WtERT 2005 Annual Conference – Columbia University, New York
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.
Making Energy from Waste
The Earth Institute Newsletter for Cross-Cutting Research, Summer 2005
Download Publication (pdf)Management of Solid Wastes in Vietnam
In the past decade, strong economic growth and uncontrolled urbanization have greatly magnified the problems with Vietnam’s solid waste management system, pushing waste management to the forefront of environmental challenges with which it must contend. Not only has there been an increase in the amounts of waste generated, the composition of the waste has changed as well. The current system is already overtaxed due to lack of institutional capacity and insufficient human and capital resources as can be evidenced by low collection rates and inadequate waste facilities. Given socio-economic trends, the issue of how to deal with its solid waste will only become more critical as Vietnam industrializes.
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WtERT 2004 Annual Conference – Columbia University, New York
Overview The 2004 WtERT Fall Meeting marked a historic milestone as it hosted the first-ever WtERT [...]
Waste in a Land of Plenty – Solid Waste Generation and Management in the US
Waste Management World, ISWA (www.iswa.org), September-October 2004 Issue
By Nickolas J. Themelis and Scott M. Kaufman
The US generates the highest amount of waste per person in the world and continues to rely on landfilling at the expense of recycling and waste-to-energy, according to the latest in an annual series of national surveys on municipal solid waste generation and management.
M.S. Thesis: Substance and Perceptions of Environmental Impacts of Dioxin Emissions
By Panagiotis G. Deriziotis
Download Thesis (pdf)Waste Incineration and the Community -The Amsterdam Experience
By Thomas McCarthy
The successful community relations strategy followed by the operator of Amsterdam's waste-to- energy plant has convinced the public and other stakeholders of the benefits of incineration for treating the city's waste.
Read Full ArticleThe State of Garbage in America
The 14th Nationwide Survey of MSW Management in the U.S.
From BioCycle Magazine - January 2004
Collaboration leads to new methodology for the 2003 survey. And the numbers are ... 26.7% of MSW recycled, 7.7% combusted in waste-to-energy plants and 65.6% landfilled.
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WtERT 2003 Annual Conference – Columbia University, New York
On November 13-14, 2003, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WtERT) hosted a meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. About 100 persons attended this meeting, opened in the morning of November 13 by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute of Columbia University and senior consultant to Secretary General of the U.N. Prof. Nickolas Themelis and Ms. Maria Zannes summarized the activities of the Council in its first year. The rest of the morning, there were presentations on the global WTE Industry.