COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WASTE MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5139 WASTE MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Waste, as well as being an important subject due to its disposal, is perceived as an economic value today. It has become an important input for the sustainable resource managament with appropriate technology and strategies though the enviromental risk it causes. Waste has been no longer in a manner that threatens the ecological systems with a wild and random disposal concept. In fact, it has served the more rational choice for using resources that strengthens economic infrastructures in accordance with sustainable development objectives with recycling, recovery and reuse methods. In this course, by questioning the social perception on waste, it is intended to give a modern perspective about an integrated waste management approach to decision makers, producers and waste disposal companies within the framework of the new waste managment theory and pratices shaped by rapid technological possibilities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To re-question and define the concept of waste.
2   To identify the actors who are responsible in waste management.
3   To compare the traditional approaches on waste management with modern management models.
4   To analyze the integration efforts of EU and Turkey s waste management policies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Introduction to the Course and Introduction to the basic concepts
2 The Concept of Waste
3 Factors that Complicate the Waste Management
4 Historical Development of Waste Management
5 Waste Types (According to its structure, its source and its effects)
6 International and Supranational Waste Management Policies
7 Waste Management Strategies of Developed Countries
8 International Law and Illegal Waste Trade
9 Waste policies in Turkey according to its legislation
10 Waste Disposal Methods by Waste Types (Household, hazardous, medical, chemical, radioactive etc.)
11 Waste Disposal Methods by Waste Types (Household, hazardous, medical, chemical, radioactive etc.)
12 Waste management strategies for solid, liquid and gaseus waste
13 Socially-Supported waste management efforts and civil dialogues
14 Defined new types of wastes and control responsibilities (Packaging, excavation, battery, electronic waste etc.)

Recomended or Required Reading

Alloway,B.J., Ayres, D.C.(1997); Chemical Principles of Environmental Pollution, Second Ed., Blackie
Academic&Professional, UK.
Alyanak, Ibrahim (1992); Tehlikeli ve Zararlı Atıkların Çevre Etkileri ve Yönetimi , Çevre Kirliliği ve
Kontrolü, II. Cilt, Editör: Zafer Ayvaz, Izmir.
Alyanak, Ibrahim (1994); Katı Atık Bertarafından Katı Atık Ekonomisine , Kıyı Sorunları ve Çevre
Sempozyumu (10-11 Kasım 1994), Kuşadası Belediyesi Yayınları No:7, Kuşadası
Gruppo Abele-Nomos Legambiente-GEPEC-EC (2003); The Illegal Traffıckıng In Hazardous Waste In Italy
And Spain-Final Report, Rome, pp.71.
Schmid, Jürgen, Esler, Andrea, Ströbel, Renate (2000); Dangerous Substances in Waste, Technical Report
No 38, EEA, Copenhagen, pp.8.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.

* To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.

* To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials

provided by the basic course book and other resources.

* To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.

* To support the course topics with sample event examinations.

* To analyze the given case studies.

* To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 14 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545454
LO.2545454
LO.3545454
LO.4545454