Double award win for University in Environmental Science
Two papers written by University staff and students have won awards from the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) and the global 2016 International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) respectively.
The first paper, co-authored by Professor Ian Williams, Dr Pete Shaw and graduate Andrea Rispo (MSc Integrated Environmental Studies) won the James Jackson Award from the CIWM, which recognises the best formal written paper on the topic of waste and resource management related topics.
The paper was entitled: ‘Source segregation and food waste prevention activities in high-density households in a deprived urban area’.
Pete Shaw, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, said:
“We are delighted to win the CIWM award for best formal research paper for 2015/16. It is great to receive recognition from the sector’s professional body for our research.
“Andrea won a FCO Chevening Scholarship to study in the UK from her home country of Argentina and we are really pleased that their sponsorship has enabled her potential to be realised.”
The second paper, co-authored by Professor Ian Williams, Professor Simon Kemp. and recently-awarded PhD student Dr David Turner, all from Engineering and the Environment, won the global 2016 ISWA Publication Award. This award honours the author(s) of a publication, article or book which is deemed to be exceptional in its contribution to the field of solid waste management.
The winning paper, entitled: Greenhouse gas emission factors for recycling of source-segregated waste materials, was published Open Access in the journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling.
Simon Kemp, Head of the Centre for Environmental Science, commented:
“We are delighted to receive this award, especially as it was alongside David Turner who did both his BSc (in Environmental Science) and his PhD at Southampton. We are very proud of this study, which emerged from a brainstorming session in my office.”
Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, said:
“The global impact of the paper was immediate – it was the most downloaded paper in the journal for at least 180 days after publication – and it has provided evidence to support the Welsh Government’s ambitious cross-sectoral sustainable development scheme, outlined in One Wales: One Planet."