Assignment:
Select a topic from the list below and undertake a literature review on the topic to write a research paper. Literature cited should include most recently published papers from journals as well as recent reports published by recognised institutions/organisations. If you prefer to write the paper on a topic not included in the list below, you are required obtain approval from the course convenor prior to commencing the work on the paper.
• Health and environmental impacts of poor waste management
• Collection, transfer and transport of municipal solid waste
• Separation and processing of municipal solid waste
• Recycling of municipal solid waste
• Biological treatment of municipal solid waste
• Managing green and organic waste
• Biogas generation from solid waste
• Incineration of municipal solid waste
• Energy recovery from municipal solid waste
• Sanitary landfills
• Rehabilitation of open waste dumps in developing countries
• Generation and management of landfill gas
• Generation and management of landfill leachate
• Waste and Climate change
• Waste management strategy development
• International strategies for municipal solid waste management
• Community based solid waste management
• 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycling)
• Role of partnerships in waste management
• Case studies of best practice solid waste management
The format of the paper is flexible. However, it should comply with the normal requirements of a paper published in a journal. The rationale behind this assessment item is to assess the student's ability to research on a given topic in solid waste management, ability to cite latest literature and reports on latest developments in this area and to assess the ability to write a research paper to the standards normally required of a journal. Students are strongly encouraged to get familiar with such requirements by referring to paper published in an international scientific journal.