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The latest European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing on methane emissions explicitly acknowledges the role of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) in mitigating methane emissions from the waste sector.

The findings for the draft risk assessment show that there may be human health risks associated with exposure to the “forever chemicals” PFOA or PFOS with all three methods of using or disposing of sewage sludge – land application of biosolids, surface disposal in landfills, or incineration.

A recent BBC analysis is heavily critical of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) practices in the UK, raising well-known questions. ESWET is convinced that by omitting critical data and overlooking the challenges of waste management and WtE’s clear benefits, the BBC fails to present a comprehensive, nuanced and realistic view of the sector.

About 20 thousand tons of plastic flowed in the river per year. Solely this river contributed 2% of the total plastics in the oceans.

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 paper "History of Landfill And Landfill Gas Management In The United States" shows that in USA “states with high recycling rates have high landfill costs, and nine of the top ten states with high recycling rates also have bottle bill legislation that requires a deposit on bottles. Sates with low recycling rates also have low landfill fees for solid waste.”

We quantified emissions at hundreds of large landfills across 18 states in the United States between 2016 and 2022 using airborne imaging spectrometers.

In this study, we present long-term, in situ, near-surface, mobile atmospheric CH4 mole fraction measurements (complemented by meteorological measurements from a fixed station) from 21 campaigns that cover approximately 4 years from September 2016 to December 2020.

Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity.

With municipal waste set to rise by two thirds and its costs to almost double within a generation, only a drastic reduction in waste generation will secure a liveable and affordable future, according to a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report.

Brief article submitted to Editor of Waste Management World, Dec. 15, 2023

A life cycle-based environmental assessment was conducted on the mitigation of landfill gas emissions, by implementing biocover and gas collection along with energy utilisation at aging landfills.

This study investigated the performance of a passive biocover system at a Danish landfill.

Analysis of the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) database of 2,549 MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) landfills showed that there were 1,164 operating landfills in which 348 million short tons (316 million metric tons) of waste were landfilled in 2017. In total, these landfills occupy about 370 million square meters of land so it is not possible to monitor the generation of LFG (Landfill Gas) generation accurately, or collect most of the LFG generated.

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

Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is emitted from landfills, resulting from the decaying of organic waste over time under anaerobic conditions.

The 14th of September the Environmental Services Association (ESA) published a report on how the EfW sector can undergo a sustainable transition into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)

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

Garbage not only poses a threat to human health but also affects the well-being of wildlife populations.

One of the most misunderstood technologies in some parts of the world and widely adopted technologies in others is the recovery of energy and materials by the controlled combustion of post-recycling wastes.

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

Prioritize Diversion of Biodegradable Waste from Landfills

This study was based on the hypothesis that, on the average, methane generation is proportional to the tonnage of wastes landfilled annually.