Sustainable Waste Management and LCA Application - 13-K3-0021-vl

Course Contents
[b]Learning outcomes[/b]

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

·         Identify and assess relevant elements, aspects and stakeholders of waste management systems and to evaluate them from different perspectives;

·         Apply methodological concepts for the evaluation of waste management systems;

·         Understand the concept of life cycle thinking and implementation steps of a LCA;

·         Implement a basic LCA model using a LCA software and databases;

·         Interpret LCA results in a practice-oriented way and communicate them to decision-makers;

·         Develop measures for sustainable waste management;

·         Understand the role of life cycle thinking for the evaluation and optimization of waste management systems.
 

Literature
Baumann, Henrikke; Tillman, Anne-Marie (2004): The hitch hikers's guide to LCA. An orientation in life cycle assessment methodology and application. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Bilitewski, Bernd; Wagner, Jörg; Reichenbach, Jan (2018): Best Practice Municipal Waste Management. Information pool on approaches towards a sustainable design of municipal waste management and supporting technologies and equipment. Texte 40/2018. Hg. v. Umweltbundesamt (UBA), zuletzt geprüft am 30.08.2018.

Hauschild M, Rosenbaum R, Olsen SI (eds.). Life Cycle Assessment: Theory and Practice. 1st ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2018.

Kaza, Silpa; Yao, Lisa; Bhada-Tata, Perinaz; van Woerden, Frank (2018): What a waste 2.0. A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050. Hg. v. World Bank Group, zuletzt geprüft am 21.09.2018.

Wilson, David C.; Rodic, Ljiljana; Cowing, Michael J.; Velis, Costas A.; Whiteman, Andrew D.; Scheinberg, Anne et al. (2015): 'Wasteaware' benchmark indicators for integrated sustainable waste management in cities. In: Waste management (New York, N.Y.) 35, S. 329–342. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.10.006
Semester: ST 2023