Aims and Objectives

Lead Researchers: Professor Robert Lee, Juma Nyende and Hannah kenyon

Aims/Objectives/Key Questions

This research aims to carry out an analysis of waste streams and their relationship to the market before, during and following the implementation of waste directives, and to understand what dislocations occur and how these may be addressed by policy makers and others to ensure more efficient waste and materials management.

The specific objectives are:

  1. To carry out market analysis relating to three specific waste streams affected by recent Waste Directives from the EU.
  2. To determine the values and costs relating to the management of these waste streams at given points in time during the directive implementation process.
  3. To understand and evaluate what actions might be taken by various stakeholders to address the problems generated by the implementation of new waste directives on the waste and materials markets.