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waste management PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 36 waste management PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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A novel approach to the circular production of sustainable powders for metal additive manufacturing

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering
3 Year Self funded project. This PhD project will ignite an exciting new research area for the sustainable production, consumption and recycling of metallic materials for use in Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Bhaduri, Dr MR Ryan, Dr FL Lacan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrating Machine Learning and Carbonation Treatments for Sustainable Waste-Derived Cementitious Materials

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
The construction industry’s transition to net zero demands new materials that reduce both waste and CO₂ emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Unluer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of Shape-stabilised PCMs from Agricultural Waste for Clean Energy Applications

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment
Agriculture contributes to the world's economic growth by accounting for 4 % of the global gross domestic product (The World Bank, 2023). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CCP Costa Pereira, Dr D Sun
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Circular Recovery of Construction Timber Waste through Thermochemical Conversion

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
Construction timber waste represents an important resource within the transition towards a more circular and sustainable built environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Lea-Langton, Dr R Alhamd, Prof MS Sedighi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Towards Circular AI: Critical Materials, E-waste and Circular Economy Strategies

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding rapidly, transforming sectors ranging from healthcare and manufacturing to transport, energy and scientific research. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Gallego Schmid, Dr J Apsley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of an Integrated Digital Circular Economy Framework for Cost and Carbon Management in Northern Ireland’s Construction Industry

Ulster University - Belfast Campus
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
  Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
Development of an Integrated Digital Circular Economy Framework for Cost and Carbon Management in Northern Ireland’s Construction Industry. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Okosun, Prof P Griffiths, Dr S Shashwat
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio: Optimising Vermicomposting for Sustainable Soil Fertility Management in Ethiopia

University of Aberdeen
School of Biological Sciences
year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Ethiopian farmers face increasing challenges from declining soil fertility, rising fertiliser costs and limited access to sustainable nutrient sources. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Smith, Prof P Hallett, Prof C Watson, Dr G Yakob
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Waste to Resource: Circular Economy Approaches to Post-Disaster Recovery Logistics

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment
Natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes generate enormous volumes of waste, much of which is landfilled at high environmental and economic cost. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr NF Fernando
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PINZ CDT PhD Project: PINZ01-27 Development of a zero-waste chestnut tree residues biorefinery

University of York
Department of Chemistry
Overview. New, more sustainable feedstocks will force the development of new process chemistries and technologies. Increasingly, these new feedstocks will be bio-based, carbon-neutral, and waste-derived, in the drive towards a circular economy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Matharu
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Transforming Incinerator Bottom Ash into Low-Carbon Cement through Mechano-Chemical Activation and CO2 Mineralisation

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
The UK produces approximately 3 million tonnes of processed incinerator bottom ash (IBA) each year from the combustion of municipal solid waste. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Unluer, Dr M Su
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Enhancing Fluid Flow Models of Fractured Chalk Aquifers for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection

University of Leeds
Faculty of Environment
  Research Group: Rock Mechanics, Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
This project addresses a major challenge in environmental science and subsurface resource management. accurately predicting how water, pollutants, and energy-critical fluids move through fractured carbonate rock formations (Agbotui et al. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J West, Prof D Healy, Dr GM Medici, Dr MW Welch
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial and Molecular Drivers of Feedstock Co-Digestion for Resilient Biomethane Production

Durham University
Department of Biosciences
Can we unlock more renewable energy from organic waste by understanding the invisible microbial communities that power it?. Every day, enormous quantities of organic waste contain energy that could be recovered as renewable gas. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Quintela-Baluja
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Project 1 - Is biochar production the answer to biosolid reuse? (Mark Hodson, University of York)

University of York
Department of Environment and Geography
Is biochar the answer to the UKs biosolids reuse challenge?". Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Hodson, Dr L Sharp, Dr Matt Hill, Dr J Wilkinson, Prof A Matharu, Dr J Mosely
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Deciphering the vasoreactivity signature in the human eye for personalised stratification and treatment response in cerebral small vessel disease

University of Edinburgh
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Background. Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major cause of stroke and dementia, but we lack accessible, individual-level markers of the microvascular dysfunction driving it. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I MacCormick, Dr T MacGillivray, Dr S King, Prof SV van Veluw, Prof J Wardlaw
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Impact of Climate Change Processes on the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Abandoned Mine Wastes

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Project Summary. Abandoned mine wastes represent a long-standing environmental hazard, often rich in potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as lead, arsenic, and cadmium. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Burke, Dr G A Adediran
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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