Table of ContentsRegularsFrom the EditorFrom the EditorIncineration is certainly a hot topic these days – if you’ll excuse the pun, and my attendance of the ISWA Congress in October only served to reiterate this point.
ISWA commentsISWA CommentsNext time you go camping you’ll be shocked at how little you know about waste management, says Greg Vogt, ISWA Managing Director
Waste Leadership SeriesProgressive policyHelena Bergman of ISWA speaks with Weine Wiqvist, Managing Director of AvfallSverige, an ISWA National member from Sweden, about the policy instruments in the waste sector and the development of the Swedish waste market
FeaturesCEWEP election resultsThe confederation of European WTE plants (CEWEP) held its presidency elections earlier this year on 14 September, to decide which of its candiates would hold the posts of president and deputy presidents over the next four years.
Rising from the ashesA Rotterdam-based company has found a new way to extract fine metal parts from the bottom ash left in municipal waste incinerators, and the remaining material can be cleaned and used as a substitute for aggregates in concrete.
Filtering flue gasAn effective flue gas treatment system is vital to the operation of a clean and efficient waste-to-energy plant, as the correct function of this system guarantees that all relevant emissions are below the legal limits.
WTE in American Samoa - Developing and planning a plantAfter much research it was decided a WTE plant would be developed for the group of South Pacific islands known as American Samoa.
Finding fundingWaste-to-energy projects are known to be expensive to start up. But with ever increasing interest in this sector, the money has to be found somewhere.
WTE in contextAn innovative waste to energy plant forms an integral part of a bigger environmental initiative on London’s River Thames.
WTE Product NewsIndaver Ireland has awarded Danish-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund the contract to develop and supply its WTE technologies to Ireland’s first municipal WTE plant located in Meath, Ireland.
Space savingA look at the Salem County Improvement Authority landfill in New Jersey, USA, and its efforts to maximize its use of space.
Saying ‘hi’ to hybrids: New Faun/Mercedes diesel electric ‘Dual Power’ hybrid trialledWMW’s Malcolm Bates is the first journalist to have driven this interesting new hybrid by Faun and Mercedes – ‘interesting’ because this compaction-type prototype uses electrics rather than hydraulics.
Let’s talk legislationThe EU has been seriously considering implementing new legislation relating to biowaste this year, and a Green Paper has been released alongside an Impact Assessment.
Recycling = RDF = cementRecycling is not just a one-step process. Here, we look at how Italian company Satrind is using its versatile recycling equipment in an innovative way – to turn waste into RDF which is then used as fuel for the cement industry …
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