waste

Waves of Change: Plastic waste management and recycling

Project / This project will work on contributing to a reduction in plastic leakage to oceans and a more sustainable environment in India, Kenya and Sweden.

Sustainability assessment of technologies for resource recovery in two Baltic Sea Region case-studies using multi-criteria analysis

Journal article / This article examines the sustainability assessments of different systems for removing nutrients and carbon from domestic wastewater in Sweden and Poland.

Webinar: Phosphorus in Agricultural Systems

Past event / Balancing the phosphorus cycle within farming systems is crucial to achieve sustainable and resilient livestock farming.

Climate change: UK’s carbon footprint down by 17% as pandemic helps move to eco-friendly lifestyles

Media coverage / SEI York's Chris West is quoted in this Sky News article about the UK's carbon footprint reduction.

Can poop power the planet?

Feature / Poop is a sustainable alternative source of energy that could help reduce emissions that lead to climate change.

Greenhouse gas and black carbon inventory: Training Africa’s experts

Feature / SEI, UNEP and the SWMU in Senegal trained national experts to use the greenhouse gas and black carbon inventory for the country's waste sector.

Wastewater and excreta an untapped resource for solving environmental risks

Press release / A book by SEI and UNEP launched on World Water Day, reports that health and environmental risks can be solved if wastewater is treated as a resource.

Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: from Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery (2nd ed.)

Other publication / This book shows how improved sanitation and wastewater management can benefit both humans and the environment.

A new marine litter programme for schools motivates students to contribute to citizen science

Feature / SEI Tallinn has created a citizen science programme that can be used by students to study the composition and origin of marine litter.