Select a Region/Country/State/City of your choice and prepare a report on the current state of application of cleaner production and eco-efficiency practices. Such report, normally referred to as the state of cleaner production report, could include the following topics:
Profile of the selected Region/Country/State/City
Description of environmental issues
Potential Benefits of cleaner production to the selected entity
Steps undertaken to-date in implementing cleaner production
Cleaner production success stories
Challenges and barriers
Conclusions
The report should include a detailed success story on how the cleaner production assessment was undertaken in this instance.
Marking Criteria
The report will be assessed based on the demonstrated ability to conduct a state of cleaner production report and the following generic criteria:
Demonstration of understanding of wider issues associated with the project
Demonstrated technical competence
Logical sequencing of written text
Demonstration of independent thought and discussion
Appropriate reference to literature
The format of the assessment item is flexible. However, 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.