Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng

Contact Info

Research Interests

Non-hazardous waste generation in Western and Central Canada; Sustainable waste diversion and recycling practices; Design and optimization of Waste Management Regions; Data-driven methods in solid waste management; Beneficial reuse of waste materials in civil and environmental applications; Design, operation, and remediation of municipal solid waste landfills and other waste containment systems; Post-consumer textile waste management, Low-level waste management from Small Modular Reactors; Management of special wastes

Education

Ph.D. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
M.Eng. McMaster University, Canada
B.Eng. McMaster University, Canada

Professional Affiliations:

Associate Editor, Waste Management, Elsevier
Guest Editor, VSI-Textile waste in Waste Management, Waste Management, Elsevier
Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer
Editorial Board Member, Ecological Informatics, Elsevier
Member, Saskatchewan SWMAC

Publications

1. Mim, S. J., Richter, A., Gitifar, A., Chowdhury, R., Ng, K. T. W. (2025) "The use of efficiency metrics for cross-jurisdictional assessment of household hazardous waste collection and recycling". Journal of Cleaner Production, 503, 145420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145420
2. Chowdhury, R., Mim, S. J., Tasnim, A., Ng, K. T. W., Richter, A. (2025) "Supply-disposition storage of fresh fruits and vegetables and food loss in the Canadian supply chain". Ecological Indicators, 170, 113063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.113063
3. Tasnim, A., Abha, A. T., Naghibalsadati, F., Tam, E., Ng, K. T. W. (2025) "Management Assessment of used Oil, Filters, and containers in the Canadian automotive sector using resource recovery metrics". Waste Management, 191, 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.11.02
4. Gitifar, A., Karimi, N., Mim, S. J., Naghibalsadati, F., Ng, K. T. W. (2025) “Landfill footprint geometrical design evolution and land surface thermal heterogeneity”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 514, 145763.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.14576
5. Ray, S., Ng, K. T. W., Mahmud, T. S., Richter, A., Naghibalsadati, F. (2024) "Quantification of construction and demolition waste disposal behaviors during COVID-19 using satellite imagery". Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 24, 100502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100502
6. Chowdhury, R., Mim, S. J., Situm, A., Ng, K. T. W. (2024) "Cross-jurisdictional analysis and forecasting of North American nuclear fuel inventory using a standardized unit". Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 191, 2154-2164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2024.09.119
7. Naghibalsadati, F., Gitifar, A., Ray, S., Richter, A., Ng, K. T. W. (2024) "Temporal Evolution and Thematic Shifts in Sustainable Construction and Demolition Waste Management through Building Information Modeling Technologies: A Text-Mining Analysis". Journal of Environmental Management, 369, 122293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122293
8. Tasnim, A., Chowdhury, R., Mim, S. J., Ng, K. T. W., Adu-Darko, H. (2024) "Influence of Canadian provincial stewardship model attributes on the cost effectiveness of e-waste management". Journal of Environmental Management, 358, 120945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120945
9. Hasan, M. M., Mahmud, T. S., Assuah, A., Ng, K. T. W., Tasnim, A., Abha, A. T. (2024) "An investigation on the operational resilience of the Canadian electronic product stewardship program and the recycling business characteristics". Waste Management, 181, 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.04.002
10. Ray, S., Ng, K. T. W., Mahmud, T. S., Richter, A., Karimi, N. (2024) "Temporal analysis of settlement areas and city footprints on construction and demolition waste quantification using Landsat satellite imagery". Sustainable Cities and Society, 105, 105351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105351