M.S. Thesis: Analysis of Technology and Infrastructure of the Paper Recycling Industry in New York City
By Scott M. Kaufman
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M.S. Thesis: Substance and Perceptions of Environmental Impacts of Dioxin Emissions
By Panagiotis G. Deriziotis
Download Thesis (pdf)Waste Incineration and the Community -The Amsterdam Experience
By Thomas McCarthy
The successful community relations strategy followed by the operator of Amsterdam's waste-to- energy plant has convinced the public and other stakeholders of the benefits of incineration for treating the city's waste.
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The 14th Nationwide Survey of MSW Management in the U.S.
From BioCycle Magazine - January 2004
Collaboration leads to new methodology for the 2003 survey. And the numbers are ... 26.7% of MSW recycled, 7.7% combusted in waste-to-energy plants and 65.6% landfilled.
Read Full ArticleProceedings of the 2003 Annual WtERT Conference
On November 13-14, 2003, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WtERT) hosted a meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. About 100 persons attended this meeting, opened in the morning of November 13 by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute of Columbia University and senior consultant to Secretary General of the U.N. Prof. Nickolas Themelis and Ms. Maria Zannes summarized the activities of the Council in its first year. The rest of the morning, there were presentations on the global WTE Industry.