The research programme (projects and thematic objectives)
| No. | Project title | Project summary | Thematic objective(s) addressed | ||||
| 1 | Industrial and social ecology of urban resource flows | Development of a suite of models using national statistical datasets and ethnographic analysis to enable mapping of waste arisings within the urban environment | (a) Understanding waste arisings | ||||
| 2 | Appropriate scales and technologies for energy recovery by thermal processing of waste in the urban environment | Life cycle analysis and mathematical modelling of thermal treatment processes including gasification and pyrolysis. Practical investigation of the effects of waste stream inputs on process outputs | (d) Appropriate technologies and scales | ||||
| 3 | Appropriate scales and technologies for bio-processing of organic urban wastes, including energy production from anaerobic digestion of waste in the urban environment | Life cycle assessment of biological treatment processes for waste.Practical assessment of the environmental impacts of home composting and the effects of scale on anaerobic digestion facilities | (a) Understanding waste arisings(b) New whole-life modelling tools(d) Appropriate technologies and scales | ||||
| 4 | Commercial and industrial waste audit of SMEs | Development of computer-based interactive data acquisition and feedback software to provide SMEs with options for improving environmental performance through waste reduction | (a) Understanding waste arisings | ||||
| 5 | Transport and logistics: assessing the performance and optimising recovery from household waste sites | Investigation of the key factors influencing the use and efficiency of HWRCs | (c) Understanding and quantifying impacts of infrastructure architecture | ||||
| 6 | Networks and benefits: assessment, operation and performance of multi-benefit schemes for waste avoidance and reuse | Investigation of collection and disposal operations for bulky household waste and evaluation of national schemes for furniture recovery | (c) Understanding and quantifying impacts of infrastructure architecture | 7 | Interfacing the infrastructure: domestic waste management schemes and the intersection of public/private space and services | Use of ethnographic methods and modelling based on secondary datasets to investigate barriers to participation in recycling schemes and structural constraints on individuals’ waste generation, reuse and recycling behaviour | (a) Understanding waste arisings(c) Understanding and quantifying impacts of infrastructure architecture |
| 8 | Energy footprint modelling for MSW management | Development of a model to assess material and energy balances for a range of waste and resource management activities | (b) New whole-life modelling tools |
| No. | Project title | Project summary | Thematic objective(s) addressed | ||||
| 1 | Industrial and social ecology of urban resource flows | Development of a suite of models using national statistical datasets and ethnographic analysis to enable mapping of waste arisings within the urban environment | ( | ||||
| 2 | Appropriate scales and technologies for energy recovery by thermal processing of waste in the urban environment | Life cycle analysis and mathematical modelling of thermal treatment processes including gasification and pyrolysis. Practical investigation of the effects of waste stream inputs on process outputs | ( | ||||
| 3 | Appropriate scales and technologies for bio-processing of organic urban wastes, including energy production from anaerobic digestion of waste in the urban environment | Life cycle assessment of biological treatment processes for waste.Practical assessment of the environmental impacts of home composting and the effects of scale on anaerobic digestion facilities | ( | ||||
| 4 | Commercial and industrial waste audit of SMEs | Development of computer-based interactive data acquisition and feedback software to provide SMEs with options for improving environmental performance through waste reduction | ( | ||||
| 5 | Transport and logistics: assessing the performance and optimising recovery from household waste sites | Investigation of the key factors influencing the use and efficiency of HWRCs | ( | ||||
| 6 | Networks and benefits: assessment, operation and performance of multi-benefit schemes for waste avoidance and reuse | Investigation of collection and disposal operations for bulky household waste and evaluation of national schemes for furniture recovery | ( | 7 | Interfacing the infrastructure: domestic waste management schemes and the intersection of public/private space and services | Use of ethnographic methods and modelling based on secondary datasets to investigate barriers to participation in recycling schemes and structural constraints on individuals’ waste generation, reuse and recycling behaviour | ( |
| 8 | Energy footprint modelling for MSW management | Development of a model to assess material and energy balances for a range of waste and resource management activities | ( |
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