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• "Nothing to fear, and much to gain, from waste-to-energy", letter to editor by Jack D. Lauber, July 10, 2008

• "Germany Picks Up Scent of Profit In Solving Naples's Trash Crisis", by Stacy Meichtry and Almut Schoenfeld, May 27, 2008

• "Taking out the trash", a letter to the editor of the New York Times by Eillen Berenyi, June 14, 2008

• "Mr. Jack Lauber's talk on WTE and Zero Wastes on 05/19/08 radio discussion"

• "Global MSW generation in 2007 estimated at two billion tons", by Key Note Publications Ltd, March 1, 2007

• "Congressman Pitts of PA speak on WTE at U.S. House of Representatives"

• "New web page for WTERT-GREECE at National Technical University of Athens"

• Europe to build 100 waste-to-energy plants by 2012: According to research group Frost & Sullivan (Palo Alto, California), Europe's waste-to-energy market is about to experience rapid growth in the coming years, with as many as 100 new waste-incineration-with-energy-recovery plants expected to be constructed in Europe by 2012. The new plants would represent a continent-wide capacity expansion of over 14 million tons annually. The research group projects an ongoing move away from many other waste management strategies, claiming that many local and regional authorities see waste-to-energy as the only viable large-scale alternative to landfill.

• From Waste to Watts:  Energy Forum Conference on WTE in EU, Brussels, March 12-13, 2008

• Report on China visit, by Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis

• Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis will chair the Waste-toEnergy Session of the World Future Energy Summit to be held in Abu Dhabi, January 21-23 (www.wfes08.com). Prof. Themelis has also been invited to present a lecture at the Summit on the potential for energy recovery from global adoption of waste-to-energy technologies. Dr. Mark Kaptejn of AEB Amsterdam, one of the WTERT sponsors will also present a paper on “Value from Waste: Amsterdam’s Waste Fired Power Plant”.

• The Potential of Solid Waste, by John G. Waffenschmidt

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