Waste management

Students must select a 10 ha (315 m x 315 m) area of an urban area within Australia. Selected are must include some commercial and institutional areas. For the selected area, carryout the following data collection and analysis:
- Number of residential and commercial properties.
- Estimate the quantity of waste generated from these houses.
- Identify the source separation required (number of bins required).
- Estimate the quantities for each type of waste that is generated.
- Design the collection frequency and route, and number and size of trucks.
- Identify the processing required for each of the waste types.
- Design the processing centre.
- Identify the resources that can be recovered, annually.
- Identify the appropriate disposal options.
- Design the selected disposal options.
- Evaluate all the resources recovery and disposal options using triple bottom line approach.
- Identify and quantify the likely amounts of hazardous waste that may be generated from households. - Provide a succinct summary of all the data that was collected and analysed.
- Develop a thought provoking conclusions and recommendations section.