Resource Management

Do not waste plastic bottles! If there is no market for recycling, design a house

Markus Heinsdorff
Artist
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).
BTA International GmbH
Co-Digestion of the Organic Fraction from Municipal Solid Waste with Manure and Chicken Dung at the Malta North Waste Treatment Facility
The Malta North Waste Treatment Plant (MNWTP) is the second MBT Plant for the treatment of Municipal Solid Waste in Malta.
Experts / Involved Parties
Prof. Hani Ahmad Abu Qdais
Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)
Prof. Marco J. Castaldi
City University of New York, WtERT US
Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis
Columbia University, Earth Engineering Center
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
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
WtERT
WtERT Announces New Country Representative
We are pleased to welcome Professor Hani Ahmad as the new representative in Jordan
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:
Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz Lisak
Environmental Sustainability is a national defense responsibility in Singapore
Now Grzegorz Lisak (Head of WtERT-Singapore) has been appointed as a member of EAPES.
Integrated assessment of a new Waste-to-Energy facility in Central Greece in the context of regional perspectives G.Perkoulidisa, Papageorgioua, Karagiannidis, S.Kalogirou
The main aim of this study is the integrated assessment of a proposed Waste-to-Energy facility that could contribute in the Municipal Solid Waste Management system of the Region of Central Greece.
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.
Chemical Engineering Transactions Vol. 56, 2017
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Kazakhstan: Astana and Almaty Case Studies Vassilis J. Inglezakis*, Konstantinos Moustakasb, Gulzhan Khamitovac, Diyar Tokmurzinc, Ramilyam Rakhmatulinad, Bota Serikd, Yerkezhan Abikakd, Stavros G. Poulopoulos
The present paper provides an overview of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management in Kazakhstan and focuses in more detail on two major cities, Astana, the new capital and Almaty, the former capital of the country.
UTV AG
Composting of Bio-waste in Tallinn, Estonia
The Tallinna Jäätmete Taaskasutuskeskus AS plant in Tallinn uses the GORE® Cover System Technology in order to compost bio-waste and chicken manure whilst reducing odors and emissions.
BeWasteWise
How Environmental is Social Value? Panel moderated by Adam Read
With the focus of the resources and waste sector very much on protecting the environment and delivering on decarbonisation, the broader impacts and the benefits these bring to society are often overlooked or underplayed.
Recent examples of Plastic Packaging Regulations Diana Tamayo
Plastic packaging is one of the biggest concerns of our society. Plastic represents a valuable ally in multiple applications, such as food packaging, cosmetics, beverage, retail, and many others. However, it has also become a curse. Plastic packaging material flows are mostly linear, meaning that more than 50% of the plastic produced is designed to be used only once [1], ending up in landfills, or even worse, in the forests or the ocean.
Wirtschafts- und Servicebetrieb der Stadt Pirmasens
Future oriented construction with recycled building materials in Pirmasens, Germany.
On the campus of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Pirmasens, a pavilion has been built in the beginning of 2021, using almost exclusively reclaimed building materials. The important innovation is that the reprocessed building materials are used in the same way as the original building material, as in precast concrete elements, for example, and no longer as inferior fillers. One can therefore speak of reuse - as opposed to recycling.
Abfallverwertungsgesellschaft des Landkreises Ludwigsburg mbH
District Heating Supply from Landfill Gas in the Vaihingen District of Gündelbach, Germany
Nowadays everyone is aware of this fact: fossil fuels are limited and must be replaced by regenerative alternatives. This is also the reason for the lighthouse project Gündelbach district heating supply. The district was converted into a bioenergy village in which a large proportion of the inhabitants heat with district heating instead of oil.
WtERT Germany
Tunisia: How to Run an Île de Propreté?
Developing Business Models in Sheltered Container Spots for a Decentralized Waste Handling by Involving All Participants
Municipality of Siliana
On its Way to a Cleaner City, Siliana Begins Operation of Tunesia’s First "île de propreté"
Raising awareness for waste separation and environment among the population is the goal of our aesthetic and sheltered mini-recycling centers
Municipality of Planegg
Crutches for Afghanistan
Every year a high number of crutches is disposed of in Germany, as the health system intends them for single use only. Meanwhile, many people in the global South suffer from a lack of medical supplies. Especially in war countries, the quality of life of many wounded people could be significantly improved through functioning prosthesis, wheelchairs, and crutches.
STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH
Mechanical-biological treatment plant (MBT) in Granada, Spain
The plant Ecocentral Granada was a renovation and an expansion of the old sorting and composting plant Loma de Manzanares. It is a hybrid plant, as it is able to process, with the same equipment and on different shifts, the organic fraction and the packaging waste. The plant was designed to achieve a capacity of 450.000 tons organic waste per year. In 2015 this plant processed 356.000 tons of organic waste and 8.100 tons of packaging waste.
Tex2Mat: The recycling of towels and laundry made from PET and cotton Jenull-Halver, Uta and Holzer, Clemens
The project “Tex2Mat” was a cooperation between companies working in the field of recycling or textiles and universities specializing in the field of polymer engineering and recycling. There were two polymers (PET and PA) examined and the whole project divided into two subprojects.
Characterization and Sustainable Management Strategies of Municipal Solid Waste in Egypt Mohamed Abdallah, Mohamed Arab, Ahmad Shabib, Rami El-Sherbiny, Shakinaz El-Sheltawy
The aim of the present study was to establish a national database of waste characteristics for Egypt to support the assessment of various waste management strategies.
AWG Abfallwirtschaft Landkreis Calw GmbH
Composting of Organic Waste at the Simmozheim Waste Disposal Plant, Germany
With the introduction of the GORE® Cover technology in 2014, the composting plant could be standardized to such an extent that in 2019 the AWG received the quality seal for organic compost. Due to the high level of satisfaction with the technology, a second plant has already been put into operation in the district.
Life Cycle Analysis of Waste Power Plants: Systematic Framework Ahmad Shabib and Mohamed Abdallah
This paper provides a well-established framework for the technical, environmental and economic life-cycle assessment of WPP projects through the review of relevant reports and studies in the literature.
AVA Abfallverwertung Augsburg GmbH
AVA (Waste Treatment Augsburg), Germany - Energetic and Material Recycling Under One Roof Leads to Considerable Synergies
The waste management companies of the city of Augsburg, the district of Augsburg and the district of Aichach-Friedberg, Germany, are active around the clock for the approx. 1.2 million inhabitants in their disposal area. With the initial operation of a biowaste fermentation plant in 2013 and 2016, AVA has become one of Germany's largest players also in the field of material recycling. The reciprocal supplementation and interaction of the plant components result in extremely positive synergies.
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