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Unit of Study ENS00218 - Waste Technology (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    72 credit points in any SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    This unit will have a 2 day external compulsory residential workshop for Distance Education (i.e. external) students that will be held at the Lismore Campus. Please refer to the External Residential Timetable which can be found on the Environment, Science and Engineering Student Centre in MySCU.

Unit description

Introduces students to the complexities of waste management and associated technologies in industry and community settings. The waste management industry is worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually and all communities must deal with this issue. This unit uses case studies, practical and field experiences and a multidisciplinary approach to explore the expanding range of technologies to manage waste in appropriate and effective ways.

Unit content

  1. Types of waste
  2. Waste disposal
  3. Waste minimisation
  4. Dealing with difficult waste
  5. Site remediation and rehabilitation.
  6. Life cycle assessment
  7. Waste management technology in industry
  8. Waste management in the community
  9. Waste policy
  10. The future

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 2 Session 2
Online Session 2 N/A

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 describe types of waste, their impacts on the environment and understand waste disposal problems and methods
2 explore waste minimisation technologies and strategies
3 interpret and critically evaluate case studies, and field and laboratory experimental data
4 advise on waste management technologies and strategies for industry and community

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

  1. describe types of waste, their impacts on the environment and understand waste disposal problems and methods
    • GA4:
  2. explore waste minimisation technologies and strategies
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. interpret and critically evaluate case studies, and field and laboratory experimental data
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. advise on waste management technologies and strategies for industry and community
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.