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 [...]
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 [...]
By Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis and Prof. A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, 500 West 120th St., NY, NY 10027, USA
Journal: Waste Management 141 (2022) 79–91 A
Authors: Nickolas J. Themelis, Wenchao Ma
Affiliation: Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University & City College of New York
Published in: Journal of Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy (2021)
Waste to energy (WTE) in China: from latecomer to front runner. This paper discusses the 2000–2018 evolution of energy and metals recovery from urban wastes in the European Union and China.
By Nickolas J. Themelis and A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
In a complementary measure, landfills should also be outfitted with facilities to monitor and control existing methane emissions. By Nickolas J. Themelis November 09, 2021 Please click here to see the link.
Waste sector critical to combat climate change What role does the waste and resources management sector play in driving actions to achieve net zero? From HELENA NAGELER-PETRITZ First published: 05 November 2021 Click here to see news: https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1049/rpg2.12315 [...]
