Dr Waleed Montasser and Dr Terry
Tudor from the Department of Geographical and Environmental Sciences, in the
School of Science and Technology, recently presented the findings from two MSc projects,
at a seminar organised by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (Defra), in London.
The projects entitled ‘Voluntary
and Community Sector organisations (furniture re-use) and the sustainable
consumption and production agenda in the UK’ that was undertaken by John Dururu
and supervised by Dr Tudor and ‘The use of social media in local authority
waste management practices in England’ that was conducted
by Raheel Jafri and supervised
by Dr Montasser, were funded by Defra and the Chartered Institution of Wastes
Management (CIWM).
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Dr Waleed Montasser presenting at
the Defra seminar
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The aim of the event was to
examine the policy implications of the findings and to highlight areas for
future research. This was the first time
in the seven year history of the CIWM/Defra programme that students and
supervisors were invited to present their findings at Defra. The seminar was
attended by representatives from Defra, the CIWM, the Wastes and Resources
Action Programme (WRAP) and other academics.
Copies of the two MSc
dissertations are available at the following link:
