Professional Requalification Program for the Specialists in the Field of Waste Management

The increased level of environmental pollution due to different kinds of waste, unauthorized landfills and the lack of counting and monitoring of the territories ecological conditions are problems faced by all mega-cities around the world. Nowadays, in the Russian Federation there is no system of pr...

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Published in2018 IEEE International Conference"Management of Municipal Waste as an Important Factor of Sustainable Urban Development" (WASTE) pp. 95 - 97
Main Authors Furtatova, A.S., Novikova, O.V.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2018
Subjects
economic instruments
Economics
environmental legislation
environmental management
natural resources
Organizations
Production
professional competences
professional requalification program
Recycling
Standards organizations
Waste management
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Summary:The increased level of environmental pollution due to different kinds of waste, unauthorized landfills and the lack of counting and monitoring of the territories ecological conditions are problems faced by all mega-cities around the world. Nowadays, in the Russian Federation there is no system of preparing specialists in the field of waste management, which indicates the need for creating requalification program for specialists in this field. The article describes an additional professional requalification program developed at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University - "Environmental economics and waste management".
DOI:10.1109/WASTE.2018.8554164