Have you come across large piles of garbage in neighbourhoods and streets and smelly waste disposal sites polluting the environment of low- and middle-income countries? Do you want to know what kind of sustainable solutions are appropriate to better manage waste and enhance recycling and recovery? If yes, this course is for you!
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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries
École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Physical Elements of Solid Waste Management
Physical Elements of Solid Waste Management : Lesson Choices
Governance Aspects of Solid Waste Management
Governance Aspects of Solid Waste Management : Lesson Choices
Organic waste treatment
Organic waste treatment: Lesson Choices
Special waste fractions
Special waste fractions : Lesson Choices
Reviews
- 5 stars84.74%
- 4 stars13.91%
- 3 stars1.08%
- 2 stars0.06%
- 1 star0.18%
TOP REVIEWS FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Best course I have ever enrolled in on coursera. This course contains excellent contents which are made with dedications. I am also glad to learn from a case study on my country, Bangladesh.
Tres bon MOOC sur un sujet neglige, mais tellement important. Ce MOOC reussit a montrer que les dechets ont une valeur et que leur transformation est faisable, pour le benefice de tous.
Very Useful and Awarness course .Before starting this course i thought waste management is a simple thing .But now i am able to understand the effects of its open dumping an treatment proces
The course was great to follow and was really informative, furnishing me with information that could be used right after completion. Thank you very much for putting this course together!
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