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  3. solve complex problems associate with hazardous waste and leachate reduction and mitigation
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. understand the sources of hazardous waste and how leachates are produced.
    • GA4:

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