Due to potential environmental, resource and health problems associated with waste, wasteminimisation is a prioritised waste management strategy in many countries. Producerresponsibility policies promote waste minimisation by stipulating separate collection andrecycling of particular waste...

The provision of wholesome, affordable and safe drinking water that has the trust ofcustomers is the goal of the international water utility sector. Risk management, interms of protecting the public health from pathogenic and chemical hazards hasdriven and continues to drive developments within...

The policy analysis and management implications for achieving landfillequilibrium status within a sustainable timescale (decades rather thancenturies) are presented based on modelled results reported previously. Untilrelatively recently, timescale estimates suggested that equilibrium or...

The quality of risk assessment output is determined by the input data used inenvironmental distribution, dispersion and exposure models. Whilst recent focushas been on the development of regulatory exposure assessment models forlandfills, risk analysts are keenly aware of the need for improved...

Risk-based regulation has grown rapidly as a component of Government decision making, andas such, the need for an established evidence-based framework for decisions about risk hasbecome the new mantra. However, the process of brokering scientific evidence is poorlyunderstood and there is a need...

Access to safe and sufficient drinking water and adequate sanitation are now recognized as basic human rights. One Millennium Development Goal is to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. However, ensuring sustainability of...

This paper presents a decision-analytic model for ranking the social burden of foodborne illness. The availability a consistent, transparent model allowing use of alternative ranking criteria and data assumptions will facilitate discussions between agencies committed to different criteria. By...

In many river floodplains in the UK there has been a long history of flood defence, land reclamation and water regime management for farming. In recent years, changing policies with respect to farming, environment and flood management is encouraging a re-appraisal of land use in rural areas. In...

Recent decades have witnessed substantial losses of biodiversity in Europe, partly driven by the ecological changes associated with intensification of agricultural production. These changes have particularly affected avian (bird) diversity in marginal areas such as the uplands of the UK. We...

Public Rights of Way (PROW) in England and Wales, provides a wide range of social and economic benefits to those other than owners of land. The protection and extension of PROW are an important way of encouraging people to engage in informal enjoyment of urban and rural areas, with beneficial...