PRESS RELEASE Global WtERT Council and University Mohammed VI Polytechnic Sign MOU to Further Joint Research, Education in Waste-to-Energy technologies. New York, Benguerir, Hangzhou, February 20, 2024: Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WtERT) is pleased to announce the signing [...]
New York/Dubai, November 7, 2023: The Global WtERT Council with the University of Sharjah, host of WtERT Emirates, co-signed a letter to the COP28 President H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber calling for urgent action to divert waste from landfills, which [...]
On November 8, the 7th International Training Workshop on Waste to Energy (WtE) and the 5th International Symposium on Energy Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste for Sustainable Urban Development concluded with great success. Zhejiang University (ZJU) hosted the events, which were [...]
We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Global WtERT Council (WtERT) and Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). Both organizations agreed to join forces to collaborate together to advance research and exchange [...]
The opening ceremony of the 7th International Training Workshop of Waste to Energy was successfully held on October 25th, 2023 in Hangzhou. Prof. Xiaodong Li, Chair of the workshop and International Consultant Committee of Waste to Energy (ICCWtE) from the Institute [...]
It’s time for Africa to look for engineering solution to turn waste into energy By Reda Kabbaj, Research Associate, Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University | VP International Relations, WtERT.org The situation of waste management in Africa is getting worse. The [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
The Sixth session of the Working Party on PPPs has adopted a second document contributing to the cross-cutting theme of the 69th session of the ECE on the circular economy transition. Read the UNECE “Guidelines on PPPs for the SDGs in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Projects for Non-Recyclable [...]
Letter from Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis1 and all members of the Global WtERT Council2 an international consortium of universities representing 24 Nations to Organizing Committee of COP27 Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University (https://earth.engineering.columbia.edu) Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council, (wtert.org) We [...]
