Advanced plastics recycling yields climate benefits

Authors: Lauren T. Creadore, Maroc J. Castaldi,
Affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, City College of New York
Published in: Commisioned by the American Chemistry Council
Chemical recycling, suite of sustainable technologies that transform used plastics into new products that can be recycled again.

2025-08-31T01:43:46-04:00August 2nd, 2025|Council Member Publications, Publications, WtERT - USA|

Waste to energy (WTE) in China: from latecomer to front runner

Abstract This paper discusses the 2000–2018 evolution of energy and metals recovery from urban wastes in the European Union and China. As a result of the zero-landfilling directive, in twenty years the European Union tripled its recycling rate (11%–30%) and its composting [...]

2024-09-17T10:44:14-04:00January 3rd, 2022|Council Member Publications, Publications|

“You can even make diamonds out of residual Waste”

"Detailed response of Prof. Peter Quicker (WtERT-Germany) in Waste Management World to questions whether urban wastes can be "gasified" instead of "combusted". Professor Quicker, we regularly hear it promised that gasification processes could replace classic waste incineration and become the next [...]

2024-08-29T09:28:08-04:00July 9th, 2021|2021, Council Member Publications, News, WtERT - Germany|
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