Assignment Overview

You are employed by a local  municipality as environmental health officer and are placed in charge of solid  waste disposal and management.

Case Assignment 

Currently  the county disposes of their municipal solid wastes in a landfill. The  landfill’s capacity will end in a few years and a new option is being considered  to manage solid waste management in the county for the next 50 years. Write a  paper in which you:

1. Compare  and contrast two alternatives for the county’s solid waste disposal (for  example landfill versus incineration). Examples of factors to consider in your  analysis may include environmental impacts, human health impacts, resource  conservation or recovery, occupational hazards for operators and sustainability.
2. Select  the best method for solid waste disposal in this scenario setting and explain  your rationale.

Assignment Expectations

Use  information from your module readings/articles as well as appropriate research  to support your paper.

Length: The  Case Assignment should be 3-5 pages long (double-spaced).

Turnitin:  Your assignment will not be graded until you have submitted an Originality  Report with a Similarity Index (SI) score <20% (excluding direct quotes,  quoted assignment instructions, and references). Papers not meeting this  requirement by the end of the session will receive a score of 0 (grade of F).  Do keep in mind that papers with a lower SI score may be returned for  revisions. For example, if one paragraph accounting for only 10% of a paper is  cut and pasted, the paper could be returned for revision, despite the low SI  score. Please use the report and your SI score as a guide to improve the  originality of your work.

References:  At least three references must be included from academic sources (e.g.,  peer-reviewed journal articles). Required Reading is included. Quoted materials  should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments  is critical thinking). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others. Materials  copied verbatim from external sources must be enclosed in quotation marks.  In-text citations are required as well as a list of references at the end of  the assignment. (APA format is recommended.) 

Organization:  Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to the questions.

Format:  APA format is recommended for this assignment.

Grammar  and Spelling: While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are  expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and  sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact  clarity. 

The  following items will be assessed in particular:

• Achievement of learning objectives       for SLP assignment.
• Relevance: All content is       connected to the question.
• Precision: Specific question is       addressed. Statements, facts, and statistics are specific and accurate.
• Depth of discussion: Points that       lead to deeper issues are presented and integrated.
• Breadth: Multiple perspectives and       references, and multiple issues/factors are considered.
• Evidence: Points are well       supported with facts, statistics, and references.
• Logic: Discussion makes sense;       conclusions are logically supported by premises, statements, or factual       information.
• Clarity: Writing is concise and       understandable, and contains sufficient detail or examples.
• Objectivity: Avoids the use of       first person and subjective bias.