Inventory of U.S. Dioxin Emissions
By Henri Dwyer, Nickolas J. Themelis
Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, 500 West 120th St., NY, NY 10027, USA
Potential for Reducing Global Methane Emissions From Landfills, 2000-2030
By E. Matthews1, Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis2
1 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, NY, NY 10025, USA
2 Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, 500 West 120th St., NY, NY 10027, USA
Sardinia 2007, Eleventh International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium
Press Release | WtERT Announces Election of New President and Board Members
Global WtERT Council Inc. Announces Election of New President and Board Members New York, August 8, 2023: Global WtERT Council Inc. Dba WtERT® announced that Prof. Qunxing Huang, Vice Dean, College of Energy Engineering of Zhejiang University (www.doe.zju.edu.cn) has been elected [...]
7th International Training Workshop on Waste to Energy October 25th to November 8th, 2023, Hangzhou, China (Online)
The 7th International Training Workshop on Waste to Energy will be held from October 25th to November 8th, 2023, in Hangzhou, China (online). The training workshop intends to share the fundamental theory, advanced technology, and practical experience of waste-to-energy (WtE) in [...]
Waste Recovery & Final Sinks for a Sustainable Ecological Transition – June 5th-7th, 2023 Politecnico di Milano, Italia
MatER Study Center-WtERT Italia, organizes its 6th MatER Meeting together with the 7th International Conference on Final Sinks. The conjunction of the two events arises from the link between the fundamental goal of MatER and Final Sinks conferences. The former included all aspects related to technical [...]
10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Chania, Greece, 21 – 24 JUNE 2023
The CHANIA 2023 10th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 21-24 June 2023, Chania, Crete, Greece aims to address the significant issue of sustainable solid waste management through the promotion of safe practices & effective technologies. The Conference focuses mainly on [...]
The importance of landfill gas capture and utilization in the U.S.
The importance of landfill gas capture and utilization in the U.S. By Patrick Sullivan, Senior Vice President, SCS engineers & EEC Research Associate Published year: April 6, 2010 Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University Executive Summary According to [...]
Discussion of ZWE report on dioxins from WtE plants
In January Zero Waste Europe published an article on dioxin emissions in three European waste-to-energy plants. Here Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis, director of the Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University discusses the report. From article of Waste Management World In January 2023, [...]
Systematic study of the formation and chemical/mineral composition of waste-to-energy (WTE) fly ash
By Yixi Tian*, Nickolas J.Themelis, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima, Yuri Gorokhovich
Link to the article in journal
UNECE Releases Guidelines on Sustainable PPPs in Waste Management: Contributions from WtERT Experts
Guidelines on Public-Private Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals in Waste-to-Energy Projects for Non-Recyclable Waste: Pathways towards a Circular Economy Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships Working Party on Public-Private Partnerships Sixth session Geneva, 1-2 December [...]