Information Package / Course Catalogue
Waste Management
Course Code: YII510
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

to provide the students with detailed information about the basic environment and sustainability that will be required for them in their subsequent learning and business life

Course Content

It is aimed that the students will have the ability to establish sustainability and environmental relations in the tourism and especially the food and beverage departments in the direction of the environment and sustainability they have achieved at the end of their education.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Berrin GÜZEL
Learning Outcomes
1. In general, learn about sustainability and sustainable tourism.
2. Learn about environmental and environmental impact.
3.Learn about waste and especially solid waste management.
4.Learn about waste and especially liquid waste management.
5.Learn about waste and especially toxic waste management.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Katı Atık Yönetimi / Ulrich Wiegel & Martin Steiner
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Sustainable tourism principles - objectives - benefits - Sustainable tourism dimensions (Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Sustainable tourism planning and principles
Week 3 - Theoretical
Sustainability in food and beverage business - environmental dimension
Week 4 - Theoretical
Green generation restaurant operation and applications in food and beverage business
Week 5 - Theoretical
Green generation restaurant certification
Week 6 - Theoretical
Sustainable food production - ecological footprint - ecological citizenship
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sustainable food consumption - consumer and product outlook
Week 8 - Theoretical
Climate change and reflections of food sector
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Exam
Week 10 - Theoretical
Definition of waste management
Week 11 - Theoretical
Public and private sector involvement in waste
Week 12 - Theoretical
Waste management legal issues - clean air / clean sea / protection of natural resources
Week 13 - Theoretical
Solid waste management - waste reduction, world countries research
Week 14 - Theoretical
Waste technologies - reuse - recycling
Week 15 - Theoretical
Waste economy
Week 16 - Final Exam
Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination120222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
OÇ-1
4
5
4
5
OÇ-2
5
4
5
5
OÇ-3
4
5
4
4
OÇ-4
5
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026