Course Description

Solid Waste Management presents a huge challenge but also a huge opportunity for sustainable development. Waste can be used as a vehicle to bring significant and lasting improvements in the social, economic and environmental spheres of any community.  The challenge it represents should not be underestimated, 3 billion people around the world live without basic waste management services and infrastructure, 60 million live on garbage dumps, 50 mega dumps exist, and upto 15-20% of Green House Gases have been associated with waste.

9 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, require the issue of waste to be addressed in order to be met.  Waste is also key to delivering equity and sustainable justice as it is the poor and vulnerable who carry the majority of this burden in the emerging world and in the developed world.

This course will inspire its students to see waste as an opportunity to succeed both within their communities, organisations, businesses and individually. It is taught by Simon Penney, ​PhD Cand at Queens University in Kingston ON, after working in industry world wide for over 20 years

Course Impact

Syllabus

• Introduction to using Waste for development
• Case Studies 1 (Waste Types) Organic, Plastic and Others
• Case Studies 2 (Waste Services and Technologies) Retail, Collection, Treatment, Disposal
• Communications and Funding
• What is Responsible Consumption and Market Development
• Special Guest
• Project Presentation
• Online Party! Course review, additional resources and next steps

The course will be taught through web based lectures and led by Simon Penney, an International pioneer in bringing the waste and development sectors together, there will be one guest lecture from a renowned expert

The course will use, video, tutorials and other innovative teaching methods.   Opportunity will be provided for students to use current work/organisational placed opportunities as part of their course learning. 

After the course It is intended that the course will have an active alumni group that will provide for the growth of a community of knowledge, which will support the future work of individuals, organizations and others.

The course will be assessed 100% through a project that will be presented to the class.

This course is aimed at the graduate, entrepreneur, NGO leader, university student.