Peer-reviewed and technical publications from university-hosted WtERT chapters, authored by Council Members of the WtERT®
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.
China Waste Wise Cities Good Practices: Series II
Principle Author: LIU Xiao
Editor (UN-Habitat): BAO Meng, ZHANG Muxi, and LIU Yaojunl
UN-HABITAT
China Waste Wise Cities Good Practices: Series I
Principle Author: LIU Xiao
Editor (UN-Habitat): BAO Meng, ZHANG Muxi, and LIU Yaojunl
UN-HABITAT
The Limits of Zero Waste Policies: Navigating Post-Recycling Realities for Sustainable Waste Management
By Romane Daskal
College of Arts & Science, New York University, NY, 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 rate (6%–17%), doubled its WTE rate (14%–28%) and [...]
“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 big thing in thermal waste processing. What is [...]