Report from the International Recycling & Recovery Congress, September 5-6, 2016 (Vienna, Austria)
Dr. Eftsratios (Stratos) Kalogirou represented the Global WTERT Council at the IRRC in Vienna, Sept. 5-6, 2016.
2016 Gordon Conference on Industrial Ecology
Dr. A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas, Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering represented Columbia University at the 2016 Gordon Conference on Industrial Ecology, held in Stowe, Vermont. (June 19-24)
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Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) 2016 Excellence Award Winners Announced
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) 2016 Excellence Gold Award was won by the Covanta Honolulu WTE plant. The SWAN 2016 Excellence Silver Award went to the SEMASS WTE plant of Covanta, at Rochester, Mass.
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Report From the Visit of Dr.A.Bourtsalas and 10 EEE Graduate Students at the West Palm Beach WTE Facility
Report by Ms. Yenaxika Bolate (EEE graduate) on the May 2016 visit to the West Palm Beach, FL facility.
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Tim Sharobem, PhD Thesis, Mitigation of High Temperature Corrosion in Waste-to-Energy Power Plants, EAEE Columbia University (2016) Now Available
Tim Sharobem, PhD Thesis, Mitigation of High Temperature Corrosion in Waste-to-Energy Power Plants, EAEE Columbia University (2016) Now Available.
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Prof. Nickolas John Themelis Awarded with CEWEP Phoenix Award for His Outstanding Contributions to the Waste-to-Energy Sector
At the 2016 Congress of the Confederation of European WTE plants (CEWEP; Rotterdam, June 16), Prof. Nickolas Themelis of Columbia University and President of the Global WTERT Council received the CEWEP Phoenix Award.
Feeding the Asian Dragon
Article by Matt Clay on 6th WTE plant to be built in Singapore, to generate 800kWh per ton of MSW. Article also discusses growth of WTE in China.
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WTE Guidebook Translated into Portuguese
We are pleased to announce that under the sponsorship of Columbia's Presidential Global Initiative Fund (PGIF), the WTE Guidebook of EEC has been translated to Portuguese by Mr. Gustavo Queiroz de SouZA (Vitoria, ES, Brazil).
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