Environmental Waste Management
| Course Code | BEN202 |
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| Fee Code | S2 |
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| Number of Assignments | 6 |
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| Duration (approx) | 100 hours |
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DO YOU WORK IN INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURE, SERVICES?
Do you want to improve your life quality and stop wasting money in your company?
Wastes are resources used inefficiently. As such, they are money down the drain.
This course covers what is waste and how can be minimized, what is pollution, how waste is disposed of through natural processes and how to harness those processes to better manage waste disposal.
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 6 lessons as follows:
- Domestic Waste
- Street Cleaning & Disposal Of Refuse
- Industrial Waste
- Toxic & Nuclear Waste
- Water Quality & Treatment
- Recycling Water
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
AIMS
On completion of the course you should be able to do the following:
- Explain the nitrogen cycle and how it relates to waste treatment.
- Determine the economic considerations of different waste disposal systems.
- Compare industrial waste management with domestic waste management procedures.
- Determine the principles of "polluter pays" legislation and how it is applied.
- Describe how a budget is applied to managing a specific waste management enterprise.
- Discuss issues in nuclear power and nuclear waste technology (including hospital waste).
- Explain the cyclic nature of the water system and its relationship to environmental waste management.
- Monitor and recommend improvements to a specified recycling enterprise.
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DO YOU WORK IN INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURE, SERVICES?
Do you want to improve your life quality and stop wasting money in your company? Wastes are resources used inefficiently. As such, they are money down the drain.
This course covers what is waste and how can be minimized, what is pollution, how waste is disposed of through natural processes and how to harness those processes to better manage waste disposal. The course covers such things as water quality and treatment, recycling, domestic and industrial waste and even the management of more toxic waste.
