The Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Canada (WtERT Canada), hosted a full-day 100% online FREE webinar on Waste to Energy (WtE) in partnership with The Concordia Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems (CIWESS) in Montreal, the Global WtERT Council and the Earth Engineering Center of Columbia University in New York, USA. Featuring impartial industry experts […]
Organized by The Brazilian Association for Energy Recovery of Waste (ABREN), sister organization of The Global WtERT Council (GWC). The event will have the participation of the Main Players, Industry Experts and Academia Representatives to discuss the main challenges and opportunities for the Waste-to-Energy sector in Brazil. It will give an opportunity to bring people […]
Catherine Mulligan also became a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering earlier this year A 4-year commitment “I’m delighted and honoured to represent Concordia at the national level,” says Mulligan, a Concordia University Research Chair in Geoenvironmental Sustainability. Previously, she was senior vice president and president elect, respectively. After her year as president, she […]
The Conference aims to address the significant issue of sustainable solid waste management through the promotion of safe practices & effective technologies. The Conference focuses mainly on modern solid waste technologies. It aims to stimulate the interest of scientists and citizens and inform them about the latest developments in the field of municipal solid waste […]
An Editorial by Peter Quicker, Stefano Consonni from MatER (WtERT Italy) and Mario Grosso, renown Professors in the field, discusses why modern waste management needs to rely on ecologically friendly and affordable treatment for recycling residues and residual waste. “…100% recycling has not been possible to achieve even after decades of evolution in the waste […]
A study conducted by the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) of Columbia University has found that if all of the municipal solid waste (MSW) that is currently put into landfills each year in the United States were diverted to waste-to-energy (WTE) power plants, they could generate enough electricity to power nearly 14 million homes annually, or 12 percent of […]
Check out the volume Recovery of Materials and Energy from Urban Wastes, from Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (2e) series, edited by Nickolas J. Themelis & Thanos Bourtsalas (PhD) from WtERT This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second edition, provides a comprehensive overview of complementary strategies for dealing with waste […]
I am no longer sure that a third-party AV program is essential, and some of them may be detrimental. Of course, needs vary. Some people are more accident-prone than others.
All these factors should be taken into account. A risk-aware Windows user can probably survive without any anti-virus software at all. I ran Windows XP for a year to try to prove it.
A putrid, nicotine-shaded mist loomed over Beijing on Thursday after a massive sandstorm slammed into the Chinese capital bringing the latest airpocalypse to this smog-choked city.
