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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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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....

Top reviews

CP

Aug 14, 2020

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.

AN

May 11, 2020

This course is very well designed and easy to understand because of dedicated and experience personnel who are delivering the content. Use of case study is well planned at various sections in course.

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By anjali m

Apr 25, 2016

The lectures were insightful and concise. A few topics were a bit too technical like the one on Thermo Chemical Conversion. May be more time could have been dedicated to governance issues and strategic planning for SWM.

By Yogita P

May 22, 2020

The content in the course is simple and lucid to understand and the mentors are excellent on their part. This course has helped me with gaining overview on a completely new content in an entirely different way.

By Zwe W P

Dec 4, 2019

This course is good enough for me and get much knowledge about waste. Although the certificate is given, no credit is mention in certificate. It would be better if not adding no credit statement in certificate.

By Laura Z

Jul 8, 2016

This course includes Municipal Solid Waste Management in developing countries, and issues that we do experience in latin american countries. It has a good overall technical data on solid waste management.

By Declan O

Aug 17, 2020

Overall a good and interesting course, though some material (referenced) are getting a little dated and needs to be updated. Would like to see more on institutional challenges and financing of MSWM.

By Czarina C

Apr 12, 2020

This has provided technical knowledge on waste management for developing countries. It would be great for this to broaden discussion on plastic waste management as this is a growing topic. Thank you!

By Lucy M

May 4, 2021

An interesting look at the management of waste in developing countries. As a Waste Educator based in the UK this has significantly added to my knowledge of how waste is managed in LDCs. Thank you!

By Honoria F

Jul 6, 2020

Un curso realmente educativo y que puede ayudarnos a nosotros, quienes vivimos en países en vías de desarrollo a conocer alternativas para mejorar nuestro sistema de recolección de residuos.

By Karthick

Apr 29, 2016

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

By Mamoru

Sep 21, 2017

Good overview of waste management for beginners. Less materials on how to overcome barriers for developing countries. Example: how to convert existing dump site to sanitary landfill.

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 27, 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 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.