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Professor Huang Qunxing Delivers Insightful Lecture on Waste-to-Energy Innovations at Columbia University

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.

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.

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.

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.

Global WtERT and Sharjah University deliver letter to COP28 President on methane emissions from waste

The meeting in enchanting Hangzhou was a great experience for all participants from the network and for all other visitors.

A journey to showcase the benefits that Waste-to-Energy plants bring to Cities.

Once Completed, Freshkills Park Will Be Largest Park Developed by City in Century

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

While zero waste initiatives have gained popularity in recent years, the truth is that achieving zero waste is not always possible or feasible.

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

Discussion event with political and business representatives in Brussels

Where today the “landfill” (without EU standards) receives 90% of Belgrade’s waste the WtE PPP Project leads to a sustainable waste management

"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:

As atmospheric methane concentrations increase at record pace, it is critical to identify individual emission sources with high potential for mitigation.

In a complementary measure, landfills should also be outfitted with facilities to monitor and control existing methane emissions.

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

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.

It is now necessary to develop a suitable and sustainable technological concept for the future.

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.

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.

Across the EU the legacy of that is an estimated 150,000 to 500,000 historic landfill sites – many not built to today’s sanitary standards. A four-year EU funded project investigate the potential to recover materials, energy and land from these sites concluded.

There are 3159 operational dumpsites in India as per 2019 data of Indian central pollution control board, dumping approximated amount of 8.5 million tonnes annually (This is claimed value, whereas in reality amount is much higher and data for it is unavailable), it is estimated that more than 10,000 hectares of urban land are locked in dumpsites in India. Most of this dumpsite land is owned by the Municipalities and managed by them or the contracted private players. In addition, there are large groups of informal workers engaged at these sites for recovery of valuables and recyclables.