The use of composting is expected to increase dramatically due to its economic and environmental benefits. For public health protection, regulators and licensing authorities are requesting risk assessments to be conducted ...

There is a need for innovative technologies to classify and monitor the composition of solid waste in real-time. This research project has highlighted which information is required to improve current process designs. It ...

This study examines and verifies the influencing factors for sustainable design implementation in the front-end stages of New Product Development (NPD) process within the Fast-Moving-Consumer-Goods (FMCG) sector. Despite ...

This thesis investigates the phenomenon of environmental annoyance from waste management, specifically landfill odours. The research study identifies the scope and significance of parameters that influence the extent of ...

In the last two decades the service sector has dominated the UK economy. Recently, performance and service quality delivery has become a critical issue to the sustainability of businesses in this sector. Disruption to ...

This work investigates the spatio-temporal patterns of EV and PV adoption, attending to the need of informing the management of the distribution network with spatially explicit estimations of the EV and PV adoption rates. ...

The depletion of the reserves of fossil fuel promotes the search for sustainable renewable sources of energy. Due to their similarities with the petroleum products, the biofuels represent a better alternative than other ...

Utilising data from a sample of UK HEI students, this study investigates factors that influence informational interventions for energy saving. It makes an original contribution by developing an original method for testing ...