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Hartmut Haeming
AVG Köln mbH
European Comission
The Proposals of the German Association for Waste Management and circular economy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfall und Kreislaufwirtschaft e.V.) -DGAW -
on the topics of - critical raw materials and - EU 2030 -
WasteCulture
WtERT DSS becomes WasteCulture
As discussed inside Global WtERT Council we are now in the process of taking the small step towards the new website wasteculture.com. I am convinced that this also will help the common cause to foster WtE techniques who need more acceptance in society.
The Palmetum of Santa Cruz
This used to be a municipal rubbish dump - ‘El Palmetum’ in Santa Cruz Tenerife
From dump to botanical garden - An example of sustainability.
Experts / Involved Parties
Dr. Eng. Ahmed Chirmata
Wilaya of Souss Massa Region / WtERT Morocco
Dipl.-Ing. Ekkehart Gartner
ia GmbH – Wissensmanagement und Ingenieurleistungen
Anyieth Philip Ayuen Bior
United Nations – Executive Office of the Secretary-General
WtERT.org
China’s Bold Vision for Waste Management: Professor Huang Qunxing at Columbia Climate School on Waste-to-Energy Innovations
Professor Huang Qunxing Delivers Insightful Lecture on Waste-to-Energy Innovations at Columbia University
ESWET
ECJ convicts Slovakia for mismanaged landfills
On 12 September, the European Court of Justice ruled that Slovakia had failed to comply with its obligations under Directive 1999/31/EC regarding landfill waste.
Canary Media, Isobel Whitcomb
A huge landfill in Oregon is spewing methane. Its owners want to expand.
Numerous safety violations have been detected at the fast-growing landfill. It’s part of a larger pattern of problems with how the U.S. handles waste.
European Comission
Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Italy's fifth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
The fifth payment request covers important steps in the delivery of 14 reforms and 22 investments that will drive positive change for citizens and businesses in Italy in areas including competition law, public procurement, waste and water management, justice, the spending review framework, as well as secondary and tertiary education.
HZI
Hitachi Zosen Inova Selected to Develop the World’s Most Advanced Waste to Energy Facility in Abu Dhabi
A consortium led by Marubeni Corporation, which includes Hitachi Zosen Inova and the Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development, has been selected to design, build and operate a new ultra-large Waste to Energy facility on behalf of the Emirates Water & Electricity Company and Tadweer Group.
WtERT
WtERT presence in COP28
Global WtERT and Sharjah University deliver letter to COP28 President on methane emissions from waste
WtERT
The Global WtERT Congress in Hangzhou
The meeting in enchanting Hangzhou was a great experience for all participants from the network and for all other visitors.
ESWET
Waste-to-Energy & the City: Generating Value for Cities
A journey to showcase the benefits that Waste-to-Energy plants bring to Cities.
NYC Parks
Mayor Adams, NYC Parks Commissioner Donoghue Open First Public Space in Freshkills Park, Formerly World’s Largest Landfill
Once Completed, Freshkills Park Will Be Largest Park Developed by City in Century
European Union
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
Identifying Members States at risk of not meeting the 2025 preparing for re-use and recycling target for municipal waste, the 2025 recycling target for packaging waste and the 2035 municipal waste landfilling reduction target
ChatGPT
ChatGPT - the Truth about Zero Waste Initiatives
While zero waste initiatives have gained popularity in recent years, the truth is that achieving zero waste is not always possible or feasible.
Freshkills Park - The Freshkills Park Alliance
FreshkillsPark will be the largest park developed in New York City in over a century
The transformation of what was once the world’s largest landfill into a sustainable park makes the project a symbol of renewal and an expression of how we can re-imagine reclaimed landscapes
BDE e.V.
Household waste landfills - BDE calls for EU-wide ban by 2030
Discussion event with political and business representatives in Brussels
CREED e.V.
CReED, Germany focuses on the training of qualified staff for balanced sustainable waste management
There is no appropriate waste management without adequately trained staff.
IFC - International Finance Corporation
Waste-to-Energy PPP Project Will Allow Belgrade to Reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 250,000 Tonnes of CO2 per Year
Where today the “landfill” (without EU standards) receives 90% of Belgrade’s waste the WtE PPP Project leads to a sustainable waste management
October 2022 EEC/WTERT Bi-Annual Conference took place in New York
"Sustainable Waste Management: The Forefront of Innovation" was the topic under which Prof. Marco Castaldi's organising team gathered a wide range of presentations from around the world:
Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills Joannes D. Maasakkers*, Daniel J. Varon, Aldís Elfarsdóttir†, Jason McKeever, Dylan Jervis, Gourav Mahapatra, Sudhanshu Pandey‡, Alba Lorente, Tobias Borsdorff, Lodewijck R. Foorthuis, Berend J. Schuit, Paul Tol, Tim A. van Kempen, Richard van Hees,
As atmospheric methane concentrations increase at record pace, it is critical to identify individual emission sources with high potential for mitigation.
Nickolas J. Themelis
Divert Biodegradable Waste From Landfills to Cut Climate-Warming Methane Emissions
In a complementary measure, landfills should also be outfitted with facilities to monitor and control existing methane emissions.
A Review on Plasma Gasification of Solid Residues: Recent Advances and Developments Oliveira M, Ramos A, Ismail TM, Monteiro E, Rouboa A.
Due to the environmental and economic benefits, the use of renewable and ecological fuels derived from waste has received global attention. Plasma is one of the techniques that enable achieving renewable energy from solid residues
DGAW, German Association of Waste Management
DGAW Position: Is the EU taxonomy leading us into a waste disposal emergency?
Taxonomy - what is it? The EU Taxonomy Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of June 18, 2020, defines the conditions under which an economic activity is considered environmentally sustainable.
The plant technology of the MVA Bonn is gradually approaching the end of its uninterrupted run Dipl. Ing. Manfred Becker
It is now necessary to develop a suitable and sustainable technological concept for the future.
ZMS Zweckverband Müllverwertung Schwandorf
Conversion of a lignite-fired power plant into a waste-to-energy plant using the example of the ZMS Schwandorf, Germany
With the establishment of the Zweckverband ZMS Schwandorf 40 years ago and the associated decision to convert the existing lignite-fired power plant into a waste-to-energy plant, approx. 8.25 million tons of CO2 equivalents were saved in the period from 1982 to 2018.
Current state of Waste Management in Kosovo 2021 Fjollë Kabashi, WtERT Germany
Established in 1990, Kosovo [1] is one of the newest countries in the world located in South-East Europe, part of Western Balkans, with a surface coverage area of 10,907 km2, a population of 1, 883, 018 [2] and a population density of 166 inhabitants/km2.
Fjollë Kabashi, WtERT Germany
Plastic Ban Vanuatu
State of Vanuatu, a small archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, with a population of 300,000 spread across 65 islands, is one of the first in the world to put into effect the single-use plastic ban since January 2018. This includes non-biodegradable plastic such as bags and polystyrene containers. Furthermore, they also proposed a ban on disposable nappies. In 2019, the state of Vanuatu went further with banning other single-use plastic items such as plates, cups, stirrers, food containers and egg cartons.
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