1. General information
Course:
URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT
Code:
37341
Type:
ELECTIVE
ECTS credits:
4.5
Degree:
340 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Academic year:
2023-24
Center:
501 - FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Group(s):
40
Year:
4
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
ISAAC ASENCIO CEGARRA
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
ICAM/ 0.29
INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA
926051573
isaac.asencio@uclm.es
Monday and Wednesday. From 10:00 to 13:00, on request by mail
Lecturer:
CARLOS JIMENEZ IZQUIERDO
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini/0.10
INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA
926051434
carlos.jimenez@uclm.es
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 13:00, by appointment by email
Lecturer:
JESUSA RINCON ZAMORANO
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini/0.15
INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA
5414
jesusa.rincon@uclm.es
Monday from 12 to 14 and Thursday from 10 to 14, by appointment by e-mail
2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
This subject is part of the Module "Environmental Technology". Other subjects taught in this module by the Department of Chemical Engineering are "Basics of Environmental Engineering", "Processes and technologies for water treatment", "Energy and Environment" and "Management and Treatment of Industrial Effluents".
The subject is very important for the curricular intensification II of this Degree: "Environmental Analysis and Technologies". Specifically, the important common nexus of all the above subjects is that they teach the techniques to prevent and/or reduce anthropogenic pollution (energy production, transport sector, transformation industries, etc.) and its impact on the environment (water, air, soil).
In this sense, this course will focus its attention on establishing the bases for the understanding and solution of issues related to the management and treatment of urban wastes. In other words, the students who take the subject will master the technical nomenclature related to this field and will be able to propose specific management and treatment paths that take into account the environmental, legislative and economic factors that come together in each action, thus optimizing the final score.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| E03 | Awareness of the temporal and spatial dimensions of environmental processes |
| E04 | Ability to integrate experimental evidence found in field and/or laboratory studies with theoretical knowledge. |
| E10 | Capacity to develop and implement environmental management systems |
| E22 | Ability to develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate waste management plans |
| T03 | To use a correct oral and written communication. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| To know the legislation and quality criteria related to environmental technologies. | |
| Train the student to work as a team. | |
| To enable the student to listen and defend arguments orally and in writing. | |
| To enable the student to understand the fundamental principles that allow the selection of technologies and the design of the most appropriate equipment to address the solution of environmental problems. | |
| To train the student in the correct management of energy, water and waste, becoming aware of social responsibility in decision making. | |
| To train the student to understand the unitary operations used in environmental engineering. | |
| To enable the student to solve problems and interpret the results in a critical way. | |
| To enable the student to relate theoretical concepts to experimental evidence. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Not established. |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Integrated management of urban waste
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Unit 1.1: Introduction and evolution of management
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Unit 1.2: Origin, composition and properties
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Unit 1.3: Pre-collection, collection, transfer and transport
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Unit 1.4: Installations for the separation and recovery of materials
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Unit 1.5: Evacuation of urban waste and residual material. Landfills
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Unit 2: Processing and recovery of residual materials
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Unit 2.1: Thermal Conversion Technologies
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Unit 2.2: Biological and chemical conversion technologies
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Unit 2.3: Recycling of residual materials
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Unit 3: Regulations
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Unit 3.1: Urban waste management plan for Castilla-La Mancha. Relationship with: european legislation, packaging waste law, waste law and PNRU
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7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | E03 E10 E22 | 0.52 | 13 | N | N | Master class | |
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E03 E10 E22 | 1.06 | 26.5 | N | N | Autonomous study of the agenda | |
| Workshops or seminars [ON-SITE] | Problem solving and exercises | E03 E10 E22 T03 | 0.4 | 10 | Y | N | Discussion and solution of exercises and problems | |
| Other off-site activity [OFF-SITE] | Problem solving and exercises | E10 E22 | 0.64 | 16 | Y | N | Preparation of the seminars | |
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Group Work | E22 T03 | 0.6 | 15 | Y | Y | Preparation of monographic reports on material recycling in WORD and POWER-POINT. | |
| Project or Topic Presentations [ON-SITE] | Group Work | E22 T03 | 0.12 | 3 | Y | Y | Oral presentation of the work and discussion of relevant aspects with the teacher and other classmates. | |
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | E03 E04 E10 E22 T03 | 0.56 | 14 | Y | Y | Experiments in the laboratory and visits to waste treatment and management centers. | |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [OFF-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | E03 E04 E10 E22 T03 | 0.4 | 10 | Y | Y | Preparation of the report of the laboratory experiments and visits | |
| Progress test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | E03 E10 E22 T03 | 0.12 | 3 | Y | N | Partial tests | |
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | E03 E10 E22 T03 | 0.08 | 2 | Y | Y | Final test | |
| Total: | 4.5 | 112.5 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 1.8 | Total class time hours: 45 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 2.7 | Total hours of out of class work: 67.5 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies | 25.00% | 25.00% | The information provided, work organization, writing, adequacy of tables/images/figures and bibliography will be evaluated. A presentation of the work in class will be made and the following will be evaluated: mastery of the subject, expression and vocabulary, body posture and eye contact, voice and supports. Written tests will also be done to evaluate key concepts of the problems/cases. |
| Laboratory sessions | 7.00% | 7.00% | Attitude, skill and knowledge are evaluated. |
| Practicum and practical activities reports assessment | 8.00% | 8.00% | Results obtained and the correctness of their presentation are evaluated. |
| Progress Tests | 20.00% | 0.00% | There will be progress tests. If a grade equal to or greater than 4 out of 10 is obtained this grade will count for 20% in the final grade for the subject. If the tests are not taken or are taken and a grade of less than 4 out of 10 is obtained, then the weight of the progress tests in the overall grade for the subject will be 0%, becoming 60% the weight of the final test in the final grade of the subject. |
| Final test | 40.00% | 60.00% | The final test will have a weight of 40% in the subject final grade if the progress tests have been passed with a grade equal to or greater than 4. If the progress tests are not carried out or are performed and a grade of less than 4 out of 10 is obtained, then the weight of the final test in the overall grade for the subject will be 60%. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:The level of development of transversal and specific competences will be taken into account to evaluate the subject. In addition, participation in seminar classes will be considered.
Each activity will be gaded numerically, from 0 to 10.
To pass the subject, a minimum of 4 points must be obtained in each compulsory activity (final test, attitude in practices, practice report, report and oral presentation of the report).
In any case, the student will pass the subject if average of all evaluable activities results in a grade of 5 or higher (out of 10).
As it is a continuous evaluation, class attendance and participation in the different scheduled non-compulsory activities (seminars, technical visit to wastewater treatment facilities) are recommended.
The mode assigned by default to the student will be continuous assessment. Any student may request the change to the non-continuous evaluation modality (before the end of the class period) by sending an email to the teacher, provided that they have not completed 50% of the evaluable activities. -
Non-continuous evaluation:The level of development of the transversal and specific competences raised above will be taken into account to grade all the subject activities.
The qualification of each activity will be numerical, from 0 to 10.
To consider the student has passed the subject, a minimum of 4 points must be obtained in each compulsory activity (final test, attitude in practices, preparation of the practice report, written report and oral presentation of the report).
In any case, the subject will only be considered passed if the average of all evaluable activities results in a grade of 5 or higher (out of 10).
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
In the case of not reaching 4 points in any of the compulsory activities, the student must take an exam of the activity or activities not passed during the ordinary call.
So:
- In the case of the final test, it will be a written exam of the same characteristics,
- in the case of carrying out the practices, a written exam on the content (fundamentals, experimental methods, treatment of results) of the practices,
- In the case of the practice report, the elaboration of a new report that corrects the errors that the previous one presented.
- in the case of the written report of theoretical works, it will be the elaboration of a new report that corrects the errors that the previous one presented,
- In the case of the oral presentation of the report, it is a new oral presentation that corrects the errors that the previous one had.
So:
- In the case of the final test, it will be a written exam of the same characteristics,
- in the case of carrying out the practices, a written exam on the content (fundamentals, experimental methods, treatment of results) of the practices,
- In the case of the practice report, the elaboration of a new report that corrects the errors that the previous one presented.
- in the case of the written report of theoretical works, it will be the elaboration of a new report that corrects the errors that the previous one presented,
- In the case of the oral presentation of the report, it is a new oral presentation that corrects the errors that the previous one had.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
In the case of the call for special completion of the subject, the activities passed in the last call to which the student took part will be taken into account, carrying out only those that were not passed.
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 13 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 26.5 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Problem solving and exercises] | 10 |
| Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Problem solving and exercises] | 16 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Group Work] | 15 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Group Work] | 3 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 14 |
| Practicum and practical activities report writing or preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 10 |
| Progress test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 3 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources