Don't trash waste-to-energy plants

Some environmentalists are arguing on behalf of the concept of Zero Waste today. They say if you ban landfills and incinerators, people will reduce, recycle and compost and there will be zero waste, despite the fact that there is not one community in the nation or in the world that has come even close to this goal.

by Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis


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published: WtERT USA , Columbia University, EarthEngineering Center, Publications - 2009 (Oktober 2009), 10|2009
Keywords: Energy Recovery
Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis
Columbia University, Earth Engineering Center
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