Solid Waste Management

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Solid Waste Management

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Solid Waste Management

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This course will be of interest to those wishing to understand the principles and techniques of solid waste management, including the legislative, environmental, economic and social drivers. Delegates will be introduced to the selection and design of appropriate methods of storage, collection, transfer, treatment and disposal in both industrialised and developing countries. The course also provides the opportunity to visit recycling facilities and disposal sites to better understand links between theory and practice.

Course Objectives

On completion of the course, delegates will:

  • understand the implications of the production, resource management and environmental impact of solid waste management;
  • understand components of solid waste management infrastructure systems to minimise the above effects;
  • be aware of the significance of recycling, reuse and reclamation of solid wastes;
  • be familiar with relationships between inappropriate waste management practices and impacts on water, soil and sediment quality;
  • fully appreciate the current practices available and implement the systems available in solid waste management;
  • be capable of carrying out an assessment of the relationships between environmental guidelines, human activities and environmental quality of impacted soils and water;
  • be able to integrate technical solid waste management options and imposed environmental legislation and guidance to develop legal and safe solutions.

Course Outline

  • General background (waste, MFA, economics);
  • Sources, quantities and composition;
  • Legislation, regulation and control;
  • Anaerobic digestion;
  • Anaerobic digestion of MSW;
  • Composting;
  • Incineration;
  • Reuse and recycling;
  • Recycling technologies;
  • Waste management behaviour (people);
  • Industrial solid waste (audits, minimisation);
  • Waste composition and stabilisation behaviour;
  • Landfill site design and management;
  • Risk assessment of landfills;
  • Pollution from landfills;
  • Leachate fate, attenuation and treatment;
  • Industrial waste strategies;
  • Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) strategies;
  • Decision Support Systems (DSS) for MSW;
  • Solid waste issues in emerging and developing countries.

Who is the course aimed at?

This course will be of interest to those wishing to understand the principles and techniques of solid waste management, including the legislative, environmental, technical, economic and social drivers. Delegates will be introduced to the selection and design of appropriate methods of storage, collection, transfer, treatment and disposal in both industrialised and developing countries. The course also provides the opportunity to visit recycling facilities and disposal sites to better understand links between theory and practice, and would be particularly valuable to individuals with limited knowledge of solid waste management options. The emphasis of the course is to understand approaches for reducing net energy consumption in waste management and making systems more sustainable into the future.

Presenters

School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Fees

  • Solid Waste Management
    • £1125.00

We offer a 30 percent discount on this course to full time students and to Newcastle University staff.

The course fee includes tuition, course materials, lunch and refreshments.

Formal assessment may be available for this Course. Assessment attracts an additional fee of £275.00, and delegates will be issued with a transcript and Certificate of Credit Achieved.

Owing to visa restrictions the assessment option is not available to international students outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Academic Module Outline

This course is also delivered as a Module (code CEG8105) on at least one of the School's Masters programmes, the majority of which can be studied part time, making them suitable for those in employment. Delegates will attend with full and part time registered students. The Academic Module Outline is available via the University's Module Catalogue.

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