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. 329342. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.10.006 [url=javascript:][/url] .
Preconditions
none
Expected Number of Participants
40
Official Course Description
This module combines the topics sustainable waste management and life cycle assessment (LCA).
In the first part of the lecture, principles of the development of circular economy and waste management concepts in an international context will be taught. The concept of Integrated Sustainable Waste Management which is particularly relevant to design sustainable waste management in urban contexts and in countries in transition, is presented. Relevant actors of the waste management chain, collection and treatment practices as well as approaches for the evaluation and design of waste management systems (for example benchmarking, LCA) will be addressed.
In the second part of the lecture, a practical introduction to the LCA-method will be given. Concerning the content, a special emphasis is put on the LCA application in the field of circular economy and waste management: the assessment of waste streams and waste management systems is explained, typical LCA applications and lessons learnt from the current research are presented and, thus, the role of LCA for sustainable waste management is demonstrated. Methodologically, the focus is on the presentation of specific LCA software and databases as well as the communication of the results for practical decision support for planners, developers and companies. In this respect, the module is an extended course for students with basic knowledge of the LCA method, but it can also be used by students without previous LCA experience.
[b]The accompanying exercise includes a case study analysis to identify waste flows and relevant actors of the waste management chain and applies basic approaches for the evaluation the city´s waste management system. Methodological aspects of LCA will be demonstrated based on a literature analysis. A practical exercise is given to introduce a LCA software and its application to model certain aspects for the specific case study. By evaluating the presented case study, knowledge about the environmental impacts of waste collection and treatment from a life cycle perspective is conveyed and decision-making contexts of waste management are clarified.
Within the scope of the study achievement, a waste management system (case study from the accompanying exercise) is assessed environmentally using the LCA approach and the LCA software openLCA. The results of the stakeholder and waste stream analysis for the specific case study are also part of the study achievement.[/b]
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
Lecture contents have a strong link with sustainability. Established methods for the evaluation of the environmental dimension of sustainability will be applied: Life cycle assessment is used to evaluate several environmental impacts such as climate performance and resource efficiency. A further link to sustainability is the thematic focus of the lecture which is set on sustainable integrated waste management as well as circular economy.
Online Offerings
Moodle
[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. 329342. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.10.006 [url=javascript:][/url] .
Preconditions
none
Expected Number of Participants
40
Official Course Description
This module combines the topics sustainable waste management and life cycle assessment (LCA).
In the first part of the lecture, principles of the development of circular economy and waste management concepts in an international context will be taught. The concept of Integrated Sustainable Waste Management which is particularly relevant to design sustainable waste management in urban contexts and in countries in transition, is presented. Relevant actors of the waste management chain, collection and treatment practices as well as approaches for the evaluation and design of waste management systems (for example benchmarking, LCA) will be addressed.
In the second part of the lecture, a practical introduction to the LCA-method will be given. Concerning the content, a special emphasis is put on the LCA application in the field of circular economy and waste management: the assessment of waste streams and waste management systems is explained, typical LCA applications and lessons learnt from the current research are presented and, thus, the role of LCA for sustainable waste management is demonstrated. Methodologically, the focus is on the presentation of specific LCA software and databases as well as the communication of the results for practical decision support for planners, developers and companies. In this respect, the module is an extended course for students with basic knowledge of the LCA method, but it can also be used by students without previous LCA experience.
[b]The accompanying exercise includes a case study analysis to identify waste flows and relevant actors of the waste management chain and applies basic approaches for the evaluation the city´s waste management system. Methodological aspects of LCA will be demonstrated based on a literature analysis. A practical exercise is given to introduce a LCA software and its application to model certain aspects for the specific case study. By evaluating the presented case study, knowledge about the environmental impacts of waste collection and treatment from a life cycle perspective is conveyed and decision-making contexts of waste management are clarified.
Within the scope of the study achievement, a waste management system (case study from the accompanying exercise) is assessed environmentally using the LCA approach and the LCA software openLCA. The results of the stakeholder and waste stream analysis for the specific case study are also part of the study achievement.[/b]
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
Lecture contents have a strong link with sustainability. Established methods for the evaluation of the environmental dimension of sustainability will be applied: Life cycle assessment is used to evaluate several environmental impacts such as climate performance and resource efficiency. A further link to sustainability is the thematic focus of the lecture which is set on sustainable integrated waste management as well as circular economy.
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: CampitelliAlessio
- Lehrende: SchebekLiselotte
- Lehrende: ZellerVanessa
Semester: ST 2023