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The research program of the Waste Management Laboratory (WML)
focuses on the following areas:
- Estimation of the quantitative and qualitative characteristics
of waste
- Study of Waste Management Systems (WMS) and database generation
using GIS.
- Siting Methodology for MSW and hazardous waste management
facilities and other environmentally hazardous activities
- Design of sanitary landfills, material recovery facilities,
municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities,
facilities' monitoring and operation
- Application of linear and integer programming tools for
the economic and environmental optimization of waste management
systems
- Mathematical modeling of environmental systems
- Strategic analyses and planning of WMSs with special emphasis
on:
- environmental management of enterprises and public/private
organisations
- life cycle analysis of natural resources, products
and wastes
- Product Eco-labeling
Apart from what is generally understood as waste, the WML's
members are especially interested in the study of "energy
wastes". In other words, the WML examines the following:
- natural radiation environment
- Radon and its decay products
- Background radiation from terrestrial sources
- Cosmic rays
- Dispersion of radioactive isotopes in the environment
The Lab's specialist research group is involved in constant
monitoring of the quantity and quality of environmental radiation,
using the special equipment and instruments that the Lab possesses
to support research. This area of research combined with the
study of indoor air quality extends the scope of the WML's
research activity in directions that coincide with the majority
of the objectives the Department of Environmental Studies
has set for itself.
Finally, the WML has recently extended the scope of its research
interests to include the study of environmental impacts related
to the consequences of cave tourism. More specifically, the
WML has developed a methodology for the assessment of impacts
due to the emissions of carbon dioxide by tourists/visitors
within caves. The methodology has been deployed to determine
the criteria/specifications required for two caves in Greece
to receive tourists, while the measurement of radon concentrations
inside caves is one of the Laboratory's latest areas of research
=> list of WML research
projects
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