Letter from Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis1 and all members of the Global WtERT Council2 an international consortium of universities representing 24 Nations to Organizing Committee of COP27 Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University (https://earth.engineering.columbia.edu) Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council, (wtert.org) We [...]
By Yixi Tian*, Nickolas J.Themelis, Diandian Zhao, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima
Link to the article in journalBy A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
Link to the articleThe 2021 Waste-to-Energy (WtE) survey shows that WtE plants are still much needed. Thermal treatment in WtE plants continues to represent an indispensable and solid pillar in waste management. Furthermore, responses from operators clearly show the sector as a driver of [...]
2022 Waste-to-Energy Research And Technology (WtERT) Asia Meeting: Going into New Technologies and Best Practices to Promote Wide Application. This meeting was co-organized by Global WtERT Council and Columbia Global Center-Beijing. Please click the link to Columbia Global Center website for [...]
Recent catastrophic events have made climate change a major environmental issue. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that methane (CH4) is 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 100-year horizon; and 80 times stronger over a [...]
REGISTER HERE China has made enormous progress in replacing landfilling with waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in the last fifteen years. At this time, the WTE capacity of China exceeds that of the EU, US, and Japan combined. This progress is primarily [...]
By Yixi Tian*, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima, Xiaoxuan Teng, Nickolas J.Themelis
Link to the article in journalBy Yixi Tian*, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima, Siwei Ma, Nickolas J.Themelis
Link to the article in journalProf. Nickolas Themelis reviewed the data presented in the Reshaping Plastics report of April 2022 These data show that the EU manages better its plastic wastes than the US:: -Recycling (mech+chemical) 13.9% of total; adding the 2 million tons exported and [...]
