Largest UK study to date uncovers hidden chemical risks in waste-to-energy residues

Energy-from-waste facilities are often positioned as a cleaner alternative to landfill, transforming rubbish into electricity ...
Ars Technica

“Energy-smart” bricks need less power to make, are better insulation

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed special “energy-smart bricks” that can be made by mixing clay with glass waste and coal ash. These bricks ...
POWER Magazine

Empowering Waste-to-Energy Solutions with Steam Turbines

Sustainable municipal waste management solutions often involve waste-to-energy plants that can produce electricity while also providing steam to district heating systems. Efficient steam turbines are ...
The Conversation

Here’s how wastewater facilities could tackle food waste, generate energy and slash emissions

This research was supported by funding from RACE for 2030, NSW Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Department of Primary Industries, NSW EPA, and Sydney Water. This research was supported by ...
The Conversation

Waste‑to‑energy in Australia: how it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up

Professor Ali Abbas is Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Sydney Faculty of Engineering. He is Australia’s Chief Circular Engineer (Circular Australia), and Founder and Executive Director ...
The Financial Times

‘It’s good business’: how London became an ‘energy from waste’ capital

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Every week barges loaded with yellow containers collect black-bag rubbish from sites along the river Thames and ...
Insider Monkey

Covanta Holding Corporation (CVA): This Energy-from-Waste Stock Is Expensive

Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA), incorporated in 1992, is considered one of the biggest owners and operators of energy-from-waste (EfW) infrastructure, generating revenue both from waste ...
Mongabay

Waste-to-energy project could boost Brazil’s decarbonization goals

Manaus is one of the top generators of solid waste among Brazil’s state capitals, with an average of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of garbage per resident every day. The problem affects all of Amazonas ...
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Australia is set to embrace energy from waste, but should it?

Overlooking the huge Woodlawn landfill about three hours from Sydney, the scale of Australia's waste challenge is laid bare. All day, every day, a procession of trucks make their way to the bottom of ...