Contact Dr Stuart Wagland
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: s.t.wagland@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Biomass and Waste
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Energy and the Environment
- Renewable Energy
- Waste Management and Resource Efficiency
Background
Dr Wagland is an experienced waste management professional, applying his background in chemistry to understanding waste characteristics, developing novel analysis techniques and recovering value from waste materials. He has a PhD in waste chemistry from Cranfield University and his other degrees include a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and an MSc in Display Technology (physics, chemistry and electronic engineering).
Dr Wagland is a Chartered Chemist [CChem], a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry [FRSC], and a Fellow of the Higher Education Association [FHEA]. Since commencing his academic career, Dr Wagland has also obtained a PgCert in Academic Practice (awarded in 2016).
Dr Wagland joined Cranfield in 2009 as a Research Fellow, progressing to Academic Fellow in 2011, Lecturer in 2012, Senior Lecturer in 2017 and Reader in 2022.
Dr Wagland has expertise in the properties of solid waste materials, the recovery of resources, the energy potential of UK waste streams and enhanced landfill mining. His expertise spans waste and fuel characterisation techniques, waste treatment technologies and energy recovery processes (including anaerobic digestion, incineration, gasification and pyrolysis). Dr Wagland's work on UK-wide assessment of waste contributed to substantial government investment in a demonstrator advanced thermal treatment facility aimed at accelerating the development of the UK capability in advanced thermal conversion.
Research opportunities
I am currently recruiting for doctoral research students in the areas of waste management, enhanced landfill mining and resource recovery. Please get in contact if you are interested in pursuing a doctorate in this area.
Current activities
Dr Wagland is a Reader in Energy and Environmental Chemistry, based in the Centre for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy. Dr Wagland is the Deputy Director of Research for the School of Water, Energy and Environment.
Current and recent projects include those funded by EU Horizon 2020, Innovate UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and private waste companies. Dr Wagland's research applies waste chemistry to recover value from solid wastes. Previous work includes innovative rapid characterisation techniques, image analysis of mixed wastes and town-scale advanced thermal treatment of wastes. His work has extended to developing countries, funded by a recent Innovate UK grant to derive liquid fuels from the pyrolysis of wastes.
Combining expertise in waste chemistry, characterisation techniques and conversion processes, Dr Wagland is also working on critical resource recovery from enhanced landfill mining. His research in enhanced landfill mining has been work is funded through the EPSRC (doctoral training programme) and EU Horizon 2020 projects, including SMART GROUND and the NEW MINE Marie Curie training network. The current REGENERATIS project, funded by Interreg North-West Europe, European Regional Development Fund, explores the recovery of metals from past metallurgical sites and deposits.
Dr Wagland is a steering committee member of the European Enhanced Landfill Mining Consortium (EURELCO), which has a membership of over 50 organisations from across the EU. Dr Wagland coordinates the UK Enhanced Landfill Mining Network (https://elfm-network.co.uk/).
Clients
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Innovate UK
- National Physical Laboratory
- Viridor Ltd
- WestAfricaENRG
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Cheng X, Jiang D, Zhu W, Xu H, Ling Q, .... (2025). Iron and nitrogen co-doping biochar for simultaneous and efficient adsorption of oxytetracycline and norfloxacin from wastewater. Industrial Crops and Products, 226
- Rocamora I, Wagland ST, Hassard F, Villa R, Peces M, .... (2025). Supplementation strategies to control propionic acid accumulation resulting from ammonia inhibition on dry anaerobic digestion: osmoprotectants, activated carbon and trace elements. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
- Tezyapar Kara I, Wagland ST & Coulon F. (2024). Techno-economic assessment of bioleaching for metallurgical by-products. Journal of Environmental Management, 358
- Huntington VE, Coulon F & Wagland ST. (2024). Assessing metal extraction from metalliferous waste: A study using deep eutectic solvents and chelating agents vs. ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Journal of Environmental Management, 363
- Tezyapar Kara I, Huntington VE, Simmons N, Wagland ST & Coulon F. (2024). Extracting metal ions from basic oxygen steelmaking dust by using bio-hydrometallurgy. Heliyon, 10(11)
- Lee H, Coulon F, Beriro DJ & Wagland ST. (2023). Increasing recovery opportunities of metal(loid)s from municipal solid waste via landfill leachate recirculation. Waste Management, 158(March)
- Rocamora I, Wagland ST, Hassard F, Villa R, Peces M, .... (2023). Inhibitory mechanisms on dry anaerobic digestion: Ammonia, hydrogen and propionic acid relationship. Waste Management, 161(April)
- Lee H, Coulon F & Wagland S. (2023). The influence of humic acid on metal(loid)s leaching in landfill leachate for enhancing landfill mining. Science of The Total Environment, 896(October)
- Tezyapar Kara I, Simmons N, Wagland ST & Coulon F. (2023). Unlocking the hidden value of industrial by-products: Optimisation of bioleaching to extract metals from basic oxygen steelmaking dust and goethite. Chemosphere, 343(December)
- Tezyapar Kara I, Kremser K, Wagland S & Coulon F. (2023). Bioleaching metal-bearing wastes and by-products for resource recovery: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 21(6)
- Kumar M, Bolan S, Padhye LP, Konarova M, Foong SY, .... (2023). Retrieving back plastic wastes for conversion to value added petrochemicals: opportunities, challenges and outlooks. Applied Energy, 345(September)
- Wagland S. (2023). Editorial. Environmental Geotechnics, 10(7)
- Nkulikiyinka P, Wagland ST, Manovic V & Clough PT. (2022). Prediction of combined sorbent and catalyst materials (CSCM) for SE-SMR, using QSPR and multi-task learning. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(26)
- Rocamora I, Wagland ST, Rivas Casado M, Hassard F, Villa R, .... (2022). Managing full-scale dry anaerobic digestion: semi-continuous and batch operation. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(4)
- Beik F, Williams L, Brown T & Wagland ST. (2022). Development and prototype testing of a novel small-scale pyrolysis system for the treatment of sanitary sludge. Energy Conversion and Management, 277(February)
- Tezyapar Kara I, Marsay N, Huntington V, Coulon F, Alamar MC, .... (2022). Assessing metal recovery opportunities through bioleaching from past metallurgical sites and waste deposits: UK case study. Detritus, 21(21)
- Huntington VE, Coulon F & Wagland ST. (2022). Innovative resource recovery from industrial sites: a critical review. Sustainability, 15(1)
- Rocamora I, Wagland ST, Villa R, Simpson EW, Fernández O, .... (2021). Use of inoculum, water and percolate as strategy to avoid inhibition on dry-batch anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 13(1)
- Lee H, Coulon F & Wagland S. (2021). Influence of pH, depth and humic acid on metal and metalloids recovery from municipal solid waste landfills. Science of The Total Environment, 806(February)
- Lee H, Coulon F, Beriro DJ & Wagland S. (2021). Recovering metal(loids) and rare earth elements from closed landfill sites without excavation: leachate recirculation opportunities and challenges. Chemosphere, 292(April)
- Beik F, Williams L, Brown T & Wagland ST. (2021). Managing non-sewered human waste using thermochemical waste treatment technologies: a review. Energies, 14(22)
- Canopoli L, Coulon F & Wagland ST. (2019). Degradation of excavated polyethylene and polypropylene waste from landfill. Science of The Total Environment, 698
- Vrancken C, Longhurst P & Wagland S. (2019). Deep learning in material recovery: Development of method to create training database. Expert Systems with Applications, 125
- Wagland ST, Coulon F & Canopoli L. (2019). Developing the case for enhanced landfill mining in the UK. Detritus, In Press(0)
- Burnley S, Wagland S & Longhurst P. (2019). Using life cycle assessment in environmental engineering education. Higher Education Pedagogies, 4(1)
- Rocamora I, Wagland ST, Villa R, Simpson EW, Fernández O, .... (2019). Dry anaerobic digestion of organic waste: a review of operational parameters and their impact on process performance. Bioresource Technology, 299
- Jurado Pontes N, Somorin T, Kolios AJ, Wagland S, Patchigolla K, .... (2018). Design and commissioning of a multi-mode prototype for thermochemical conversion of human faeces. Energy Conversion and Management, 163
- Dino GA, Rossetti P, Perotti L, Alberto W, Sarkka H, .... (2018). Landfill mining from extractive waste facilities: The importance of a correct site characterisation and evaluation of the potentialities. A case study from Italy. Resources Policy, 59
- Canopoli L, Fidalgo B, Coulon F & Wagland ST. (2018). Physico-chemical properties of excavated plastic from landfill mining and current recycling routes. Waste Management, 76
- Al-Badri S, Jiang Y & Wagland ST. (2018). Possible interactions and interferences of copper, chromium, and arsenic during the gasification of contaminated waste wood. Energies, 11(8)
- Zhang J, Fidalgo B, Wagland S, Shen D, Zhang X, .... (2018). Deoxygenation in anisole decomposition over bimetallic catalysts supported on HZSM-5. Fuel, 238
- Särkkä H, Kaartinen T, Hannus E, Hirvonen S, Valjus T, .... (2018). Investigation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and industrial landfills as a potential source of secondary raw materials. Detritus, 1(March)
- Pastre G, Griffiths Z, Val J, Tasiu AM, Camacho-Dominguez EV, .... (2018). A decision support tool for enhanced landfill mining. Detritus, 1(March)
- Darabkhani HG, Jurado Pontes N, Prpich G, Oakey JE, Wagland ST, .... (2017). Design, process simulation and construction of a 100 kW pilot-scale CO2 membrane rig: Improving in situ CO2 capture using selective exhaust gas recirculation (S-EGR). Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 50
- Vrancken C, Longhurst PJ & Wagland ST. (2017). Critical review of real-time methods for solid waste characterisation: Informing material recovery and fuel production. Waste Management, 61
- Onabanjo T, Kolios AJ, Patchigolla K, Wagland ST, Fidalgo B, .... (2016). An experimental investigation of the combustion performance of human faeces. Fuel, 184
- Hanak DP, Kolios A, Onabanjo T, Wagland ST, Patchigolla K, .... (2016). Conceptual energy and water recovery system for self-sustained nano membrane toilet. Energy Conversion and Management, 126
- Onabanjo T, Patchigolla K, Wagland ST, Fidalgo Fernandez B, Kolios A, .... (2016). Energy recovery from human faeces via gasification: A thermodynamic equilibrium modelling approach. Energy Conversion and Management, 118
- Frank RR, Cipullo S, Garcia J, Davies S, Wagland ST, .... (2016). Compositional and physicochemical changes in waste materials and biogas production across 7 landfill sites in UK. Waste Management, 63
- Frank RR, Davies S, Wagland ST, Villa R, Trois C, .... (2016). Evaluating leachate recirculation with cellulase addition to enhance waste biostabilisation and landfill gas production. Waste Management, 55
- Garcia J, Davies S, Villa R, Gomes DM, Coulon F, .... (2016). Compositional analysis of excavated landfill samples and the determination of residual biogas potential of the organic fraction. Waste Management, 55
- Cook E, Wagland S & Coulon F. (2015). Investigation into the non-biological outputs of mechanical–biological treatment facilities. Waste Management, 46
- Emkes H, Coulon F & Wagland ST. (2015). A decision support tool for landfill methane generation and gas collection. Waste Management, 43
- Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez SC, Coulon F, Jiang Y & Wagland S. (2015). Rare earth elements and critical metal content of extracted landfilled material and potential recovery opportunities. Waste Management, 42
- Peddireddy S, Longhurst PJ & Wagland ST. (2015). Characterising the composition of waste-derived fuels using a novel image analysis tool. Waste Management, 40
- Velis CA, Wagland ST, Longhurst PJ, Robson B, Sinfield K, .... (2013). Response to comment on "solid recovered fuel: Materials flow analysis and fuel property development during the mechanical processing of biodried waste". Environmental Science & Technology, 47(24)
- Philips KJO, Longhurst PJ & Wagland ST. (2013). Assessing the perception and reality of arguments against thermal waste treatment plants in terms of property prices. Waste Management, 34(1)
- Wagland ST, Dudley R, Naftaly M & Longhurst PJ. (2013). Determination of renewable energy yield from mixed waste material from the use of novel image analysis methods. Waste Management, 33(11)
- Velis CA, Wagland S, Longhurst P, Robson B, Sinfield K, .... (2013). Solid Recovered Fuel: Materials Flow Analysis and Fuel Property Development during the Mechanical Processing of Biodried Waste. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(6)
- Velis C, Wagland S, Longhurst P, Robson B, Sinfield K, .... (2012). Solid Recovered Fuel: Influence of Waste Stream Composition and Processing on Chlorine Content and Fuel Quality. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(3)
- Wagland ST, Veltre F & Longhurst PJ. (2012). Development of an image-based analysis method to determine the physical composition of a mixed waste material. Waste Management, 32(2)
- Wagland ST, Kilgallon P, Coveney R, Garg A, Smith R, .... (2011). Comparison of coal/solid recovered fuel (SRF) with coal/refuse derived fuel (RDF) in a fluidised bed reactor. Waste Management, 31(6)
- Black I, Seaton R, Chackiath S, Wagland ST, Pollard SJT, .... (2011). The ‘bankability’ of the new waste technologies: an econometric method for risk sharing in private finance waste contracts. Environmental Technology, 32(15)
- Wagland ST, Godley AR & Tyrrel SF. (2011). Investigation of the application of an enzyme-based biodegradability test method to a municipal solid waste biodrying process. Waste Management, 31(7)
- Wagland ST & Tyrrel SF. (2010). Test methods to aid in the evaluation of the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfill. Waste Management, 30(5)
- Wagland ST, Tyrrel SF, Godley AR & Smith R. (2009). Test methods to aid in the evaluation of the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfill. Waste Management, 29(3)
Conference Papers
- Dino GA, Rossetti P, Lorenzi A, Mister I, Cazzaniga A, .... (2018). Exploiting secondary raw materials from extractive waste facilities: A case study
- Canopoli L, Fidalgo Fernandez B & Wagland ST. (2018). Characterisation of excavated plastics for thermochemical upcycling to platform chemicals and liquid fuels
- Al-Badri S, Jiang Y & Wagland ST. (2018). Interactions and interferences of Cu, Cr and As during contaminated waste wood gasification: A thermodynamic equilibrium study
- Al-Badri S, Jiang Y & Wagland S. (2018). Reduce toxic emissions of As, Cr, and Cu phases during woody biomass gasification: A thermodynamic equilibrium study
- Särkkä H, Kaartinen T, Hannus E, Hirvonen S, Valjus T, .... (2017). Assessing the opportunities of landfill mining as a source of critical raw materials in Europe
- Jurado N, Harradine M, Gomm S, Anthony EJ & Wagland ST. (2017). Prediction of syngas composition from pyrolysis of waste-derived feedstocks in the UK using Aspen Plus
- Dino GA, Rossetti P, Biglia G, Coulon F, Gomes D, .... (2016). SMART GROUND Project: SMART data collection and integration platform to enhance availability and accessibility of data and information in the EU territory on secondary raw materials
- Wagland ST & Longhurst PJ. (2012). Monitoring of renewable energy yield of mixed wastes by image analysis of input residual waste materials
- Wagland ST, Smith R, Godley AR, Tyrrel SF & Blakey N. (2008). The development of a novel biodegradability test method based on the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose
- Wagland ST, Smith R, Godley AR, Tyrrel SF & Blakey N. (2007). Development and application of an Enzymatic Hydrolysis test to assess the biodegradability of organic waste material
- Wilson SL, Cranton WM, Ranson R, Koutsogeorgis DC, Mosley A, .... (2005). P-169: Optimization of the Electrical and Optical Properties of Ink-Jet-Printed SnO(2):Sb using Thermal Annealing and Excimer-Laser Processing
Books
- Wagland ST. (2019). 3 Waste collection, sorting, and pretreatment In Substitute Natural Gas from Waste. Elsevier.
- Wagland ST. (2019). Waste collection, sorting, and pretreatment In Substitute Natural Gas from Waste. Elsevier.
- Wagland ST & Pollard SJT. (2013). Treatment of Toxic Wastes In Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
