On behalf of the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania e.V. and financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment WtERT Germany was to prepare a strategy paper for sustainable waste management in the Baltics and organize a workshop with clear recommendations and impulses.

In a Memorandum of Understanding, signed in Rabat on September 29th, 2021, the Bank and IRESEN resolve to strengthen their cooperation in the promotion of investments aimed at accelerating the country’s transition to green energy. The scope of the cooperation will cover a number of areas of common interest, including green hydrogen, renewable energy, smart electricity networks, energy efficiency, energy storage and e-mobility.

In co-operation with WtERT Canada, WtERT Brasil and WtERT Germany the GWC started a branding initiative for the global WtERT network.

On October 26th, the 5th International Training Workshop of Waste to Energy hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and jointly organized by Zhejiang University host of WtERT-China and Zhejiang University of Technology was held online and concluded successfully.

With her very informative 16 minute youtube video Demetra Tsiamis brings technical information of waste management to the forefront of the public discussion. It is the first episode of Let´s Talk Garbage!

Courageous, persevering and full of joie de vivre

Detailed response of Prof. Peter Quicker (Founding Partner of WtERT-Germany) in Waste Management World to questions whether urban wastes can be "gasified" instead of "combusted"

For a research study which aims to develop a cost model for a local WTE plant in Turkey Professort Samet Ötztürk, Head of WtERT Turkey, is searching for data about operational and capitel costs of WtE-plants.

After months of hard work and dedication, WtERT Canada is delighted to officially announce the launch of the responsive design website of WtERT-Canada. Take a look at www.wtert.ca.

Survey about waste to energy technologies based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

The WtERT Brasil 2020 Report consists of two parts: Part I - ARBEN'S Highlights in 2020, and Part II - ARBEN'S Plans for 2021.

With legislation now in place enabling to direct waste from landfill to waste treatment, Brazil is looking at developing a number of energy from waste plants around key cities and with 36 mtpa required to be diverted from dumps or landfills by 2024, this is a sizeable potential market.

Brazil's government approved in December the country’s first urban solid waste tender for energy production, which is planned for 2021. The approval is a key step for making waste-to-energy (WTE) projects feasible in Brazil, which still does not have commercially operating WTE plants.

To all our supporters and collaborators: The Earth Engineering Center / CCNY wishes you a very peaceful holiday and productive 2021.

Prof. Samet Öztürk, head of WtERT-Turkey presented a paper at the recent Eurasia Waste Management Symposium on status of waste management in EU, Asia and Turkey

We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Global WtERT Council (GWC), and the Research Institute for Solar Energy and new Energies (IRESEN), Morocco’s national Institute for Solar Energy and Renewable Energy. www.iresen.org

WtERT-Canada will be hosted at The Concordia Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems (CIWESS) directed by Dr. Catherine N. Mulligan Co-chair of WtERT Canada teamed with Mr Reda M. Kabbaj, Chair of WtERT-Canada.

Progress Report of EGIDD project (Ensemble pour une Gestion Intégrée et Durable des Déchets - French, meaning “Together for Integrated and Sustainable Waste Management”)

during 8th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management Thessaloniki, Greece, 2nd -5th September 2020. The Conference aims to address the significant issue of sustainable solid waste management through the promotion of safe practices & effective technologies.

Our Crowd Sourcing Campaign is supported by the global WtERT network, represented by seventeen organizations from thirteen countries.

As subcontractor from Fraunhofer Umsicht, WtERT Germany started the realization of the Tunisian waste management´s modernization as planned in 2018.

WtERT Crowdsourcing Campaign gets patronage from the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV).

WtERT wants to show solidarity with the Fridays for Future movement, but also with statements from Scientists for Future and engage in a global crowd sourcing campaign framing a response of the municipal solid waste (MSW) community to Climate Change.

During the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Heraklion Global WtERT Council members from Greece, France, Italy, Germany, Colombia, Chile and USA met with guests from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Singapore and Greece as well as Antonis Mavropoulos from ISWA to discuss, how to start the WtERT Crowd Sourcing Campaign "Waste Management´s Response to Climate Change”.