Social and policy dimensions of waste minimisation and waste management

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Social and policy dimensions of waste minimisation and waste management

The project is broken into two subprojects. Project 1, will investigate building construction and demolition waste through a circular economy approach. Project 2 will examine the waste prevention objectives, ensuring effective and efficient waste disposal and management.

Subproject 1: EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ZERO WASTE PRACTICES – THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH                                                                         

Mapping and building Circular Economy networks, infrastructures and institutions to minimise waste                                                                      

Objectives:                                                                        
  1. Learning from European markets and exploring appetite in Victorian and Australian markets – selected case studies                                                                                 
  2. Identifying mature or easily implementable solutions for trials in Theme 4 contributing to CE Pilot
  3. Circular Economy pilot with local councils                                                                             
 
Subproject 2: MINIMISING KERBSIDE WASTE AND CONTAMINATION                                                                      

Efficient and effective co-mingled waste minimisation: Detailed analyses of domestic practices (online shopping)                                                                                

Objectives:                                                                        
  1. Explore strategies for domestic waste minimisation (packaging)                                                                 
  2. Investigate effective domestic waste disposal                                                                     
  3. Explore how waste recovery (and separation) from co-mingled waste can be made efficient. 
Project Partners
Research Team

Ralph Horne
(Lead Researcher)
RMIT
ralph.horne@rmit.edu.au

Bhavna Middha
(Research Fellow)
bhavna.middha@rmit.edu.au
RMIT

Sara Pishgahi
(PhD student)
s3961132@student.rmit.edu.au
RMIT

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