China’s Bold Vision for Waste Management: Professor Huang Qunxing at Columbia Climate School on Waste-to-Energy Innovations
Press Release Professor Huang Qunxing Delivers Insightful Lecture on Waste-to-Energy Innovations at Columbia University New York, NY — October 1, 2024 — The Columbia Climate School hosted a distinguished lecture featuring Professor Huang Qunxing, Vice-Dean of the College of Energy at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and President of the Global WtERT Council (WtERT®). Renowned for his expertise [...]
WtERT® Joins the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to Champion Climate Action and Sustainable Waste Management
Press Release WtERT® Joins the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to Champion Climate Action and Sustainable Waste Management October 15, 2024 – The Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WtERT®) is honored to announce its official membership in the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), an initiative founded in 2012 by former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [...]
Global WtERT Council and University Mohammed VI Polytechnic Sign MOU to Further Joint Research, Education in Waste-to-Energy technologies
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 of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Morocco for research cooperation in [...]
Letter to COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber on Methane Emissions from the Waste Sector
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 are responsible for the release of huge amounts of methane emissions that contribute to global warming. The letter [...]
Closing ceremony of the 7th International Training Workshop of Waste to Energy
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 also co-hosted by Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) and the International Consultant Committee on Waste to Energy (ICCWtE). [...]
Launching the Activities of Global WtERT Council at Jordan University of Science and Technology | WtERT Jordan
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 experiences, knowledge and skills in the field of energy from waste. On October 27th, 2023, JUST organized a [...]
The 7th International Training Workshop on Waste to Energy opening ceremony
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 of Thermal Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, hosted the opening ceremony with welcoming address from officers from Zhejiang Provincial [...]
It’s time for Africa to look for engineering solution to turn waste into energy
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 continent's poor waste management is already having an adverse effect on both human and environmental health. Most of [...]
Press Release | WtERT Announces Election of New President and Board Members
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 as new President of the scientific research organization as of the beginning of 2023. After heading WtERT since [...]
Discussion of ZWE report on dioxins from WtE plants
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, Waste Management World (WMW) published a biomonitoring research on waste incinerator emissions in three countries by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE). In [...]