12,522 research outputs found
Right to repair: will the public choose to reuse e-products for longer?
No full textThe University of Southampton’s Olanrewaju S. Shittu, Ian D. Williams and Peter J. Shaw look at the right to repair, and ask will the public follow the waste hierarchy and choose to reuse e-products for longer
Editorial: supporting young waste management professionals
No full textSociety faces numerous pressing problems, one of which is the development of a sustainable approach to waste (resource) management. Modern society involves consumption on a massive scale, and this leads to massive resource use and massive waste generation. Enabling effective resource management requires advanced higher education (Williams, 2014) alongside appropriate infrastructure, service provision and active public engagement, and this is hugely challenging (Timlett and Williams, 2011). Many political, environmental, social, technological, legal, and economic approaches have been trialed, but only slow progress has been achieved.Everyone was young once. Everyone will remember the frustrations of having ideas, often promising ideas, that simply did not get heard, for complex (and sometimes valid) reasons. Sometimes - because no-one was listening – clever ideas were not acted upon. What a waste!Academic members of the waste management community are often older than those in other academic fields. Waste management has been a critical area of study for a long time, driven by the need to address public health and environmental issues (Williams, 2014). This long-standing focus means that pioneers and early researchers in the field are now very senior academics. The interdisciplinary nature of waste management, which combines elements of engineering, environmental science, public health, and policy, often attracts professionals who have long careers in both academia and industry. This can lead to a higher average age within the community, with its leading experts having decades of experience. Senior academics and companies that have contributed over time to the development of now well-established and reliable technologies are generally reluctant to consider entirely new and innovative ideas. However, the field of environmental engineering is still a relatively young sector compared to others, with significant potential for further innovation. It is thus crucial that we should do more with and for our younger colleagues, as their contributions could play a pivotal role in driving innovation within this sector. We should listen actively to their viewpoints and perspectives and provide more assistance with their careers. We should learn from them and support their progressive ideas with energy and vigor.<br/
Deliverable 8.2. Organisation and minutes of the two stakeholder workshops.: evaluation, control and mitigation of the enviRonmental impacts of shippinG emissions (EMERGE) project (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 874990)
No full textThis report, prepared by MarInEM in the framework of WP8 – ‘Dissemination, communication and exploitation’ of the EMERGE project, addresses Deliverable 8.2 (D8.2) – ‘Organization and minutes of the two stakeholder workshops.’ It encompasses the proceedings of the two stakeholder workshops organized to engage stakeholders in the project activities and to promote constructive dialogue with them.D8.2 provides an overview of the two workshops that took place online during the project’s lifetime. The first workshop, ‘Abatement of the emissions and discharges of shipping’, held at the beginning of the 2nd year of the project’s duration, aimed to introduce stakeholders to the project’s scope and goals, and requested their inputs, insights and recommendations. During the second workshop, which occurred towards the completion of the project, project partners presented significant findings and policy recommendations to the stakeholders. Additionally, both workshops were attended by members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and the general public. Furthermore, D8.2 describes the aim, target groups and the channels through which the workshops were disseminated.US is the Lead Beneficiary for WP8, but MarInEM and US managed WP8 together and closely cooperated on the implementation of its tasks and its deliverables
Aiming for zero waste: The ZeroWIN approach
No full textZero waste is a unifying concept for a range of measures aimed at eliminating waste and allowing us to challenge old ways of thinking. Aiming for zero waste will mean viewing waste as a potential resource with value to be realised, rather than as a problem to be dealt with. But zero waste will not happen overnight…<br/
Deliverable 8.4. List of scientific articles and presentations to international conferences: evaluation, control and mitigation of the enviRonmental impacts of shippinG emissions (EMERGE) project (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 874990)
No full textThis report has been prepared by the University of Southampton and MarInEM in the framework of WP8 ‘Dissemination, communication and exploitation’ of the EMERGE project. The report addresses Deliverable 8.4 (D8.4) ‘“List of scientific articles and presentations to international conferences.’ It includes two separate lists accurate to end May 2024. Other articles and presentations are in review or are planned later in 2024, and even in 2025, so the final lists will be longer.US is the Lead Beneficiary for WP8, but MarInEM and US managed WP8 together and closely cooperated on the implementation of its tasks and its deliverables
Deliverable 8.3. Eight six-monthly newsletters and four annual press releases: evaluation, control and mitigation of the enviRonmental impacts of shippinG emissions (EMERGE) project (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 874990)
No full textThis report has been prepared by MarInEM in the framework of WP8 “Dissemination, communication and exploitation” of the EMERGE project. In particular, the report has been elaborated for D8.3 “Eight six-monthly newsletters and four annual press releases” and includes the first newsletter of the project which is due in the first month of the project. It also describes the objectives, the target groups and the channels through which the newsletter will be disseminated.US is the Lead Beneficiary for WP8, but MarInEM and US will be managing together WP8 and will be cooperating for the implementation of its tasks and its deliverables
Deliverable 8.5. Creating and maintaining a website, and social media report: evaluation, control and mitigation of the enviRonmental impacts of shippinG emissions (EMERGE) project (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 874990)
No full textThis report has been prepared by MarInEM and US in the framework of WP8 “Dissemination, communication and exploitation” of the EMERGE project. The report addresses D8.5 - “Creating and maintaining a website, and social media report.” It includes the main features of the project’s website and identifies the social media accounts of the project. The general aim of those channels was to communicate the project, its activities and results in an effective way and make the results and deliverables of the project available in a comprehensible manner to all the potential audiences.US is the Lead Beneficiary for WP8, but MarInEM and US managed WP8 together and closely cooperated on the implementation of its tasks and its deliverables. <br/
A community-scale hybrid energy system integrating biomass for localised solid waste and renewable energy solution: Evaluations in UK and Bulgaria
No full textGrowing pace of urban living is expected to simultaneously aggravate both the waste and the energy crises. This study presents feasibility assessment of a community scale hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) utilising biomass to serve the local energy needs while reducing the household solid waste volume. A modelling framework is presented and evaluated for a biomass HRES, comprising of a Wind turbine-PV Array-Biogas generator-Battery system, applied to two European cities - Gateshead (UK) and Sofia (Bulgaria) - accounting for their distinct domestic biowaste profiles, renewable resources and energy practices. Biogas generator is found to make the most substantial share of electricity generation (up to 60–65% of total), hence offering a stable community-scale basal electricity generation potential, alongside reduction in disposal costs of local solid waste. Net present cost for the biomass-integrated HRESs is found within 5% of each other, despite significant differences in the availability of solar and wind resources at the two sites. Based on a survey questionnaire targeting construction companies and energy solution developers, project costs and planning regulatory red tapes were identified as the two common implementation challenges in both the countries, with lack of awareness of HRES as a further limitation in Bulgaria, impeding wider uptake of this initiative
Environmental (waste) compliance control systems for UK SMEs
No full textWhile the ‘environment’ is often perceived as a heavily regulated area of business, in reality, directly-regulated businesses represent a small proportion of the business community. This study aimed to evaluate and outline potential improvements to compliance controls for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those involved in the waste sector. Forty-four SMEs from England were interviewed/audited between April-September 2008. Using a UK-based system as a case-in-point, the Environment Agency’s (EA) Operational Risk Appraisal (‘Opra’)/Compliance Assessment Report (CAR) system was analysed. Environmental compliance performance indicators and an initial assessment methodology for SMEs were developed. The study showed:• Compliance with permitting legislation was poor in many areas.• Regulatory authorities are either unable/failing to implement their enforcement policies or unable/failing to identify non-compliances due to the infrequency or limited nature of their inspections.• Improvements are needed to the EA Opra/CAR system – control measures are not fully taken into account when calculating risk.Recommendations to improve SME compliance controls include using internationally applicable general and specific compliance and non-compliance performance indicators, re-designing the Opra system and using an initial assessment methodology based on understanding the hazardousness of SME categories, compliance levels and operator competency.<br/
Measurement of CP Violation Parameters in B[superscript 0] → D K[superscript * 0] Decays
No full textAn analysis of B[superscript 0]→DK[superscript ∗0] decays is presented, where D represents an admixture of D[superscript 0] and [bar over D][superscript 0] mesons reconstructed in four separate final states: K[superscript -]π[superscript +], π[superscript -]K[superscript +], K[superscript +]K[superscript -] and π[superscript +]π[superscript -]. The data sample corresponds to 3.0fb[superscript -1] of proton-proton collision, collected by the LHCb experiment. Measurements of several observables are performed, including CP asymmetries. The most precise determination is presented of r[subscript B](DK[superscript ∗0]), the magnitude of the ratio of the amplitudes of the decay B[superscript 0]→DK[superscript +]π[superscript -] with a b→u or a b→c transition, in a Kπ mass region of ±50 MeV/c[superscript 2] around the K∗(892) mass and for an absolute value of the cosine of the K[superscript ∗0] helicity angle larger than 0.4.National Science Foundation (U.S.
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