Fish processing in Uganda: waste minimisation by Cheryl McDonald, Margaret E. Ince, Michael D. Smith, Maria Dillon

“…Here they process up to 45 tonnes per day of Nile Perch, mainly into fresh chilled fillets for export to Europe.…”
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The role of dedicated freighter aircraft in the provision of global airfreight services by Lucy Budd, Stephen Ison

“…In 2014, over 51 million tonnes of cargo, valued at over US$6.8 trillion, was flown around the world. …”
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City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by Xian Li, Lili Yang, Heran Zheng, Yuli Shan, Zongyong Zhang, Malin Song, Bofeng Cai, Dabo Guan

“…Regarding water for energy, Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan occupy the largest amounts of water for production in the energy sector, at 203 million tonnes (Mt), 148 Mt and 118 Mt, and they also consume most water for energy, at 6690 Mt, 1328 Mt and 1476 Mt. …”
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Quantity and quality of China's water from demand perspectives by Xian Li, Yuli Shan, Zongyong Zhang, Lili Yang, Jing Meng, Dabo Guan

“…China’s water use (116–80 billion tonnes(Bts))9 and COD discharge (3.95–2.22 million tonnes(Mts)) embodied in export tremendously decreased while its total export values(11–25 trillion CNY)soared. …”
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Long-term storage stability studies of vinyl ester resins using commercial antioxidant polymerisation inhibitors by Alistair Little

“…The use of resins with carbon-carbon terminal functional groups, often referred to as vinyl ester resins, have found a wide commercial use, and their production is in the millions of tonnes per year, as either unsaturated polyesters (estimated 3.0 million tonnes in 2018, world-wide), acrylate or methacrylate monomers and oligomers (estimated 150 thousand tonnes in 2018, world-wide). …”
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Building Information Modelling (BIM) aided waste minimisation framework by Zhen Liu

“…The construction industry consumes over 420 million tonnes of material resources every year and generates 120 million tonnes of waste containing approximately 13 million tonnes of unused materials. …”
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The safety benefit of retro-reflective markings on HGVs and buses: partial RIA – preliminary report. by John H. Richardson, Clare Lawton

“…The assessment considers commercial vehicles exceeding 3.5, 7.5 and 12 tonnes and on all new buses and coaches fitted with more than 22 passenger seats. …”
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Performance of private companies involved in urban solid waste management: evidence from three cities in Ghana by Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng, Meine P. van Dijk

“…The vehicle productivity and utilisation of seven out of the 15 companies were below the average of 21 tonnes per day per vehicle and 61% respectively. The study suggests a non-linear relationship between utilisation and size of company. …”
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Management of solid waste by P.C. Mishra, R.K. Patel

“…In addition to this, rapid urbanization and population explosion cause the prob­lem more acute than ever before. Huge tonnes of solid waste are generated in urban areas specially in the indus­trial and metropolitan city. …”
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Designing novel biochemical pathways to commodity chemicals by Eleanor Vigrass, Ahsan Islam

“…For example, it was estimated that the global demand for benzene in 2015 was 46 million tonnes [1]. Many of these chemicals are mainly derived from petroleum feedstocks. …”
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An investigation of design waste causes in construction by Mohamed Osmani, Jacqui Glass, Andrew Price

“…The construction, demolition and excavation waste arising in the UK is estimated at 109 million tonnes per year. Much had been published on ways to improve on-site waste management and recycling activities but very few attempts made to address design generated waste. …”
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Skills and training in the UK precast concrete manufacturing sector by Chris Goodier

“…The precast concrete sector in the UK produces over 36 million tonnes of products every year, is worth more than £2.3 billion and employs in excess of 20,000 people. …”
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Implications of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive on the vehicle recovery sector by C. Edwards, Gareth Coates, Paul Leaney, Shahin Rahimifard

“…To cope with the environmental effects of 9 million tonnes of vehicles that reach the end of their useful lives each year in Europe, the EC have created the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) Directive. …”
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Fatal and serious collisions involving pedal cyclists and trucks in London between 2007 and 2011 by Rachel Talbot, Steven Reed, Nicola Christie, Jo Barnes, Pete Thomas

“…Methods: Data were collected from police collision files for 53 crashes, 27 of which involved a truck (≥3.5 tonnes) and a pedal cycle. A systematic case review approach was used to identify the infrastructure, vehicle road user and management factors that contributed to these crashes and injuries and how these factors interacted. …”
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Integrated solid waste management: decentralised service delivery case study of Nakuru municipality, Kenya by Patrick Mwanzia, Sammy N. Kimani, Lucy Stevens

“…In Nakuru town, the fourth largest urban centre in Kenya, daily solid waste generation is approximated at 250 tonnes. Before changes were introduced in 2006, the average daily collection rate was less than 30%. …”
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Piloting a methodology to understand waste reduction behaviour in Charnwood by Joseph Hopkins

“…Due to a focus in government policy, the volume of household waste has seen a steady decline in the last five years to just over 23 million tonnes, and an increase in the percentage of this that is recycled to 40.1 per cent (DEFRA, 2011, p.1). …”
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Cosmetic wear and affective responses in digital products: towards an understanding of what types of cosmetic wear cause what types of attitudinal responses from smartphone users by Alan Manley, Debra Lilley, Karl Hurn

“…Calculations by the Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling (ICER), estimate that the amount of electronic products that are making their way into landfill is around 1 million tonnes a year in England alone (ICER, 2005). These skin materials and the attitudinal responses that users have when they reflect on cosmetic change, is the focus for the study that is detailed within this paper. …”
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Underwater noise measurement of dredging vessels during aggregate extraction operations by Pete D. Theobald, Paul Lepper, Stephen P. Robinson, Gary Hayman, Victor F. Humphrey, Lian-Sheng Wang, Samantha Mumford

“…Extraction of marine aggregates in UK waters can exceed 20 million tonnes each year, with dredging activity taking place at any given point in time within the licensed areas. …”
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Why is airline food always dreadful? Analysis of factors influencing passengers’ food wasting behaviour by Fangzhou You, Tracy Bhamra, Debra Lilley

“…The International Air Transport Association reported that 5.7 million tonnes of cabin waste was generated on airlines, up to 80.5% of which was leftover food and beverages. …”
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The contribution to anthropogenic noise from marine aggregate extraction operation in UK waters by Paul Lepper, Gary Hayman, Lian-Sheng Wang, Stephen P. Robinson, Pete D. Theobald, Victor F. Humphrey

“…Each year, around 20 million tonnes of sand and gravel are extracted from these areas for use in the construction and building industry1. …”
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Effect of synthetic surfactants on the environment and the potential for substitution by biosurfactants by Phillip Johnson, Anna Trybala, Victor Starov, Valerie Pinfield

“…With global usage of surfactants being over 15 million tonnes annually, and an estimated 60% of surfactant ending up in the aquatic environment, there is an urgent need for alternatives with lower adverse environmental effects; this review explores biosurfactants as potential alternatives. …”
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The measurement of underwater noise radiated by dredging vessels during aggregate extraction operations by Pete D. Theobald, Stephen P. Robinson, Paul Lepper, Gary Hayman, Victor F. Humphrey, Lian-Sheng Wang, Samantha Mumford

“…The total marine aggregate extracted from the seabed in UK waters can exceed 20 million tonnes each year, and there is a need to understand the noise generated during the extraction process in order to evaluate any potential impact on the marine environment. …”
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Optimisation and characterisation of hydrochar production from spent coffee grounds by hydrothermal carbonisation by Oluwasola Afolabi, M Sohail, Yu-Ling Cheng

“…Using this as a benchmark, the 500,000 tonnes of SCGs generated annually in the UK has the potential of replacing 4.4% of the coal used for electricity generation in the country.…”
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A design of experiments Cyber–Physical System for energy modelling and optimisation in end-milling machining by Dimitrios Pantazis, Sarogini Pease, Paul Goodall, Andrew West, Paul Conway

“…There has been growing interest in optimising the process energy consumption of machining when machine tools are responsible for 13% of industrial energy consumption, generating 16 million tonnes of emissions in the UK alone but demonstrate less than 30% energy efficiency (Gutowski et al., 2006). …”
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Feasability of using shredded tyres as a drainage material in geotechnical applications by C.C. Miller, Matthew Frost

“…Of these Britain is responsible for 50 million, equating to an annual production of 700,000 tonnes of waste. Tyres have traditionally been disposed of in landfill sites and illegal dumping has caused problems. …”
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A diagnosis of construction and demolition waste generation and recovery practice in the European Union by Paola Villoria Sáez, Mohamed Osmani

“…Construction and demolition activities in the European Union (EU) are responsible for generating 850 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste (CDW) per year. …”
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A refurbishment framework with an emphasis on energy consumption of existing healthcare facilities by Amey Z. Sheth

“…In 2008, existing healthcare facilities were responsible for over £410 million worth of energy consumption and 3.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. Considering the above mentioned issues, the government has imposed following two key targets especially for existing healthcare facilities; to achieve 55-65 GJ/100m3 energy consumption and to reduce the level of primary energy consumption by 15 per cent (0.15 million tonnes carbon from 2000 level) by 2015. …”
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Reducing construction waste in healthcare facilities: a project lifecycle approach by Nikula Domingo, Mohamed Osmani, Andrew Price

“…In the UK, construction of healthcare facilities creates over 350,000 tonnes of waste, which is about 20 per cent of all generated waste in the UK. …”
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Safe, healthy and sustainable demolition by Terence Quarmby

“…The £198M demolition industry sector is part of the construction industry, worth approximately £2.2bn in the UK p.a albeit such a small fraction it is nevertheless the largest provider of secondary building products, handles 32 million tonnes (approximately) of waste each year and is principally responsible for clearing brownfield sites in readiness for new build. …”
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Combined anaerobic respiration (CAD) of sewage sludge and other urban solid wastes by Hong Deng

“…The UK buries about 100 million tonnes of waste a year, of which 25% is municipal solid waste (refuse). …”
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Integration of EcoDesign principles within small product design consultancies by Richard G. Mawle

“…Each year in the UK (United Kingdom) hundreds of millions of consumer products are sold, leading to many millions of tonnes of waste being buried or burned annually. While there are many large businesses that produce consumer products, in the UK small product design consultancies (SDCs) make up approximately half of all employed designers. …”
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Enhancement of spin Seebeck effect in Fe3O4/Pt thin films with a-Fe nanodroplets - supporting data by Kelly Morrison, Andrew J. Caruana, Naëmi Leo, Guru Venkat, Zhaoxia Zhou, Chris Cox

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