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  Community Waste: grassroots innovations for sustainable waste systems and practices (SEYFANGG2U19SF)
University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences
  Dr G Seyfang
Application Deadline: 31 May 2019
The challenge of managing and reducing domestic waste is a growing sustainability problem for governments and Local Authorities. Recycling rates are increasing, but this is not enough to address the environmental challenges faced by our throwaway material culture.
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  E-waste value chains in Guangdong province, China (Advert Reference: RDF19/EE/GES/FU)
Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment
  Dr W Fu
Application Deadline: 25 January 2019
E-waste is recognised as a serious problem for its environmental and societal impact. And while work on the recycling activities of e-waste in geography and related disciplines has focused on these impacts, few studies have paid attention to e-waste reuse activities and the potential for value creation.
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  MSc (Res), Geographical & Earth Sciences: The composition and pollution implications of waste materials from historic paper making
University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering
  Dr J MacDonald
Applications accepted all year round
The composition and pollution implications of waste materials from historic paper makingThis project will investigate the composition and pollution implications of waste materials from historic paper making, using a case study site at Milngavie, Scotland.
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  Reutilisation of bioenergy waste residue in low-cost pollution abatement technology development (Advert Reference: SF18/MCE/TIWARY)
Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment
  Dr A Tiwary
Applications accepted all year round
Globally, waste as a resource for low-cost pollution abatement technology development has huge potential, mainly in the developing countries.
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  Design of an emission reduction system for electricity generators with biodiesel from waste cooking oil
University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering and Informatics
  Research Group: Mechanical and Process Engineering
  Dr N Rahmanian, Dr JP Li
Applications accepted all year round
Waste cooked oil, containing fat and grease, is widely available at pubs, cafes, canteens and restaurant and has a large influence on the environment.
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  Cost and efficiency focused optimisation of domestic waste water heat recovery application
Anglia Ruskin University Department of Engineering & the Built Environment
  Dr A Ramezanpour
Applications accepted all year round
Research Group. Engineering Analysis Simulation and Tribology Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/research/our-research-institutes-and-groups/engineering-analysis-simulation-and-tribology-research-group.
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  Fully Funded PhD in Waste recycling, resource efficiency and circular economy - sustainability of waste recycling: is there a limit
University of Sheffield Management School
  Research Group: Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre (AREC)
  Dr E Ballantyne
Application Deadline: 14 December 2018
The Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre (AREC), based at Sheffield University Management School, is seeking applications for a fully funded PhD from exceptional UK/EU/International students with an outstanding academic record (distinction/high merit or equivalent), as well as a proven record in research training.
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  Fully Funded PhD in Waste recycling, resource efficiency and circular economy - a new circular economy model for supply chain archetypes with mixed waste
University of Sheffield Management School
  Research Group: Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre (AREC)
  Dr S Choudhary
Application Deadline: 14 December 2018
The Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre (AREC), based at Sheffield University Management School, is seeking applications for a fully funded PhD from exceptional UK/EU/International students with an outstanding academic record (distinction/high merit or equivalent), as well as a proven record in research training.
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  Technoeconomic analysis of brewing waste (trub) valorisation technologies
University of Edinburgh School of Engineering
  Dr D Gerogiorgis, Dr L Sarkisov
Application Deadline: 10 January 2019
PROJECT SUMMARY. A comparative technoeconomic evaluation of available treatment technologies for a high-value beer brewing by-product (trub) will analyse the potential of optimal waste management and valorisation towards Advanced Manufacturing for a Circular Economy.
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  Valorisation of bakery waste - developing innovative processing strategies for the separation and functionalisation of polysaccharides and proteins
University of Reading Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences
  Dr D Charalampopoulos, Dr A Chatzifragkou, Dr J Rodriquez Garcia
Applications accepted all year round
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) approximately 1/3 of the food produced globally on an annual basis is wasted across the food supply chain, amounting to approximately 1.3 billion tons.
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