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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

Курс от École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Средний≈ 15.6 чАнглийский
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Have you come across large piles of garbage in neighbourhoods and streets and smelly waste disposal sites polluting the environment of low- and middle-income countries? Do you want to know what kind of sustainable solutions are appropriate to better manage waste and enhance recycling and recovery? If yes, this course is for you! This course provides you with an overview of the municipal solid waste management situation in low- and middle-income countries. It covers key elements of the waste management system, such as its technical, environmental, social, financial and institutional aspects. Besides understanding the challenges, you will be introduced to appropriate and already applied solutions through selected case studies.

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Environment and Resource ManagementSustainable DevelopmentGovernanceEnvironmental RegulationsSustainable SystemsEnvironmental PolicyCommunity DevelopmentPollution PreventionEnvironmental EngineeringCase StudiesEnvironmental IssueSustainable TechnologiesEnvironmental Resource ManagementCost Management

Программа курса

5 модулей · 85 учебных материалов

01Physical Elements of Solid Waste Management 17 материалов

About the course

1.1 Overview of the courseВидео1.2 Why is this course important?ВидеоImportant information to succeed in this courseЧтение

Physical Elements of Solid Waste Management

1.3 Municipal waste generation and characterizationВидео

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Dr. Christian Zurbrügg

Преподаватель курса

Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries
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5 модулей

Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Амхарский, Бенгальский, Украинский, Сомали, Европейский португальский, Ньянджа, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Вьетнамский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Пушту, Урду, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Бирманский, Азербайджанский, Испанский, Дари, Хинди, Суахили, Японский, Казахский, Венгерский, Польский

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Connect with your peers and enrich your learning Чтение
1.4 Waste collection & transportВидео
1.5 Improving efficiency of waste collection and transportВидео
1.6 Recycling municipal wasteВидео
1.7 Waste disposal / Landfills - part 1Видео
1.8 Waste disposal / Landfills - part 2Видео
1.9 Upgrade your disposal siteВидео
Landfill mining and perspectives for low- and middle-income countriesЧтение
Key Takeaways - Week 1 Чтение

Bonus videos

What is a bonus video?Чтение1.10a BONUS: Planning a Waste Generation and Characterization StudyВидео1.10b BONUS: Conducting a Waste Generation and Characterization Study Видео

Quiz Week 1

Week 1 Quiz Задание
02Governance Aspects of Solid Waste Management 15 материалов

Governance Aspects of Solid Waste Management

2.1 Policies and legislationВидео2.2 The role of the public sectorВидео2.3 The role of the private sectorВидео2.4 Integrating the informal sectorВидео2.5 The Role of Community MembersВидео2.6 Gender and waste managementВидео2.7 Public Awareness Campaigns - Case study IndiaВидео2.8 Financing Mechanisms - part 1Видео2.9 Financing mechanisms - part 2ВидеоKey Takeaways - Week 2Чтение

Bonus modules

2.10 BONUS: Triggering Community Participation with the RANAS approachВидео2.10b BONUS: The Pentakatha Waste StoryВидео2.11 BONUS: Assessing costs of Solid Waste ManagementВидео2.12 BONUS: Waste Reduction and Avoidance (AI Avatars)Видео

Quiz Week 2

Week 2 - QuizЗадание
03Organic waste treatment25 материалов

Organic waste treatment

3.1 Overview of Biowaste Treatment TechnologiesВидео3.2 Science of compostingВидео3.3 Composting technologiesВидео3.4 Operating the Composting ProcessВидеоTroubleshooting compostingЧтениеHands-on challenge - Start your own compostЧтение3.5 Case Study Composting - Dhaka, BangladeshВидео3.6 Case Study Composting - Temesi, Bali, IndonesiaВидео3.7 The Basics of Anaerobic Digestion of BiowasteВидео3.8 Anaerobic Digestion Technologies and OperationВидео3.9 Using the Products of Anaerobic DigestionВидео3.10 Vermicomposting of BiowasteВидео3.11a Biowaste Processing with Black Soldier Fly LarvaeВидео3.11b Spotlight Video - Black Soldier Fly Biowaste ProcessingВидеоAn Introduction to Black Soldier Fly Larvae in Waste Management Чтение3.12 Thermochemical Conversion of BiomassВидеоKey Takeaways - Week 3Чтение

Bonus modules

3.13 BONUS: Determining moisture content of biowaste mixturesВидео3.14 BONUS: Determining C:N ratio of biowaste mixturesВидео3.15 BONUS: Calculating the size of an anaerobic reactorВидео3.16 BONUS: Constructing an Anaerobic Fixed Dome DigesterВидео3.17 BONUS: Operating a Black Soldier Fly waste treatment facilityВидео

Practical assignment (UNGRADED) - Design an AD fixed dome reactor

Task - Tarea - TâcheЧтениеYour solution! ЗаданиеExplication - Explicación - ExplanationЧтение
04Special waste fractions12 материалов

Special waste fractions

4.1 Overview of special waste fractionsВидео4.2 Mixed waste treatmentВидео4.3 Hazardous Waste ManagementВидео4.4 Health Care Waste ManagementВидео4.5 E-wasteВидео4.6a Plastic Waste Management - TheoryВидео4.6b Plastic Waste Management - ExamplesВидеоAdditional resources on marine plastic wasteЧтение4.7 Construction and Demolition WasteВидеоKey Takeaways Week 4 Чтение

Bonus module

4.8 BONUS: Rapid assessment of waste-to-energy projectsВидео

Quiz Week 4

Week 4 - EnglishЗадание
05Strategic Issues and Planning in Solid Waste Management16 материалов

Strategic Issues and Planning in Solid Waste Management

5.1 Strategic Municipal Solid Waste Management PlanВидео5.2 Integrating biowaste management through strategic planningВидеоSelecting an Organic Waste Treatment TechnologyЧтение5.3 Solid Waste Management tools (AI Avatar)ВидеоSolid Waste Management Tools ЧтениеWaste Flow DiagramЧтение5.4 Solid waste management in humanitarian contextsВидеоSolid waste management in humanitarian contextsЧтение5.5 Solid Waste & Sustainable Development GoalsВидео5.6 Waste and climate ВидеоWaste and climate change Чтение5.7 Circular economy and solid waste managementВидеоThe role of schools - Zero waste at schoolsЧтениеKey Takeaways Week 5Чтение

Final exam

Final exam Задание

Goodbye and see you again

5.8 With more knowledge - What next? (AI Avatar)Видео