Zero land-filling in San Francisco, to be done with mirrors According to the recent news report "San Francsico sends 467,000 tons of MSW to landfills, of 900.000 tons generated (about 1 ton/capita). Therefore, SF landfills 52% of its MSW (plus residues from recycling and composting of the other 48%). Mayor Breed, that's a long way from "zero landfilling". The only way for California to [...]

Here is an interesting video by Proteus (UK) of citizens' reaction, before and after a WTE plant was built in their community. Please click below for the video.

Visiting report of Sims Recycling facility (MRF) in NYC. Please click on the photo below to preview the visiting report. Visiting report of Covanta Essex WTE. Please click on the photo below to preview the visiting report. If you have any question, please contact with Viviana Avalos, email: vavalos@minenergia.cl .

Demetra Tsiamis, of WtERT speaks to Bloomberg TicToc on waste, sustainability and waste-to-energy. Please click on this link for details. If you have any further questions or inquiries, please contact her at: demetra.tsiamis@gmail.com.

Recent University of California at Los Angeles study as to how WTE can be major source of WTE in the U.S. According to a new study published in Nature Energy from UCLA, the United States could produce enough energy by harnessing waste to power the states of Oregon and Washington, while reducing carbon. The study encompassed 15 energy conversion technologies [...]

Dr. A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas, head of WtERT at Columbia University was appointed as Lecturer int the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering of Columbia. In addition to his Industrial Ecology and Solid Waste Management and WTE courses, Prof. Bourtsalas will be overseeing the M.S. program in Earth Resources Engineering. Congratulations!  Prof. Bourtsalas!

SWANA Records 30 Solid Waste Worker Fatalities So Far in 2019 The Solid Waste Association of North America, reported 31 fatalities in waste management last year, of which seven were at landfills and the rest during collection at transfer stations and MRFs . There were no fatalities at any of the U.S. WTE power plants. Link to webpage: https://waste-management-world.com/a/swana-records-30-solid-waste-worker-fatalities-so-far-in [...]

Sharing News from Professor Themelis Dear friends, have a look at very informative video by Florida TV on one of the largest and newest WTE power plants at Palm Beach Florida.  https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/renewable-energy-letting-nothing-go-to-waste -I also refer you to the latest news of our WtERT-Germany partner https://www.wtert.net/Latest_News.html -Here is a link to a new volume edited by me and Dr. Bourtsalas, titled Materials [...]

News for GWC management team Dear members of the GWC international team: a) Congratulations to Prof. Marco Castaldi (WtERT-US) on two very informative videos produced by his Earth Engineering Center at City College of New York that you may want to link to from your web pages: EEC|CCNY featured on CUNY TV's "Study with the Best" ccnyeec.org/eecccny-featured-on-cuny-tvs-study-with-the-best/ and https://www.facebook.com/WTERTGlobal/videos/1571317336225386/ b) Prof. [...]