The overall objective of the course is to allow students to work in the field with waste management in a concrete setting. The students will address selected topics in relation to practical waste sampling, waste generation rates and resource potentials, improvement of waste collection and waste management solutions at the festival. Topics are selected according to the possibilities at the Roskilde Festival and will involve mandatory field work at the festival. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Define and analyse key aspects of waste generation and waste management in a real case.
• Explain the theoretical background needed for the waste case study.
• Identify a relevant issue of the Roskilde Festival waste management that can be investigated within the given time frame of the course.
• Plan and develop a field investigation, and illustrate the experimental plan.
• Perform a field investigation.
• Evaluate the results from the field investigation and relate this to the theoretical background.
• Develop appropriate recommendations related to waste management at Roskilde Festival.
• Communicate the project objectives, methodologies, solutions, and evaluation of results in a report.

The Roskilde Festival brings together around 80.000 people within a short time period. This represents a tremendous challenges for setting up a properly functioning waste management system. Non-collected waste may in fact create health problems, odour, and may provide the festival participants with an overall bad impression of the event. Collection and subsequent treatment and recycling of the waste itself also have different environmental impacts. During the course, the students work in groups on a specific topic related to waste management at Roskilde Festival, before, during, and after the event. The project work is carried out in collaboration with the festival organizers. Based on the work, each group documents their findings in a written report. A few introductory and ad-hoc lectures may be given, but the main work will be done independently within the groups. The course requires a background in waste management and is based on the textbook: Solid Waste Technology & Management by Christensen (ed.), 2011, Blackwell Publishing LtD. The course duration is three weeks. The workload is organized approximately as follows:
1) 2-3 mandatory class room sessions per week during the June 3-weeks period (introductory lectures, project development and discussion, oral presentations of the planned work, packing/shipping of material). Each class room session is half a day. Additional home work for report writing is expected.
2) Mandatory field work during the Roskilde Festival for about 30 hours. Only limited support is provided at this point. Free access to the Roskilde Festival is provided to course participants. See http://roskilde.dtu.dk for details.
3) At least 4-5 full work days for completion of the report after the festival. The report is due by July 31st. 01. maj, 2018