On October 5-6, the Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its 2016 Bi-Annual Meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were 29 presentations and 10 posters in the meeting.
Dr. Bourtsalas and ten EEE graduate students participated in NAWTEC 2016 conference from May 23 to 25 held in West Palm Beach, Miami.
On April 25-26, 2016 the Earth Engineering Center of City College of New York (EEC-CCNY) and the Institute for Sustainability of AIChE organized a very successful two-day workshop in Manhattan on the subject “Megacity Waste Management Dialogue: The NYC Roadmap for waste as a Resource”. The Workshop was co-chaired by Prof., Marco J. Castaldi, and Demetra Tsiamis of RRC-CCNY and was attended by experts from academia, industry, and government. The meeting’s focus was on the present challenges for promoting sustainable waste management in populous cities like New York. One of the presentations was by NYC Commissioner of Sanitation, Ms. Kathryn Garcia.
On October 9-10, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its 2014 Bi-Annual Meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were 27 presentations and 8 posters in the meeting.
On October 18-19, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its 2012 Bi-Annual Conference at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were 18 presentations and 16 posters in the meeting. The WtERT 2012 Award was presented to “Waste Management World” journal of ISWA for outstanding contribution to disseminating information and advancing waste management worldwide during the first decade of the 21st century.
On October 7-8, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its 2010 Bi-Annual Meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were 28 presentations and 15 posters in the meeting. In 2010, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council requested nominations of urban areas that are close to attaining the ideals of Sustainable Waste Management. The awards were given to the City of Vienna (Austria) for being one of the cleanest (as well as “most livable”!) cities in the world and to Lee County of the State of Florida (U.S.A.) for being one of the first urban areas in the U.S. to approach “zero waste” by minimizing landfilling.
Agenda of the 2008 WtERT Bi-Annual Conference (October 16-17, 2008).
2008 WtERT Conference October 16-17, 2008, Columbia University, New York, NYOn October 16-17, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WtERT) hosted its 2008 Bi-Annual Meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were over 120 participants from [...]
On October 16-17, 2006, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its 2006 Annual Meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were 16 presentations and 12 posters in the meeting. The WtERT 2006 Education Award was presented to Prof. Paul H. Brunner of the Technical University of Vienna. The ASM Brescia (Italy) plant received the 2006 WtERT Industry Award to one of the world’s best WTE facilities.
On October 20-21, 2005, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its annual meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York.
