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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Rettenberger
Ingenieurgruppe RUK GmbH
Helena Oliveira
Cooperation Between ABREN and WtERT Germany continues in WasteCulture
WasteCulture's collaborator Helena Oliveira met with Yuri Schmitke, president of ABREN, to talk about various aspects of waste management in Brazil.
ESWET
Europe’s Landfill Methane Problem is Far Bigger and Longer-Lasting than Previously Understood, Study Finds
New study exposes Europe’s hidden methane impact from landfills and the risk of making it worse through incoherent climate policy.
Cost-intensive aftercare of the Gallenbach household waste landfill, Germany
In the first twenty years after the closure of the Gallenbach landfill in 1991, a sum in the tens of millions of euros had to be spent on surface sealing measures and the capture of landfill gas.
Experts / Involved Parties
M.Sc. Elisabeth Thomé-Kozmiensky
Thomé-Kozmiensky Verlag GmbH
Manoj Kumar Thangamariyappan
Ensys group
Philipp Schmidt-Pathmann
Institute for Energy and Resource Management (IeRM)
ESWET
Europe’s Landfill Methane Problem is Far Bigger and Longer-Lasting than Previously Understood, Study Finds
New study exposes Europe’s hidden methane impact from landfills and the risk of making it worse through incoherent climate policy.
International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation - IESP
20 Years Of Landfill Bans in Germany – A Forgotten Climate Protection Measure
The IESP e.V. brings together leading figures from science and practice as well as representatives from industry and environmental associations in its campaign. The aim is to compile their perspectives on an important but forgotten development in a white book.
European Comission
The Proposals of the German Association for Waste Management and circular economy (Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂĽr Abfall und Kreislaufwirtschaft e.V.) -DGAW -
on the topics of - critical raw materials and - EU 2030 -
WasteCulture
WtERT DSS becomes WasteCulture
As discussed inside Global WtERT Council we are now in the process of taking the small step towards the new website wasteculture.com. I am convinced that this also will help the common cause to foster WtE techniques who need more acceptance in society.
Waste-to-energy: How Europe can avoid sleepwalking into a landfill catastrophe and achieve net zero Vanessa Fakra
Vanessa Fakra at Kanadevia Inova AG discusses waste-to-energy, including how Europe can avoid sleepwalking into a landfill catastrophe while achieving net zero
Sustainable Solid Waste Management: The German Case and Lessons for South America Haniyeh Jalalipour, Gert Morscheck, Anja Schwetje, and Michael Nelles
Using a comparative approach, the study reviews trends in waste dumping across 12 South American countries, alongside a historical and regulatory analysis of Germany’s transformation.
Brussels Times
Fighting climate change must include a serious solution to rubbish landfills
Waste from food and other rubbish in landfills accounts for around 10 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Environmental Programme.
ESWET
Experts Call for Stricter Landfill Regulations at ESWET Panel Discussion
On 6 March, industry experts shared insights on how to best regulate landfills while ensuring a fair framework for waste treatment during a panel discussion at the Energy from Waste conference in London.
Landratsamt Neumarkt i.d.OPf. - Kommunaler Umweltschutz, Abfallwirtschaft -
Lean Gas Instead of High-Temperature Flare at the Blomenhof Landfill, Neumarkt i.d.OPf. - Climate Protection Through Landfill Remediation
The Blomenhof landfill in the district of Neumarkt i.d.OPf. is a clear example of how modern technology and strategic planning can go hand in hand to effectively reduce environmental pollution.
ESWET
Waste-to-Energy Reduces Methane Emissions, New EEA Report Says
If this finding is still under discussion in your country, read the EEA report summarized in attached press release
European Landfill Association
European Landfill Association wants to end the landfilling of organic waste in Europe
Today, the European Landfill Association (ELA) that represents European landfill operators was founded in Cologne.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment to Advance Scientific Understanding of PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids
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.
ESWET
Waste-to-Energy: what the BBC missed (and should have not)
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.
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.
ESWET
ECJ convicts Slovakia for mismanaged landfills
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.
Canary Media, Isobel Whitcomb
A huge landfill in Oregon is spewing methane. Its owners want to expand.
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.
Landfill Tax fosters Recycling William F. Ritter
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.”
VIVO Kommunalunternehmen fĂĽr Abfall-Vermeidung, Information und Verwertung im Oberland
Costs of the "Am Brenten" household waste landfill 25 years after the end of operations
The real costs of household waste landfills are not incurred until long after operations have ceased.
Quantifying methane emissions from United States landfills Daniel H. Cusworth, Riley M. Duren, Alana K. Ayasse, Ralph Jiorle, Katherine Howell, Andrew Aubrey, Robert O. Green , Michael L. Eastwood, John W. Chapman, Andrew K. Thorpe, Joseph Heckler, Gregory P. Asner, Mackenzie L. Smith, Eben Thoma, Max J. Kra
We quantified emissions at hundreds of large landfills across 18 states in the United States between 2016 and 2022 using airborne imaging spectrometers.
Detection and long-term quantification of methane emissions from an active landfill Pramod 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.
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.
UNEP
World must move beyond waste era and turn rubbish into resource: UN Report
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.
Methane generation and capture at U.S. operating landfills Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis
Brief article submitted to Editor of Waste Management World, Dec. 15, 2023
The history of landfills and landfill gas management in the U.S. William F. Ritter
The purpose of this article is to discuss the history of solid-waste management (SWM).n New York City, U.S., which was the first city to start refuse collection and establish a recycling center in the late 1890s.
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