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About the Course

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! This course provides you with an overview of the municipal solid waste management situation in low- and middle-income countries. It covers key elements of the waste management system, such as its technical, environmental, social, financial and institutional aspects. Besides understanding the challenges, you will be introduced to appropriate and already applied solutions through selected case studies....

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SB

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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.

CP

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Understandable and easy to access to reading materials recommended in each modules. Benefits to current jobs and will recommend this course to colleagues who have no background on this issue to study.

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By Hasan N

Dec 28, 2020

Great. During my Bachelor course, it was an optional course but a few students enrolled in it and it was cancelled. now I am happy to take it in here.

wish you best

thanks

By mario j r

Jun 19, 2016

MUY BUENO -- MUY INTERESANTE - en mi caso limitado por el idioma sin embargo logre aprobar y aprender conocimientos para su divulgación y formación personal -- Gracias

By Vaishnavi S A

May 19, 2020

This course has a lot to offer from a novice to even a skilled person. I loved the way how it was rooted towards basics and the bonus modules are also very helpful.

By Nathalie T

Aug 8, 2022

Very nice course, although the videos are quite long sometimes. Thanks to Chris and Imanol for the effort they put into it. The other guests are also appreciated.

By Sankar V

Oct 13, 2016

A lot of further research on the topics taught can help you flourish far and wide with the foundations taught in this wonderfully structured societal good course.

By Alice M

Apr 26, 2016

The course was extremely helpful. As a practitioner I will be able to apply my learning in my work with local and state governments and development organisations.

By Jamshed y

Jan 26, 2019

I found this course very informative and well organized. Everything explained by schematic diagrams and technique so that everyone easily can understand.

By Pravin S

Apr 15, 2016

The course content is very relevant and useful. I would like to suggest to include overview of more MSW management options. e.g. Refuse Derived Fuel, etc.

By Carlos N D T

Oct 2, 2016

Realmente este curso me pareció interesante, muestra demasiados ejemplos que ayudan en la compresión de la sesión. Muchas gracias a los profesores.

By Rasha T

Jan 4, 2017

Thank you! I've learned a lot from this course. The flow of ideas from a topic to another was very smooth. The cost model was very helpful :)

By Osama K

Jul 1, 2024

I would do 5 if the course was updated to the latest version. overall its the best and most detailed course on SWM. definitely recommended

By Kevin E M V

May 23, 2016

The course gives you a quite well structured insight into solid waste management. It's a great stimulus for working hard on this topic.

By Tata V S R

Jun 7, 2020

Courses are of utmost importance all the more so in the present scenario and delivered by the team in an exemplary way..Thank you all.

By MOHAN M

May 9, 2020

As a Municipal staff it's very helpful to me.this is help me to increase or grow up my knowledge and implement the waste management

By Farrel D S

Apr 8, 2017

A little more in-depth than a course for beginners, but still simple and easy to follow, with a lot of additional material provided.

By Solenn A

May 16, 2018

Très complet et pédagogique. Un peu trop technique sur certains aspects mais au moins cela s'adresse à un public d'acteurs divers.

By George O

Oct 13, 2020

It was a well detailed course, I llearned a lot about how to manage waste effectively. I look forward to learning more about this

By anise b

Dec 12, 2018

it was a great experience with u thank u all for this information i will try my best to use this knowloge in my life and my work

By Ahmed B

Nov 9, 2018

A good general course to learn about solid waste management and how its done around the world with some informant case studies.

By Marcel B S A

Jul 8, 2019

Ce cours est très intéressant et parle vraiment de la réalité de la gestion des déchets solides dans les pays en développement

By Dayana G

Jul 31, 2017

El curso es muy bueno, gracias por la ayuda, sin embargo hace unos meses que culmine el curso y aun no recibo el certificado

By Siddharth P

May 21, 2020

its is very useful course for manage the solid waste over land .

and then how to protect the environment to the solid waste.

By Ravi T K

Jun 2, 2017

Overview on waste management on a macro scale was well framed. Course content is well designed with relevant case studies.

By Manuel A V I

Jun 8, 2016

I really liked this course. I just wish there was more documentation on insect reproduction. Other than that really good!

By Mario A M

Apr 5, 2017

This course is very interesting because it brings important data and information about managment waste and recycling.