Prof. Nickolas John Themelis Awarded with CEWEP Phoenix Award for His Outstanding Contributions to the Waste-to-Energy Sector
At the 2016 Congress of the Confederation of European WTE plants (CEWEP; Rotterdam, June 16), Prof. Nickolas Themelis of Columbia University and President of the Global WTERT Council received the CEWEP Phoenix Award.
Workshop: Megacity Waste Management Dialogue: The NYC Roadmap for Waste As a Resource
On April 25-26, 2016 the Earth Engineering Center of City College of New York (EEC-CCNY) and the Institute for Sustainability of AIChE organized a very successful two-day workshop in Manhattan on the subject “Megacity Waste Management Dialogue: The NYC Roadmap for waste as a Resource”. The Workshop was co-chaired by Prof., Marco J. Castaldi, and Demetra Tsiamis of RRC-CCNY and was attended by experts from academia, industry, and government. The meeting’s focus was on the present challenges for promoting sustainable waste management in populous cities like New York. One of the presentations was by NYC Commissioner of Sanitation, Ms. Kathryn Garcia.
Feeding the Asian Dragon
Article by Matt Clay on 6th WTE plant to be built in Singapore, to generate 800kWh per ton of MSW. Article also discusses growth of WTE in China.
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WtERT 2014 Bi-Annual Conference – Columbia University, New York
On October 9-10, the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council hosted its 2014 Bi-Annual Meeting at Columbia University in the City of New York. There were 27 presentations and 8 posters in the meeting.
Energy and Economic Value of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Including Non-Recycled Plastics (NRP), Currently Landfilled in the Fifty States
By Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis and Charles Mussche
Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, 500 West 120th St., NY, NY 10027, USA
Guidebook on Waste-to-Energy Technologies for Latin America and the Caribbean: Now Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Authors: Nickolas J. Themelis, Maria Elena Diaz Barriga, Paula Estevez, and Maria Gaviota Velasco
Affiliation: Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University
Published by: Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University
In collaboration with: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Publication Date: July 2013