Information Package / Course Catalogue
Waste Management and Sustainability
Course Code: PLT151
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Within the scope of this course, it is aimed to provide decision makers, producers and disposers with a modern perspective on an integrated waste management approach within the framework of new waste management theories and practices shaped by rapidly developing technological opportunities by questioning the social perception of waste.

Course Content

Today, wastes are perceived as an economic value as well as being an important issue in terms of disposal. In addition to the environmental risks it creates, it has become an important input to sustainable resource management with appropriate technology and strategies. With the methods of recycling, recovery and reuse, wastes have now come to serve a more rational resource use preference that strengthens economic infrastructures in accordance with sustainable development goals, beyond an understanding of disposal that is stored in the wild in a way that threatens ecological systems and is left to nature indiscriminately.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Recognize the characteristics of industries and be able to analyze the type of wastes released
2.Ability to prepare an integrated waste management plan for different types of waste
3.Follows legal regulations and analyzes the effects of waste on health, environment and safety in universal and societal dimensions.
4.Acquiring sustainable waste management skills
5.Gains knowledge about the importance of recycling and recycling.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Environmental Effects and Management of Hazardous and Hazardous Wastes, Environmental Pollution and Control, II. Volume, Editor: Zafer Ayvaz, Izmir. Alyanak, Abraham (1994).
2.Chemical Principles of Environmental Pollution, Second Ed., Blackie Academic&Professional, UK. Alyanak, İbrahim (1992)
3.Kuşadası Municipality Publication No:7, Kuşadası Gruppo Abele-Nomos Legambiente-GEPEC-EC (2003)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Waste policies in terms of legislation in Turkey
Week 2 - Theoretical
International and national waste management policies
Week 3 - Theoretical
Waste Management
Week 4 - Theoretical
Classification of Waste
Week 5 - Theoretical
Domestic Waste Management
Week 6 - Theoretical
Waste Disposal Methods According to Waste Types (QUİZ)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Waste Disposal Methods According to Waste Types
Week 8 - Theoretical
Waste Disposal Methods According to Waste Types (Midterm Exam Evaluation)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Waste Disposal Methods According to Waste Types
Week 10 - Theoretical
Waste Disposal Methods According to Waste Types
Week 11 - Theoretical
Recovery and Recycling Technologies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Environmental Importance of Recovery and Recycling
Week 13 - Theoretical
Economic Importance of Recovery and Recycling
Week 14 - Theoretical
Development methods of a sustainable recycling system for recyclable waste in Turkey
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%25
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142149
Quiz1617
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)80
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026