As public authorities are now planning the post-coronavirus recovery, the European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy (ESWET) has issued a reminder of the complementary role energy recovery plays to recycling in its comprehensive hygenisation of residual waste. Please click the link for the [...]
People do not realize how expensive recycling can be for a city. Have a look at this story. A prior contract expired last month and the city declined to accept a new bid that would have reportedly cost around $200 per [...]
Receive our greetings from the SOCIEDAD ANTIOQUEÑA DE INGENIEROS, SAI, which supports WTERT - Colombia. Enrique Posada, our president, received your excellent communication about Covid 19. Very important the points you show. We translated it and sent it to our contacts [...]
Dear members and friends of the GWCouncil, Attached please find a letter by Prof. Nickolas Themelis, Columbia University. Please click the link for the details.
Please click the link for the details.
The European Environment Commission recognizes the importance of WTE power plants is dealing with the COVID-19 wastes. Over the years, the Global WTERT Council has published the fact that over 60 EU plants co-combust medical wastes along with MSW. 31st March [...]
The city of Baltimore has one of the best waste management systems in the U.S. (recycling, composting, waste to energy) but the newly elected city officials took the misguided step to push the city back to the 20th century, when landfilling [...]
China Energy announced plans to build a WTE plant in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, after signing a contract worth €210 million. The plant will process 1,500 daily tons using two units. China Energy will construct and provide operation and maintenance services. [...]
Those of you who have not seen the film "Plastic Wars" (PBS Frontline, March 31, 2020; link below), please do: In a nutshell: Only some of the urban paper is worth recycling. The rest of the so-called recyclables should be left [...]
Please see attached flyer for our upcoming EEC/WTERT/ASME Conference to be held at CCNY on October 22nd & 23rd, 2020. We will be opening a call for abstracts shortly so please visit out website for updates. We ask that you forward [...]
