Sustainable technologies & systems to return wastes to the resource loop; Physical, chemical & biological accumulation, transformation and release of contaminants in industrial by-products & environmental media, for waste prevention, treatment & remediation; Laboratory & field technologies & test methods, regulatory guidance, databases and computer modellin; geochemistry of toxic metals in cements, reuse of timber waste & tools for safe use of anthropogenic resources
Research groups:
I am a founding Director of CircEL, the 香港六合彩 Circular Economy Laboratory [/circular-economy-lab/], a hub for research and education on resource efficiency that spans the breadth and depth of 香港六合彩 expertise in this area, and PI and Director of the £8M UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-based Construction Materials (ICEC-MCM) [bit.ly/icec-mcm]. I also lead the Centre for Resource Efficiency & the Environment (CREE) [/civil-environmental-geomatic-engineering/about].
Research publications:
• Co-processing of raw and washed air pollution control residues from energy-from-waste facilities in the cement kill [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338491100_Co-processing_of_raw_and_washed_air_pollution_control_residues_from_energy-from-waste_facilities_in_the_cement_kiln]
• Feasibility of cross-laminated secondary timber [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339850215_Feasibility_of_cross-laminated_secondary_timber]
• Characterising Existing Buildings as Material Banks (E-BAMB) to Enable Component Reuse [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326658902_Characterising_Existing_Buildings_as_Material_Banks_E-BAMB_to_Enable_Component_Reuse]
• From Waste Management to Component Management in the Construction Industry [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322564017_From_Waste_Management_to_Component_Management_in_the_Construction_Industry]
• Element speciation in UK biomass power plant residues based on composition, mineralogy, microstructure and leaching [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320197013_Element_speciation_in_UK_biomass_power_plant_residues_based_on_composition_mineralogy_microstructure_and_leaching]
Personal web address:
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Fellow ofthe Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IoM3) [https://www.iom3.org/]
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Example news stories:
• Why we’ll still need waste in a circular economy | The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/why-well-still-need-waste-in-a-circular-economy-136470]
• Sachet away: MPs and business leaders call for ban on plastic sample sachets | BusinessGreen [https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4024002/sachet-away-mps-business-leaders-ban-plastic-sample-sachets]
• Paper recycling isn’t necessarily good for the climate | Anthropocene Magazine [https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/10/paper-recycling-isnt-necessarily-good-for-the-climate/]
• Recycling Paper Using Renewable Energy Will Help the Climate | AZO Cleantech [https://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=28227]
• Paper recycling worsens climate change if fossil fuels are used | Balkan Green Energy News [https://balkangreenenergynews.com/paper-recycling-worsens-climate-change-if-fossil-fuels-are-used/]
• Business Leaders and NGO’s Join Forces to Call for a “True North” for a Sustainable Global Economy | The Business Debate Ltd [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-leaders-and-ngos-join-forces-to-call-for-a-true-north-for-a-sustainable-global-economy-581936871.html]
Example video clips:
• Circularity - Preparing for the New Circular Economy [https://resource.co/article/documentary-highlights-advantages-circular-economy-11049]
• Paper recycling must be powered by renewables to save climate [https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/paper-recycling-must-be-powered-by-renewables-to-save-climate/]
• Should Business Promote a Circular Economy to Save the Planet? [https://www.aiche.org/chenected/2016/08/should-business-promote-circular-economy-save-planet]