Select a Region/Country/State/City of your choice and prepare a report on the current state of hazardous waste management. Such report, normally referred to as the baseline report, could include the following topics:

  • Profile of the selected Region/Country/State/City
  • Hazardous waste generation and physical characteristics
  • Existing hazardous waste management system Institutional and financial aspects
  • Prediction of future waste quantities
  • Major problems and issues
  • Conclusions

Word limit : 2000 words

Due date : Week 7, Friday 12th September @ 4pm

it should comply with the normal requirements of a paper published in a journal. The rationale behind this assessment item is to assess the student’s ability to research on a given topic, ability to cite latest literature and report on latest developments in this area and to assess the ability to write a research paper to the standards normally required by a journal. Students are strongly encouraged to get familiar with such requirements by referring to paper published in an international scientific journal.