Jeroen Dijkshoorn - Research Associate

Career Experience and Qualifications

Jeroen is a Research Associate at BRASS. He studied law foundation for two years at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has more than 10 years of experience in most aspects of the commercial research industry both in The Netherlands and the UK. He previously worked as a surveyor on the National Waste Survey.

Research Areas of Interest

European alternatives in waste management, Process control and waste minimisation, Waste management of SME's in rural Britain, Waste Data Management, EC and UK Waste Law and the European Waste Catalogue

Research Projects

Jeroen is currently analysing the data of The Environment Agency Wales' National Waste Survey and he is also involved in the Keep Wales Tidy project. From February 2005 he will be working on the Cardiff Waste Trial. Jeroen is also a regular contributor to government consultations on waste related issues and is in the process of setting up The BRASS Centre Data Unit

Links to BRASS Research Projects

• Cardiff Waste Trial Survey and Evaluation Project
• Commercial and Industrial Waste Survey 2003

BRASS Working Papers

• An exploratory evaluation of economic and environmental efficiency of solid waste management in Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises

Publications

J. Dijkshoorn (2006) Sustainable Waste Management in the Biotechnology Industry

J. Sarkis and J. Dijkshoorn (2005) Relationships between Solid Waste Management Performance and Environmental Practice Adoption in Welsh SMEs (International Journal of Production Research)

J. Sarkis and J. Dijkshoorn (2005) An Exploratory Evaluation of Economic and Environmental Efficiency of Solid Waste Management in Welsh Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (BRASS Working Paper Series)

J. Dijkshoorn and L. Obara (2004) Waste Minimisation: A Challenge too far?

L. Frater and J. Dijkshoorn (2005) Commercial and Industrial Waste Production Survey: Business Awareness amongst Welsh Companies (for Welsh Assembly Government)

J. Dijkshoorn (2004) Waste Management Guidance Notes for SMEs Series 1 (legislation), series 2 (business sectors) and series 3 (problem waste streams)