Springer
Energy and materials recovery from post‑recycling wastes: WTE Nickolas J. Themelis

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.

Improving waste management by focussing on goals: A mini review of the publication sector Paul H Brunner , Astrid Unterberger and Johann Fellner

The rationale for this article is that often, decision-makers in waste management (wm) tend to neglect goals and confuse them with means like circular economy or waste hierarchy.

CREED e.V.
CReED - Supporting Training and Counseling in Brazil

Part of CReED's international work has included the organization of congresses and the provision of counsel for the financing of waste management plants.

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).

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

IPEN
New Study Exposes Hidden Toxic Plastic Waste Trade

Contrary to current estimates, new research suggests that there is twice as much plastic waste exported to non-OECD countries

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.

Situation of the Republic of Paraguay in Urban Solid Waste Management Lima Morra, R.

The Republic of Paraguay, with an estimated total population of 7,250,000 inhabitants and an urban population of 4,200,000 inhabitants by 2022, has one of the lowest indicators for sanitation services in the Americas.

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.