KEMS9619 CH1: Sus-Waste: Implementing the Sustainability in Waste Management (JSS34) (3 cr)

The Forthem course “Sus-Waste: Implementing the sustainability in waste management” aims to provide integrated data and examples-supported sustainable waste management issues critical in a transitional economy based on environmental and social governance pillars. Several challenges should be addressed in the waste management direction to sustainability: new technologies elaborated and implemented, issues of waste management logistics, and most importantly, attitudes regarding waste generation changes. Still, implementing sustainability in waste management is slow and fragmented, and the novelty of the course is to provide a holistic view on the problems related to mining, construction waste, biomass, electronics, sanitary and hazardous waste from environmental and social governance aspects simultaneously with strengthening of raw materials recovery and circular economy thinking.

After taking the course, students will be able to discuss integrated resource and waste management, and environmental legislation problems based on multinational experience based on tangible and intangible benefit valuation principles. The knowledge provided by the course is crucially essential for overall sustainability targets having an influential contribution to the primary study field of the students and further career opportunities. Within short span, the students can get the interdisciplinary overview of waste, resources and circular economy related concepts.  

B.Sc in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, Circular Economy, Management of Climate and Resources, or similar.