From Waste to Watts:  Energy Forum Conference on WTE in EU, Brussels, March 12-13, 2008

Report on China visit, by Pro. Themelis

Prof. Nickolas Themelis will chair the Waste-toEnergy Session of the World Future Energy Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi, January 21-23 (www.wfes08.com). Prof. Themelis has also been invited to present a lecture at the Summit on the potential for energy recovery from global adoption of waste-to-energy technologies. Dr. Mark Kaptejn of AEB Amsterdam, one of the WTERT sponsors will also present a paper on “Value from Waste: Amsterdam’s Waste Fired Power Plant”.

The Potential of Solid Waste, by John G. Waffenschmidt

Visit of Prof. Themelis of WTE facilities and laboratories in Chongqing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing

Covanta Begins Operating Nation’s First Energy-from-Waste Unit under the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards

Times Union Editor, Albany NY, by Jack D. Lauber

From October 10, 2007 Report of E.U. Environmental Agency on Europe's environment: Recycling and WTE are complementary

Purdue scientists develop portable generator that turns trash into electricity

Making a case: The benefits of Waste-to-Energy, by Meg Morris & Jack Lauber

Global growth of traditional and novel thermal treatment technologies, by Nickolas J. Themelis

WROW Fred Dicker radio show on WTE issues in MN vs NY State, by Jack Lauber

WTE-25 years later: Technology with a past, present, and future,
by John F. Williams, senior vice president with HDR in its White Plains, NY, office

Waste not...,
by Patrick Moore

A Portable Generator Powered by Garbage,
built by Purdue U. for the Army

Environmental Movement Has Lost Its Way,
by Dr. Patrick Moore

Waste-to-Energy: towards recovery,
press release by CEWEP

EPA 2005 MSW Reports differentiate between WTE and landfilling

Britain’s Waste: the lessons we can learn from Europe,
by Caroline Jackson MEP (press release)

Waste not, Spitzer should focus on turning garbage into renewable energy,
by Alyssa A. Lappen and Jack D. Lauber

Turning waste into energy beats landfilling
by Christopher Hume, Nov. 16, 2006

A flawed project,
by Arshad H Abbasi, Nov. 07, 2006

Review of U.K. Publication, "A Changing Climate for Energy from Waste?"
by Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis

Integrated Waste Management in Sweden,
by Magnus Schonning

Landfill Disamenities and Better Utilization of Waste Resources,
by Jack Lauber (presentation to Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force, May 10, 2006)

Jack Lauber's May 10,2006 WI NPR radio talk

Don't Let Connecticut's Trash Plants Go Private,
by Jonathan Bilmes

Recovering “Waste” from “WTEs”?
from The Economist print edition

German Company Offers to Transform Sofia Waste to Energy

New York looks to the future of waste
by Sam Bond

The Burning Issue
by Alyssa A. Lappen and Jack D. Lauber

Covanta Announces Contracts for Lee County, Florida Waste-to-Energy Facility Expansion

Waste to Energy: Time to Reconsider?
by Amy Eddings (WNYC)

Who's the cleanest of them all?
by Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis, Waste management world, July-August 2005

Thermal treatment options
by A. J. Griffiths and K. P. Williams

County looks at turning waste ash into money
by Daina Klimanis, The York Dispatch

As Landfills Close in Big Cities, Garbage Travels Farther
by David B. Caruso, Environmental News Network, July 12, 2005

Burning waste for energy
ATHENS NEWS, Jul 15, 2005, page: A06. An interview of ATHENS NEWS with Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis on the problems of waste management in Greece.

Quantification of the Potential Energy from Residuals in the UK
by the British Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Renewable Power Association (RPA). This report shows the huge potential for greater generation of energy from waste in the UK.

Worming up to composting in Montreal
by Yannis Themelis (EEC Jr. Associate)

The Burning Issues of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal
by Jack D. Lauber, PEDEE; Chief of Technology Assessment (retired), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; invited presentation at the Toronto City Council Municipal Solid Waste Conference: Advances in Processes and Programs, May 12, 2005.

Toronto Press Reaction to Jack Lauber Presentation at City Hall

Garbage Going Global
mswmanagement.com article by Mr. N.C. Vasuki, President of International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and CEO of Delaware Solid Waste Authority

Trash and the City: Toward a cleaner, more equitable waste transfer system in Manhattan
EDF study by Cruz, Outerbridge, and Tripp

Zurich uses PAYT to decrease trash generation to 0.3 short tons per capita vs. New York's 0.5 tons of residential black bag stream!
International Herald Tribune article 04/23/05

Taniguchi, Architect of Museum of Modern Art, also of Japan's newest Waste-to-Energy facility

News Item from Recycling Today
Scott Kaufman, Jr. Research Associate of EEC, Collaborating in Novel Recycling-Advancing Program

A Joint Study with the Earth Engineering Center (BioCycle, Jan 2004)