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AWISTA Starnberg KU
Repair Bonus at AWISTA - An Outstanding Waste Prevention Measure
The municipal enterprise for waste management in the district of Starnberg (AWISTA Starnberg KU) has launched a so-called "repair bonus" for the first time in Bavaria in the district of Starnberg on January 1, 2022.
Experts / Involved Parties
Rubens Herbert Aebi
ABREN WtERT Brasil, Canteler Soluções Ltd
PhD Snehesh S. Ail
The City College New York
Ph.D, Professor, Qunxing Huang
Global Wtert Council, College of Energy engineering
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WtERT
Campaigns and Initiatives
Together for Europe: Citizens increasingly feel compelled to get involved in campaigns
Dutch Waste Management Association
Nomination for the Recycling Heroes 2023 award
Press release - ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 16 March 2023
folhadoamapa.com
Folha do Amapá: Jader Filho evaluates waste-to-energy for cities
The news reports a meeting between the Minister of Cities, Jader Filho, federal deputy Augusto Pupio, and the president of the Brazilian Association for Waste to Energy Recovery (ABREN), Yuri Schmitke, to discuss the possibility of implementing the Waste to Energy technology (waste to energy recovery) in cities like Macapá and Belém, aiming to solve problems related to the accumulation of urban waste.
laboratorioref.it
“Waste production grows more than GDP. A comparison with the Europe that counts”
The REF Ricerche Laboratory has published the position paper “La produzione di rifiuti cresce più del PIL. Un confronto con l’Europa che conta” (Waste production grows more than GDP. A comparison with the Europe that counts).
Waste&Recycling
Amazon invests in Canadian bio-plastics research
Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund is investing in Genecis, an Ontario-based bioplastics company founded by scientist Luna Yu. Genecis uses organic waste, like table food scraps, to create a biodegradable bioplastic that is an alternative to conventional plastic packaging.
Global Recycling Day
World Recycling Day - Countdown to Global Recycling Day 2023
The 6th Global Recycling Day: 18th March 2023
Waste Management World
Discussion of ZWE report on dioxins from WtE plants
Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis, director of the Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University discusses an article on dioxin emissions in three European waste-to-energy plants published published in January by Zero Waste Europe.
BMU
Standardization Roadmap Circular Economy:
New options for action for the green transformation
BMU
Repairability of smartphones and tablets clearly visible on new EU energy label
German government successfully advocates for greater ease of repair
MSW Management
Survey of MSW Generation and Disposition in the US
In 2014 EEC-Columbia carried out its last state-by-state US survey of waste management
WtERT
WtERT Announces New Country Representative
We are pleased to welcome Professor Hani Ahmad as the new representative in Jordan
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
Basel Action Network
Quotations of the Month from Basel Action Network
Plastic Waste Trade Watch - January 2023
Ekkehart Gartner
China is yearning for climate change
How is this statement to be understood?
European Parliament
Waste shipments: MEPs push for tighter EU rules
On Tuesday 17th of January, Parliament adopted its negotiating position for talks with EU governments on a new law to revise EU procedures and control measures for waste shipments.
Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Prof. Lisak, WtERT Singapur, is hiring two postdocs
Topics: Gasification and CO2 Capture and Waste Management and Life Cycle Assessment