Professor Dr.-Ing. Rudi Karpf ete.a Ingenieurgesellschaft für Energie und Umweltengineering & Beratung mbH
Diana Butron California and Other Four Environmental Groups Filed a Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution
The estate of California suing a big plastics manufacturer for environmental harm is the first of its kind.
Diana Butron Recent efforts to clean up 'Las Vacas' river, one of the most polluted rivers worldwide
About 20 thousand tons of plastic flowed in the river per year. Solely this river contributed 2% of the total plastics in the oceans.
AVA Abfallverwertung Augsburg GmbH Material AND Energy Recovery at it’s best, the Example of AVA Augsburg, Germany
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.
Experts / Involved Parties
Jerry James Neerackal
Dr. Dominik Leverenz University of Augsburg
Rafael Lopez Sanjurjo BEEAH Group
Diana Butron California and Other Four Environmental Groups Filed a Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution
The estate of California suing a big plastics manufacturer for environmental harm is the first of its kind.
Diana Butron Recent efforts to clean up 'Las Vacas' river, one of the most polluted rivers worldwide
About 20 thousand tons of plastic flowed in the river per year. Solely this river contributed 2% of the total plastics in the oceans.
European Comission Eurobarometer survey shows Europeans are taking action to save energy and embrace clean energy, but want more support to make the transition and keep their bills under control
A wide-ranging survey published today shows that European citizens support the energy policy pursued by the EU in the last five years.
European Environment Agency Safe and sustainable alternatives could reduce use of PFAS in textiles and enhance reuse and recycling
Reducing the use of PFAS —known as forever chemicals— in clothing, furniture and other textile products, is important to increase recyclability and the transition to a more circular economy according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today.
European Environment Agency Updated data: Uppsala has cleanest city air in Europe
Published today, European Environment Agency’s (EEA) updated European city air quality viewer shows that people in Uppsala and Umeå, Sweden, and Faro, Portugal, can enjoy the cleanest city air in Europe.
UNEP Clean Air Day highlights urgent need to invest in air pollution solutions for global prosperity
More than 99 percent of humanity is now breathing polluted air, leading to more than 8 million annual deaths, including more than 700,000 children under five
UNEP New air quality management platform to support global clean air action
Ahead of this year’s International Day of Clean Air and blue skies, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) has developed and launched an Air Quality Management Exchange Platform (AQMx) designed to help air quality professionals everywhere tackle air pollution.
Diana Butron Recycling of Small Appliances in British Columbia, Canada
The ElectroRecycle Program developed by the Canadian Electrical Stewardship Association offers recycling solutions in British Columbia for small appliances and power tools by providing collection facilities, transporters and processors.
German Environment Agengy - UBA Online platform DIVID of the Single-Use Plastics Fund now also enables registration of claimants and foreign manufacturers
Major milestone reached for digital fund management – fund volume of up to 430 million euros expected annually
Diana Butron New York City mayor Eric Adams excitedly introduced a garbage can as a “garbage revolution” to fight rats
The mayor of New York city claimed the use of garbage cans as a game changer for the city as they will eliminate billions of kilograms of waste from the streets.
IMO Recycling of ships and the Hong Kong Convention
How the Hong Kong Convention will ensure safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships at the end of their operational lives
Diana Butron A New Bill to Ban Disposal of Batteries is passed in New Hampshire
The general court of the state passed the Bill than banns disposal of batteries at landfills and incinerators.
UNEP Negotiations advance towards global intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention
Governments gathered in Geneva have advanced in the process to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention
European Council Waste framework directive: Council set to start talks on its revision
The Council adopted its position (‘general approach’) on the targeted revision of the waste framework directive, with a focus on food and textile waste.
OceanCare Disposable E-Cigarettes: A Problem That Should Not Have Been
A new form of pollution is conquering the Swiss environment and creating challenges for waste management: disposable e-cigarettes.
ESCI, EI, Scopus, CSCD indexed A special issue of the "Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy" Journal for which Professor Themelis was editor
Including several important papers, one of which is the summary of WTE development world wide by Prof. Themelis
BMUV - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection G7 countries decide to phase out coal until mid- 2030 and continue to reach for global plastic agreement by the end of 2024
G7 final declaration sends important signals to combat the climate crisis, the waste crisis and the crisis of species extinction
Detection and long-term quantification of methane emissions from an active landfillPramod Kumar, Christopher Caldow, Grégoire Broquet, Adil Shah, Olivier Laurent, Camille Yver-Kwok, Sebastien Ars, Sara Defratyka, Susan Warao Gichuki, Luc Lienhardt, Mathis Lozano, Jean-Daniel Paris, Felix Vogel, Caroline Bouchet, Elisa Allegrini, Ro
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.
HZI Hitachi Zosen Inova Selected to Develop the World’s Most Advanced Waste to Energy Facility in Abu Dhabi
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.
UNEP World squanders over 1 billion meals a day - UN report
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.
BEEAH Through the BEEAH Recycling vertical, the BEEAH Group has made great headway towards a zero-waste solution, in Sharjah currently achieving a diversion rate of more than 76%
BEEAH has developed a self-sustaining model for the management of waste and zero-waste strategies
UBA - German Federal Environmental Agency Climate emissions fall by 10.1 per cent in 2023 – biggest decline since 1990
UBA projection: National climate target for 2030 achievable
ESWET Industrial Emissions Directive: a step towards enhanced environmental compliance
The European Parliament has officially adopted the revised Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), signaling a new era of environmental responsibility and innovation in industrial processes.
KreisAbfallVerwertungsGesellschaft mbH Minden-Lübbecke (KAVG) KAVG - a modern municipal waste management company in the Minden-Lübbecke district
Closing material cycles through the interplay of waste utilisation and renewable energy generation.
