Assessment Item 1 (2000 words)
Select a Region/Country/State/City of your choice and prepare a report on the current state of municipal solid waste management. Such report, normally referred to as the baseline report, could include the following topics:
Profile of the selected Region/Country/State/City
Solid waste generation and physical characteristics
Existing solid waste management system
Institutional and financial aspects
Prediction of future waste quantities
Major problems and issues
Conclusions
Solid Waste Management: Marking Rubric
 
 
Needs Improvement
Fair
Very Good
Excellent
Information Seeking/Selecting and Evaluating
10 Marks Student gathered information that lacked relevance, quality, depth and balance.
20 Marks Student gathered information from a limited range of sources and displayed minimal effort in selecting quality resources
20 Marks Student gathered information from a variety of relevant sources–print and electronic but limited critical readings relating to the thesis or topic.
30 Marks Student gathered information from a variety of quality electronic and print sources, including appropriate licensed databases. Sources are relevant, balanced and include critical readings relating to the thesis or topic.
Analysis and Synthesis
10 Marks Student conclusions simply involved restating information. Conclusions were not supported by evidence.Student work is not logically or effectively structured. 
10 MarksStudent conclusions could be supported by stronger evidence. Level of analysis could have been deeper.Student could have put greater effort into organizing the product 
20 marksStudent product shows good effort was made in analysing the evidence collectedStudent is/are able to organize  the product and made a few good connections among ideas 
30 Marks Student carefully analysed the information collected and drew appropriate and inventive conclusions supported by evidence. Student developed appropriate   structure for…