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List of works by Costas A. Velis

'Wasteaware' benchmark indicators for integrated sustainable waste management in cities

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

19th century London dust-yards: a case study in closed-loop resource efficiency

scientific article published in January 2009

A pathway to circular economy: Developing a conceptual framework for complex value assessment of resources recovered from waste

An analytical framework and tool ('InteRa') for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries

scientific article published on September 2012

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Are solid recovered fuels resource-efficient?

scientific article published in February 2013

Biodrying for mechanical-biological treatment of wastes: a review of process science and engineering

scientific article (publication date: June 2009)

Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India

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Characterisation and composition identification of waste-derived fuels obtained from municipal solid waste using thermogravimetry: A review

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Circular economy and global secondary material supply chains

scientific article

Cities and waste: current and emerging issues

scientific article published in September 2014

Comparative analysis of solid waste management in 20 cities

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Establishing a sub-sampling plan for waste-derived solid recovered fuels (SRF): Effects of shredding on representative sample preparation based on theory of sampling (ToS)

scientific article published on 28 June 2020

Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Fully integrated modelling for sustainability assessment of resource recovery from waste

scientific article

Integrated sustainable waste management in developing countries

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Metrics for optimising the multi-dimensional value of resources recovered from waste in a circular economy: A critical review

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No circular economy if current systemic failures are not addressed

Oil-based mud cutting as an additional raw material in clinker production

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

Plastic waste in marine litter: action now and at the source

scientific article published in April 2014

Post-consumer plastic packaging waste in England: Assessing the yield of multiple collection-recycling schemes

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Publishing impactful interdisciplinary waste-related research on global challenges: Circular economy, climate change and plastics pollution

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Recycling and resource efficiency: it is time for a change from quantity to quality

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

Resource management performance in Bahrain: a systematic analysis of municipal waste management, secondary material flows and organizational aspects

scientific article published on 13 May 2012

Resource recovery and low carbon transitions: The hidden impacts of substituting cement with imported ‘waste’ materials from coal and steel production

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Response to comment on "solid recovered fuel: materials flow analysis and fuel property development during the mechanical processing of Biodried waste".

scientific article published on 5 December 2013

Role of informal sector recycling in waste management in developing countries

article by David C. Wilson et al published December 2006 in Habitat International

Scaling up resource recovery of plastics in the emergent circular economy to prevent plastic pollution: Assessment of risks to health and safety in the Global South

scientific article published in 2022

Socio-economic development drives solid waste management performance in cities: A global analysis using machine learning

scientific article published in 2023

Solid recovered fuel: influence of waste stream composition and processing on chlorine content and fuel quality

scientific article

Solid recovered fuel: materials flow analysis and fuel property development during the mechanical processing of biodried waste

scientific article published in March 2013

Statistical quantification of sub-sampling representativeness and uncertainty for waste-derived solid recovered fuel (SRF): Comparison with theory of sampling (ToS)

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

Technical properties of biomass and solid recovered fuel (SRF) co-fired with coal: Impact on multi-dimensional resource recovery value

scientific article published on 8 July 2017

The biogenic content of process streams from mechanical-biological treatment plants producing solid recovered fuel. Do the manual sorting and selective dissolution determination methods correlate?

scientific article published on 8 February 2010

Towards clean material cycles: Is there a policy conflict between circular economy and non-toxic environment?

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Transition to circular economy requires reliable statistical quantification and control of uncertainty and variability in waste

scientific article published in December 2016

Unsound waste management and public health: The neglected link?

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Up-cycling waste glass to minimal water adsorption/absorption lightweight aggregate by rapid low temperature sintering: optimization by dual process-mixture response surface methodology

scientific article published on 10 June 2014

Waste management and recycling in the former Soviet Union: the City of Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan).

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

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

scientific article published on 01 April 2017

Which material ownership and responsibility in a circular economy?

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