Burning issue : energy from waste in Scotland
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=651
This online publication, from the Sustainable Development Commission, Scotland, provides information on a review of the use of waste to provide an energy source. Concentrating on environmental policy issues, the review provides advice on waste policy and the role of energy from waste. All areas of waste management were investigated including municipal or domestic waste; commercial sources; recycling, reuse and reduction schemes. Recommendations for improvement to systems and policy accept that landfill is unavoidable in Scotland, but that there are many options for energy from waste, and ways to improve waste management processes. The document can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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Chartered institution of wastes management (CIWM)
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/
This is the home page of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), which is the professional body which represents waste management professionals predominantly in the UK but also overseas. The CIWM sets the professional standards for individuals working in the waste management industry and environmental protection, and has various grades of membership determined by education, qualification and experience. This site provides information on events, education and training, publications such as the Wastes Management Journal, a trade directory, an information page on waste, a trade directory, and information on membership. There is a section on waste, what it is, relevant legislation, and duty of care for businesses.
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Contaminated land : applications in real environments (CLAIRE)
http://www.claire.co.uk/
Contaminated Land : Applications In Real Environments (CL:AIRE) is a public/private partnership involving stakeholders from government, policy makers, regulators, industry, research organisations and technology developers. CL:AIRE provides "a link between the main players in contaminated land remediation in the UK, to catalyse the development of cost-effective methods of investigating and remediating contaminated land in a sustainable way". Major concerns include remediation of contaminated land, sustainable alternatives to landfill, and research into pollutants. This website contains projects, associated research councils and institutions and publications. It also has applications available to those who would like to do projects with CL:AIRE.
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Contaminated Land Assessment and Remediation Research Centre (CLARRC)
http://www.clarrc.ed.ac.uk/
The Contaminated Land Assessment and Remediation Research Centre (CLARRC) is a "centre of excellence for multi-disciplinary research, developing technologies for sustainable, cost effective assessment and remediation of contaminated environments, promoting their transfer to industry". The website provides information on the Centre's projects, international and commercial activities, a link to a resource centre, and over 100 categorised links.
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Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS)
http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/damos/
DAMOS (Disposal Area MOnitoring System) is a monitoring program, by the New England District of the US Army Corps of Engineers, established to manage and monitor offshore dredged material disposal sites off the coast of New England. Detailed information about the potential environmental impacts associated with the disposal of dredged material and how dredged material is managed in order to ensure minimal environmental impact can be found in the numerous technical reports (in PDF format) and articles found in the website. In addition the user can access specific details, for any of the ten active disposal sites, such as location, average annual disposal volume, bathymetry, sediment profile images and links to relevant DAMOS reports.
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Eco-Schools Scotland
http://www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/
Eco-Schools is an international initiative designed to encourage whole-school action for the environment. It is a recognised award scheme that accredits schools who make a commitment to continuously improve their environmental performance. It is also a learning resource that raises awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues throughout activities linked to curricular subjects and areas.
The website gives details of training for teachers and local authority staff, and on how to take part in the programme. An Eco-Schools Guide, case studies, newsletters and bulletins, FAQs, and help and advice about funding are also provided.
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Ecodyfi
http://www.ecodyfi.org.uk/
Ecodyfi is a local environmental regeneration organisation in the Dyfi Valley, mid-Wales. The website provides information local projects and case studies in the areas of sustainable development and transport, renewable energy, recycling and waste management and biodiversity conservation. There are links to documents (HTML and DOC format) and relevant external websites.
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Environment and greener living : Directgov
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/index.htm
This webpage from the UK Government online information service provides access to a set of guidance to the public on environmental issues and "greener living". The information is grouped under headings such as waste and recycling; energy and water saving; greener home; greener garden; greener shopping; greener food and drink; greener travel; greener life events; and greener work, school and community. Each section contains concise guidance, links to further pages within the website and links to relevant external organisations. There are also links to PDF format guidance documents.
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Environment and planning : Nottingham City Council
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=87
This is the website of Nottingham City Council's Environment and Planning Services. It is responsible for developing planning policies, delivering regeneration and sustainable development, and processing planning applications within the locality. The website provides background details about the service, the planning system and the various regeneration projects including the City Centre Masterplan. There is also information about waste management, recycling, climate change and environmental health. Previous and current planning applications and numerous local planning policy documents including the Local Development Framework (LDF) and the Local Plan are available to view in PDF format. Links to related websites are also available.
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Environmental Chemistry : Frequently Asked Questions
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/environmental/faq.shtml
A brief FAQ on environmental chemistry forming part of the General Chemistry Online service developed by Fred Senese at Frostburg State University, USA. Topics include atmospheric pollution and climate change, environmental toxins, and waste materials and recycling.
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Environmental Chemistry : Third Edition
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/envchem3e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&ra
This website is a book companion site for 'Environmental chemistry', third edition (published by W H Freeman). This site has been developed to serve as an additional free resource for students and instructors using the textbook. It offers exercises and links to related websites. The topics covered are: stratospheric chemistry (the ozone layer); ground-level air pollution; detailed chemistry of the atmosphere; the greenhouse effect and global warming; climate change in the future (predictions, consequences and controls); renewable energy; alternative fuels and the hydrogen economy; pesticides, non-pesticide toxic organic compounds of environmental concern; the chemistry of natural waters; the pollution and purification of water; toxic heavy metals; hazardous and municipal wastes, and the contamination of soils and sediments; and radioactivity radon and nuclear energy. Many resources require Macromedia Shockwave Player (version 8.5 or above), Macromedia Flash Player (version 6.0 or above), Apple QuickTime (5.0 or above), and Adobe Acrobat (version 6 or above) plug-ins.
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Environmental Inequalities
http://geography.lancs.ac.uk/EnvJustice/eiseminars/
This is a wide-ranging seminar series related to environment and social injustice produced by a collaboration of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). There are in-depth seminars and reading lists on several key areas, including sustainable consumption, water resources and flooding, pollution and health, sustainability, green space and the natural environment, as well as a synthesis and dissemination of the above topics. There are also pages outlining cross-cutting themes related to environmental inequality, and links to other environmental justice resources (key readings and case study examples).
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European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD)
http://www.fead.be/
The website of the European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD), which represents national waste management organisations across Europe. The site has information on the mission and activities of FEAD, details of its members and links to useful websites. It offers a number of position papers on waste related topics and electronic copies of the FEAD newsletter (both in PDF format). Users should note that part of the site is restricted to FEAD members only. The majority of the site is written in English, whilst the newsletter is also available in French and German.
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Focil list
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=focil
This list is not moderated, has low volume traffic (about 6 messages per month), and messages are archived monthly. An archive from 1998 onwards is available for browsing or searching.
Focil is a Jiscmail mailing list which provides a multidisciplinary forum enabling academics and leading practitioners to share and discuss research, knowledge and best practice, expand awareness, encourage an integrated approach to contamination in land and support teaching in the contaminated land arena.
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Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/
The Green Design Institute started as a campus-wide Green Design Initiative in 1992 to promote environmentally conscious engineering, product and process design, manufacturing, and architecture. The initiative involved forming partnerships with industrial corporations, foundations, and government agencies to develop joint research and education programs which improve environmental quality while encouraging sustainable economic development.
The Institute "is a major interdisciplinary education and research effort to make an impact on environmental quality through green design". The site contains an introduction, and information on industrial collaboration, people involved and research details. A list of publications is given.
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Green Progress
http://www.greenprogress.com/
This is a service from the environmental resource provider, Ecomethods, which keeps users abreast of news and current affairs in many areas of environment studies. Topics included but not limited to are transportation, alternative energy, waste management and recycling, as well as the built environment. There is a carbon footprint calculator, an archive of past new stories with links to external websites and documents in various formats.
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Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC)
http://www.istc.illinois.edu/
The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) (formerly the Waste Management and Research Center, WMRC) helps businesses and citizens reduce and manage solid and hazardous wastes released to air, water or land. ISTC makes its headquarters on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a division of the Office of Scientific Research and Analysis in the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The site includes information about the centre including reports on current projects. The publications link leads to the full-text of fact sheets and research reports on a range of topics and a bibliography of works by members of the centre including some available in full-text. There are also reference guides on a number of subjects covering a range of publications and websites which include links to full-text articles.
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International journal of environment and waste management (IJEWM)
http://www.inderscience.com/ijewm/
This journal site includes sample issues with abstracts, bibliographic details and pdf format full text articles covering environmental science, engineering, management and technology.
There are original research papers, literature review reports, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, commentaries, news and book reviews. It is published by Inderscience.
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International journal of sustainability science and studies
http://www.polosustainability.com/ijsss
The full-text of articles is available for this journal covering all areas of sustainability science and studies. The scope of the journal encompasses agriculture, atmosphere, biodiversity, biotechnology, capacity-building, climate change, consumption and production patterns, demographics, desertification and drought, disaster reduction and management, education and awareness, energy, forests, human settlements, indicators, integrated decision making, land management, poverty, sanitation, sustainable tourism, trade and environment, transport, waste management and water.
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International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
http://www.iswa.org/
This site has reports, position papers, news and guidelines on all aspects of solid waste management produced by the ISWA, an independent, non-governmental, non-profit making association.
Further information about the Association includes details of working groups, discussion forums, events, email newsletters and links to relevant organisations.
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Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
http://secure.awma.org/journal/
The Journal Air and Waste Management is a scholarly publication issued by the Air and Waste Management Association (A and WMA). The journal appears monthly and aims to publish articles on recent technical research and scientific advances concerned with waste management and pollution control. The website provides editorial information, instructions for manuscript preparation, and author and subject indexes. Full text articles are available to members of the Association and those who have a subscription. Abstracts are available to download in PDF format.
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Land Quality Management Ltd (LQM)
http://www.lqm.co.uk/
Land Quality Management Ltd (LQM) is a specialist technical consultancy based in the School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering (SChEME) at the University of Nottingham. LQM provides consultancy, applied research, training services, and LQM Press (a division of LQM which publishes specialist technical books).
On this site there is information in the areas in which LQM offer consultancy: contaminated land, waste management, engineering geology, and heritage management; along with project profiles in PDF format. Details of courses available, past issues of the monthly Contaminated Land Newsletter, (which is written by Dr Paul Nathanail, Senior Lecturer within the SChEME and a Director of Land Quality Management Ltd.)from 1999 - 2001, and reviews of environmental related books and software are also available. As are a list of publications produced by staff at LQM and links to related conferences, UK associations, and European networks.
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N-Base Information Service
http://www.n-base.org.uk/
The N-Base Information Service is provided by The N-Base Trust, an environmental charity, registered in Scotland, UK, and based in the Shetland Islands. Produced by the Northern European Nuclear Information Group (NENIG) (which is a small group of islanders, mostly in Orkney and Shetland, and is totally independent and non-party political), N-BASE provides information on the nuclear industry and its environmental consequences, particularly reprocessing at Dounreay and Sellafield, nuclear transports, waste production and storage, marine pollution and other related issues.
Information on various relevant topics is available at this site, together with sample issues of N-BASE Briefings and N-BASE Database.
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Plant health code of practice for the management of agricultural and horticultural waste
http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/publications/plantHealth/documents/copM
Published on the Web by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), this Code describes measures for "minimising plant health risks from management of residues and associated waste from commercial handling of certain types of plant produce in Great Britain". The Code is voluntary in nature and is intended to help farmers, growers, processors, graders, packers and hauliers minimise health risks while ensuring good environmental practice. Topics covered by this Code include; assessing the risk, management options, treatment and disinfection procedures, storage and transport, and notification of known or suspected problems.
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Public Waste Agency of Flanders : OVAM
http://www.ovam.be/jahia/Jahia/pid/25
The Public Waste Agency of Flanders known as Openbare Afvalstoffenmaatschappij voor het Vlaams Gewest (OVAM) is responsible for waste management and soil remediation in Flanders. "It is a public Flemish Institution, established after the decree of July 2nd, 1981 covering waste management and prevention. Waste removal and soil remediation were included as well. In 1995, Flanders got a more specific legislation on soil remediation: the soil remediation decree. The Flemish Minister of Environment is responsible for waste management in Flanders. Ovam works out and implements its policy". The site provides information on waste management plans, soil remediation policies and strategies, links to ConSoil conference on contaminated soil management in Europe and the European Data Interchange for Waste Notification (EUDIN). Most of the information is in Dutch, however some is also available in English and French.
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