BE 1208

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Course Work

Solid Waste Management System

Students Names Reg. No.

Ferdinando K.P.M.D.A.S.M. 162406X

Indrasiri M.A.B.M 162413P
Lankapriya H.J. 162424B
Silva M.W.L.R.K 162438V

Lecturers Names : Ch. Qs. Nisa Zainudeen

Mrs. Harshini Mallawaarachchi
Ms. Udara Ranasinghe

Date of Assignment : 21st July 2017

Date of Submission : 25th August 2017
Date of Workshop : 01st September 2017

Department of Building Economics

University of Moratuwa
Course Work Brief and Feedback Form

Degree programme title B.Sc. (Hons) in Facilities Management

Module number and title BE 1208 – Waste Management

Ch. Qs. Nisa Zainudeen, Mrs. Harshini Mallawaarachchi

Lecturers names
Miss. Udara Ranasinghe

Module Moderator Dr. Yasangika Sandanayake

Course work title Solid Waste Management System

Set date 10th June 2017

Moderated date 20th July 2017
Date of assignment 21st July 2017

Date of submission 25th August 2017

Date of workshop 01st September 2017

Student declaration

We confirm that the work submitted for this assignment is our own work

Students names / Signatures

Stamp for date receipt of the assignment

Topic

Solid Waste Management System

Objectives

 To improve students’ knowledge on solid waste management particularly focusing in

proper collection, storage and disposal.
 To provide an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their creativity and analytical
ability through practical scenarios.
 To develop report writing and presentation skills of students.

Introduction

Management of waste has become a critical environmental concern in Sri Lanka. Due
to the changing consumption patterns together with increased population, rapid
economic growth, urbanization and industrial development, the generation of solid
waste has increased over previous decades. Waste from residential, commercial,
industrial and hospital premises comprise a large contribution into solid waste stream
containing many organic, hazardous and non-hazardous materials. This has caused
serious impacts on human health, and to the environment. Thus, having a proper system
for managing solid waste generated in building facilities is utmost importance both in
terms of minimizing waste generation as well as managing the generated solid waste
effectively.

Task

Students are required to select a facility belonging to one of the following categories and
carry out the tasks mentioned subsequently.
Hotel Office Building Manufacturing facility
Heath Care Facility Shopping Complex Construction site
Educational Facility Apartment Airport
Port
 T1) Identify different types of solid waste generated in the selected facility and the
locations/activities of waste generation.
T2) Investigate the existing solid waste management system in the selected facility to
identify waste collection, storage, processing and disposal mechanisms used.
T3) Identify the issues in existing solid waste management system in the particular
facility.
T4) Develop a solid waste management system for the selected facility by means of
following;
 Strategies for solid waste minimisation
 Mechanism for the collection of solid waste within the premises
 Solid waste storing mechanism/suitable locations ( incompliance with relevant
standards applicable in Sri Lanka)
 Solid waste processing and/or disposing mechanism
You are required to support the proposed solid waste management system with appropriate
drawings and supportive documents (legislative documents, standards etc) where
necessary.

Methodology

 Students shall work in groups of maximum four (04) members.

 Students are expected to produce a written report and should participate in the
workshop.
Report

 The report shall be word processed on both side of A4 paper, neatly presented as a
bound document and should be limited to a maximum of 5000 words.
 The report shall contain;
a) Coursework Brief
b) An introduction
c) The text (preferably in appropriate chapters)
d) Conclusions
e) References in accordance with APA referencing system
f) Supportive documents, drawings etc
Workshop for developing and demonstrating the model
  Students are required to participate one day workshop and should prepare a model to
present findings relating to proposed solid waste management system of the selected
facility.
 Developing the model will take place in the morning session and the demonstration is
in the afternoon session.
 All students must participate in the workshop.
 You may be cross-examined by the assessors on aspects that require further
clarification throughout the workshop.
Assessment Criteria

REPORT FEEDBACK SHEET

Group Basis
Presentation/ organisation
and structure of the report

Total
Report
Evaluation

Conclusions
Introduction

References
T1

T2

T3

T4

Maximum
05 05 10 20 20 30 05 05 100
marks
Students names/ Reg. No.

Comments on report
 WORKSHOP FEEDBACK SHEET

Individual Basis Group Basis

Presentation skills (voice, body

demonstrating the model

Involvement during the

Creativity of the work

Total
The Composition and
Evaluation of developing and
demonstrating the model

Time management
language etc.)

Defending
workshop

Maximum marks 20 20 10 30 10 10 100

Students names/ Reg. No.

Comments on presentation
 SUMMARY OF COURSE WORK MARKS

Reg. Report Workshop Total C/W marks

Students names (50%) (50%) (100%)
No.

Note: Late course works are subjected to a penalty of five (5) marks for the first delayed 24 hours.
Thereafter course work submissions will not be accepted and zero marks will be given.

Assessed by
(Lecturers)
Signature Date

Plagiarism, Cheating and Collusion

Plagiarism, cheating or collusion is regarded as a serious breach of the academic standards.

Students must carefully read the Academic Rules on Plagiarism, Cheating and Collusion.

RULES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED