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New book by World Bank from EEC alumna New book by World Bank on What A Waste 2.0: [...]

UNECE Committee for the development of PPP Guidelines Dr. Bourtsalas was appointed as an expert at the [...]

Landfills In Puerto Rico And The Virgin Islands Are Already An Environmental Mess. Hurricanes Just Made These Failing Piles Of Garbage Worse.

The 50-megawatt (MW) Reppie Waste to Energy facility, which Ethiopia claims to be the first of its kind in Africa, will be commissioned in December. This plant is reported to cost $118.5 million and will process 350,000 metric tons/year (about $340.ton of annual capacity).

The Group’s remarkable sustainable development performance over the past year, has resulted in it been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index for the second consecutive year.

China Everbright International has won the bid for Shenyang Daxin waste to energy Project in Liaoning Province and signed a Public-Private Partnership agreement with Liaoning Shenyang City Construction Administration Bureau.

China Everbright International Limited announced that the Group's Weifang Waste-to-energy Project Phase II in Shandong Province, Suining Waste-to-energy in Sichuan Province, and Gaochun Waste-to-energy Project in Jiangsu Province have recently completed construction and commenced operation in succession.

Register for be Waste Wise's 2017 Global Dialogue on Waste (5th - 8th September, online) to learn, share and engage with the best experts and practitioners in waste management. This year's themes are Beyond a Circular Economy, Collective Action, and Practicing Waste Management. During the 2017 Global Dialogue on Waste, you can also watch and learn from Earth Engineering Center's Senior Research Scientist, Dr. A. C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas. He will talk about the trends in waste management world.

First WTE plant under construction in Vietnam, is invested in, built and operated by China Everbright International. It has a designed daily MSW capacity of 400 tonnes (7.5 MW electricity). The total investment of approximately US$47 million (about $360/annual tonne of capacity).

Cross-Asia meeting co-organized and chaired by Prof. Nickolas Themelis, Director of of Earth Engineering Center in Nanjing, China on April 25-28. 2017.

In this lecture, Dr. Athanasios Bourtsalas, Adjunct Professor at the Earth and Environmental Engineering Department, Columbia University and and Manager of the Earth Engineering Centre-Columbia (WTERT-US), presents research findings on the level of municipal solid waste management achieved by different countries.

The harm resulting from Trump’s environmental deregulation spree will do business more harm than good; leaders need to show Trump that they do not support this, says Business and Sustainable Development Commission chair Mark Malloch Brown.