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TWIRLS: Treating Waste for Restoring Land Sustainability

Scientific publications

  • Tandy, S., Healey, J.R., Nason, M.A., Williamson, J.C., Jones, D.L. & Thain, S.C. (2010). FT-IR as an alternative method for measuring chemical properties during composting. Bioresource Technology (published on-line, doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.033).
  • Millett, J. & Healey, J.R. (2010). Woodland restoration on mineral extraction waste tips: a comparison of tree performance over eight years. Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 104, 19-27.
  • Farrell, M., Healey, J.R., Godbold, D.L., Nason, M.A., Tandy, S. & Jones, D.L. (2010). Modification of fertility of soil materials for restoration of acid grassland habitat. Restoration Ecology (published on-line, doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00640.x).
  • Williamson, J.C., Rowe, E.C., Hill, P.W., Nason, M.A., Jones, D.L. & Healey, J.R. (2010). Alleviation of both water and nutrient limitations is necessary to accelerate ecological restoration of waste rock tips. Restoration Ecology (published on-line, doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00575.x).
  • Tandy, S., Healey, J.R., Nason, M.A., Williamson, J.C. & Jones, D.L. (2009). Heavy metal fractionation during the co-composting of biosolids, deinking paper fibre and green waste. Bioresource Technology, 100, 4220-4226 (doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.046).
  • Williamson, J.C., Akinola, M., Nason, M.A., Tandy, S., Healey, J.R. & Jones, D.L. (2009). Contaminated land clean-up using composted wastes and impacts of VOCs on land. Waste Management, 29, 1772-8.
  • Tandy, S., Healey, J.R., Nason, M.A., Williamson, J.C. & Jones, D.L. (2009). Remediation of metal polluted mine soil with compost: Co-composting versus incorporation. Environmental Pollution, 157, 690-697 (doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.06).
  • Tandy, S., Williamson, J.C., Nason, M.A., Healey, J.R. & Jones, D.L. (2008). Deinking paper fibre application to agricultural land: soil quality enhancer or copper polluter? Soil Use and Management, 24, 217-220.
  • Williamson, J., Holmberg, J., Nason, M., Tandy, S., Jones, R., Healey, J. and Jones, D. (2006). Pathogen survival patterns in waste-derived composts destined for land restoration. In Vegh, B. & Royle, J. (eds), Proceedings of Waste 2006: Sustainable Waste and Resource Management, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK, pp. 733-8.
  • Nason, M.A., Tandy, S., Williamson, J.C., Farrell, M., Healey, J.R. & Jones, D.L. (2006). Physical and chemical characteristics of composted wastes can be altered to make them suitable for large scale habitat creation. In Vegh, B. & Royle, J. (eds), Proceedings of Waste 2006: Sustainable Waste and Resource Management, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK, pp. 739-744.
  • Rowe EC, Williamson JC, Jones DL, Holliman P, Healey JR (2005). Initial tree establishment on blocky quarry waste ameliorated with hydrogel or slate processing fines. Journal of Environmental Quality 34 (3): 994-1003. (pdf)
  • Holliman PJ, Clark JA, Williamson JC, Jones DL (2005). Model and field studies of the degradation of cross-linked polyacrylamide gels used during the revegetation of slate waste. Science of the Total Environment 336 (1-3): 13-24.
  • Edwin C. Rowe, John R. Healey, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Joanna Hills, Mererid Howells and David L. Jones, (2006) Fertilizer application during primary succession changes the structure of plant and herbivore communities, Biological Conservation, Volume 131, Issue 4, September 2006, Pages 510-522
  • Williamson J. , Holmberg J., Nason M., Tandy S., Jones R., Healey J. and Jones D.L., Pathogen Survival Patterns In Waste-Derived Composts Destined For Land Restoration, School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, Wales. (pdf)
  • Nason M.A., Williamson J.C., Tandy S., Holmberg J.A., Jones R., Healey J.R., and Jones D.L., Physical and chemical characteristics of composted wastes can be altered to make them suitable for large scale habitat recreation. School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd. LL57 2UW. Wales. (pdf)
  • Christou, M., Avramides, E., Papadopolous, A., Mendiates, Ch., Kouloumbis, P. (2006) Bioremediation of a Greek schist quarry using compost from urban wastes. In: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on: 'Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology', Hania 2006, Greece, pp. 551-554. (pdf)
  • Williamson J., Akinola M., Nason M. ,Tandy S. and Jones D.L., Addressing the restoration of degraded land in Europe using waste materials: a brownfield site in Wales, School of the Environment & Natural Resources, College of Natural Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd. LL57 2UW. Wales. (pdf)
  • Papadopoulos A., Christou M., Avramides E.J.,Williamson J., Jones D., Tandy S. and Menidiates Ch., Addressing the restoration of degraded land in Europe using waste materials. A schist quarry in Greece, N.AG.RE.F., Soil Science Institute of Athens, 1 S. Venizelou Str., Lycovrissi, 14123, Athens, Greece. (pdf)
  • Nason, M. Gronops inaequalis Boheman, 1842 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and other notable Coleoptera at a brown-field site in Flintshire, North Wales, School of the Environment and Natural Resources, Bangor University, Gwynedd LL57 2UW. (pdf)