As most of you know, SWANA has been a leader in web based
waste management training for several years, offering self-paced and instructor
led courses in a number of subjects including:
*Integrated Solid Waste
Management
*Landfill Gas
*Composting
Operations
*
Electronics
Recycling
*
Waste
Screening
*
Manger
*MOLO Math
Information on these and other SWANA e-courses is available
online.
Beginning in January, 2009, UCLA’s Extension program will
introduce a Certificate in Recycling and Municipal Solid Waste
Management, focusing on Waste
Reduction and Recycling: Program Design, Operations, and
Marketing.
Developed in cooperation with the California Integrated Waste
Management Board, this six course certificate program is designed for a wide
variety of individuals seeking to know the state-of-the-art in recycling and
waste management, including industrial managers and engineers, government staff,
disposal firm employees, community representatives, public sector employees, and
public policy analysts.
The program addresses environmental, technological,
political, legal, and economic aspects of recycling and waste management
policies. Basic themes of the six courses are fundamental principles; recycling;
technology; law and regulations; case studies; and an independent research
project as the capstone. The following
four-unit courses should be taken in the following order:
* X 438 Principles of
Recycling and Municipal Solid Waste Management
* X 438.2 Waste
Reduction and Recycling: Program Design, Operations, and
Marketing
* X 438.1 Municipal
Solid Waste Management Technology
*X 438.3 Environmental
Law and Regulatory Framework for Recycling and Municipal Solid Waste
Management
* X 438.4 Case Studies
and Best Management Practices
* X 438.5 Recycling and
Municipal Solid Waste Management: Research Project
Students must achieve
a grade of “C” or better in the six required courses. An Application for
Candidacy must be submitted upon completing the third course in the program and
the program must be completed in five years.
For more information call (310) 206-7259 or email crector@uclaextension.edu.