I work in the area of quantitative sustainability assessment and environmental management. In this domain, my current focus has been on quantifying plastic losses across their value chain, particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions such as India. I develop quantitative frameworks linking plastic losses to environmental health risks, while evaluating techno-policy interventions and circular economy strategies. Overall, my work supports evidence-based solutions for reducing waste mismanagement and advancing resource-efficient, sustainable urban systems.

All Publications

Risk of plastics losses to the environment from Indian landfills by Yadav V. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 187 106610- (2022)
Modified goal programming approach for solving multi-objective environmental management problem by Yadav V. Annals of Operations Research 324 113-113 (2023)
Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions by Yadav V., Fei X., Arora M., van Emmerik T.H.M., Wang Y., Laurent A. Nature Reviews Materials 10 717-719 (2025)
Projected twelve-fold growth in municipal solid waste generation calls for urgent techno-policy intervention across urban India by Yadav V., Shinde . M., Yadav B. R., Pandey D. S., Maji K. J., Manu . , Singh V. , Arora . Journal of Industrial Ecology 29 1-15 (2026)
Biogeochemical dynamics of major elements in municipal solid waste landfills can induce health risks for nearly 1 billion people by Wang Y., Zhou C., Zhang H., Ma S., Lou Z., Raskin L., Skerlos S., Coulon F., Zekkos D., Hussain A., Yadav V., Lisak G., Fang M., Yin K., He H., Wang Y., Fei X. One Earth - (2025)

Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

Environmental and economic cost quantification of decentralized vs centralized municipal solid waste management in lndia Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation CPHEEO
Quantifying Plastics Losses and their Ecological Risks in India Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Apex Committee of SPARC, Ministry of Education

Co-Principal Investigator

To carry out water and air quality audit over a period of 1 month (excluding monsoon months) in compliance of Environment Clearance condition of Baroud OC Exp. Project 4.9 MTPA South Eastern Coalfields Limited
To carry out water and air quality monitoring annually and preparation of audit report in respect of Jagannathpur OCP (4.2 MTPA) of South Eastern Coalfields Limited Bhatgaon Area SOUTH EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED
Towards Zero-Waste through Bio-based Recovery Model-Lessons for Managing Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) from Sweden and India Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Alumni members