Project Leader:
Dr. Nickolas Themelis
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Nickolas Themelis
EI Collaborators:
Klaus Lackner
Vijay Modi
Additional External Researchers:
Dr. Hanwei Zhang
Locations: United States of America
Description:
Over one billion tons of solid wastes are generated annually and are either discarded on land or water or are disposed in landfills. In both cases, there are adverse effects on the environment, including greenhouse gas and effluent emissions, and loss of non-renewable resources. The Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council headquartered at Columbia seeks to maximize the material(recycling) and energy (Waste-to-Energy) recovery from used solids.
EI Unit:
Earth Engineering Center (EEC)
Cross Cutting Themes:
Energy
Core Disciplines:
Engineering
Project Web Site:
http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert
Collaborating Institutions:
Energy Answers Corp., Albany NY
Integrated Waste
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