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InteRa: Integration Radar

InterRa (Integration Radar) is a rapid evaluation and visualisation tool aimed at assessing and illustrating planned or existing interventions aiming at the integration of IRS in a city’s solid waste and resources management (SWM) system. Based on an novel systematic framework where inclusion/ formalisation initiatives are analysed around 4 key' interfaces': A: between the IRS and the SWM system; B: the materials and value chain; C: society as a whole; and O: focused on organisation and empowerment.

InteRa - at a glance

EWIT: E-waste toolkit

E-Waste Implementation Toolkit (EWIT) is an on-line tool which contributes to define the conditions and actions necessary to implement effective electronic waste management systems in lower income countries urban areas, improving environment and health protection of local communities, generating new jobs and increasing recycling opportunities for entrepreneurs.

E-WIT - at a glance

CVORR: Complex value optimisation for resource recovery

CVORR is a ground-braking methodology for systems analysis of waste-producing processes that combines micro and macro approaches to assessing the value of these flows. Value is a complex variable with impacts and benefits in multiple dimensions including the environmental, social and economic. It cannot be ‘collapsed’ on to a single parameter. CVORR can uniquely navigate the socioeconomic aspects of inclusive recycling along with its materials and processing science aspects.

CVORR for IRS - at a glance

Wasteaware: Benchmark Cities Indicators

Wasteaware benchmark cities indicators measure both technical and governance aspects of solid waste and resources management (SWM) key utility service for cities, but with data is often lacking. Measuring their SWM performance helps a city establish priorities for action. They are currently applied in more than 50 cities on 6 continents, enabling consistent comparison between cities and countries and monitoring progress.

Wasteaware - at a glance

Waste pickers in Global South: Informal recycling sector in a circular economy era

In this editorial article for Waste Management & Research (Vol 35, Issue 4, 2017) Dr Costas Velis explores important questions and challenges surrounding the Informal Recycling Sector.

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Costas Velis, ‘Waste Pickers in Global South: Informal Recycling Sector in a Circular Economy Era’,
Waste Management & Research, 35.4 (2017).
doi/10.1177/0734242X17702024

Waste management – still a global challenge in the 21st century: An evidence-based call for action

In this editorial article for Waste Management & Research (Vol 33, Issue 12, 2015 ) Dr Costas Velis and Professor David C Wilson discuss the key findings of the Global Waste Management Outlook, the benefits of sound waste management, and future research requirements.

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David C Wilson and Costas A Velis, ‘Waste Management - Still a Global Challenge in the 21st Century: An Evidence-Based Call for Action.’,
Waste Management & Research, 33.12 (2015), 1049–51
doi.org/10.1177/0734242X15616055

Circular economy and global secondary material supply chains

In this editorial article for Waste Management & Research (Vol 33, Issue 5, 2015) Dr Costas Velis discuss the concept of the circular economy in relation to global secondary material supply chains, volatile markets, environmental pathways, and the role of the informal recycling sector.

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Costas A. Velis, ‘Circular Economy and Global Secondary Material Supply Chains’,
Waste Management & Research, 33.5 (2015), 389–91
doi.org/10.1177/0734242X15587641

Cities and waste: Current and emerging issues

In this editorial article for Waste Management & Research (Vol 32, Issue 9, 2014) Dr Costas Velis and Professor David C Wilson discuss the challenges facing cities in developing countries as they divert waste from disposal to recycling, including consideration of the ownership of waste, quality and availability of data, and decision making tools.

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Wilson, David C, and Costas A Velis, ‘Cities and Waste: Current and Emerging Issues’,
Waste Management & Research, 32 (2014), 797–99.
doi.org/10.1177/0734242X14547125