For many years up until the 1990’s uncontrolled disposal o f Municipal Solids Waste at various communal dumps occurred in Ireland. Since the establishment o f the Environmental Protection Agency and the implementation o ...

Management of biosolids (treated sewage sludge) is becoming a significant issue for Local Authorities throughout Ireland, especially with the progressive implementation of the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive ...

High Nature Value (HNV) farmland is farmland that is managed at low intensity and which supports a high diversity of flora and fauna. HNV farmland has been acknowledged as being essential to the conservation of biodiversity ...

Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are recognised biomonitors in determining the presence and viability of the human waterborne pathogens Cryptosporidium parvum, C. hominis, Giardia intestinalis and microsporidia in ...

The oestrogenic activity of solid phase-extracted (Empore SDB-XC disks) samples of wastewater influent and effluent in four wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Ireland was estimated using the Yeast Oestrogen Screen ...

This dissertation outlined the development of green procurement policy at an international, European and national level. The current culture of green procurement was examined within Irish Public Bodies, particularly Local ...

This dissertation investigated how construction and demolition waste recycling could be advanced in Ireland. Interviews and surveys were carried out with key professionals within the construction and demolition industry ...

Most research on wastewater treatment efficiency compliance focuses on physiochemical and microbial indicators; however, very little emphasis has been placed so far on removal efficiencies of human-virulent enteropathogens ...

Due to the interrelationship between the energy and carbon standards, the large overlap in energy data and increasing pressure on organisations to reduce their environmental impacts, this dissertation focuses on energy ...