Sustainable Waste Management
PostgraduateCUR-SCP5302025
Explore how waste should be handled within the community to reduce its impact on the environment. Understand how waste is collected, transported and treated in Australia and across the world. Learn about better waste management practices.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $2,735
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Sustainable Waste Management
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- identify and classify key characteristics of waste in order to interpret major challenges of waste management system
- analyse various concept, principles, theories and practices of waste management system particularly in the global and local context
- compare, analyse and explain links between waste management and the built environment in the context of sustainability
- compare and synthesise theories and practices to design and develop an appropriate waste management system
- Introduction to Waste Management Composition and Characterization of Waste
- Waste Collection and Transportation
- Waste Prevention and Recycling
- Waste Treatment and Disposal
- Challenges of Waste Management System
- Construction and Demolition Waste Management
- Hazardous and Radio-active Waste Management
- Emerging ‘Zero Waste’ Concept Waste Management: Case Studies Life Cycle Design and Environmental Assessments
- Regulatory Policies and Strategies
The subject will provide an overview of the concepts and principles of sustainable waste management. A critical approach to theories, techniques and methods of sustainable waste and resource management will be introduced in the course to enhance students’ knowledge and understanding on waste management. The subject will cover the subject areas of perceptions of waste, classification and characterization of waste, waste audit, 3R principles, waste collection, transportation, treatment technologies and safe disposal, performance evaluation, and strategy and policy regulation. In addition, the subject will cover the emerging concept of waste management such as ‘zero-waste’ in the context of circular economy.
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- Site visit Report (40%)
- Zero Waste Report (40%)
- Zero Waste Presentation (20%)
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Environment and Climate Emergency
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-MAS
Graduate Diploma in Environment and Climate Emergency
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GDI
Graduate Certificate in Environment and Climate Emergency
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GCE
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
PostgraduateCUR-URP-MAS
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