SWMTWG Documents

*NOTE - Documents without an internet link are currently only available in hard copy.

Number	Document	Date	Topic*
1	McCabe and Associates, An Assessment of Waste and Dredging Issues Relating to Landfill Capacity in the State of Delaware	2005	B
2	EPA, Decision Maker's Guide to Solid Waste Management	1995	B
3	DSM Environmental Services, Inc, “Scoping Study Results – Proposal for Comprehensive Assessment of Waste Generation and Recycling by Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, and Municipal Activities in Delaware, letter to F. Michael Parkowski	2005	B
4	Life Cycle Assessment: Comparing Recycling, Composting And Landfills	2003	B,C,L, M
5	Morton A. Barlaz et al Life-Cycle Study of Municipal Solid Waste Management: System Description	1995	B
6	Hater et al, Conversion Facility Chosen for Palm Desert, California (Biocycle)	2005	B,A
7	Waste Management, Inc., Conversion Technologies: Future or Fantasy	2005	B
8	Waste Management of California, Riverside County, Edom Hill Transfer Station Request For Qualification: Conversion Technologies	2003	B
9	DSWA , Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan 1994	1994	B
10	Eurowaste, Waste Management Policies in Central and Eastern European Countries: Current Policies and Trends	2001	B
11	UEMRI, Urban Waste Management	>2001	B
12	EPA home page on municipal solid waste		B
13	Compatibility Analysis of Material and Energy Recovery in a Regional Solid Waste Management System	2003	B,M
14	Delaware Recycling Public Advisory Council, DNREC, DSWA, “State of Delaware, Residential Curbside Recycling Report Documents	2005	M
15	DSWA’s recycling programs	2005	M
16	Report prepared by DSM Environmental Services, Inc for DSWA, “Estimated Statewide Residential Recycling Rates	2004	M
17	Report prepared by DSM Environmental Services, Inc for DSWA, Analysis of the impact of a Yard Waste Ban on Landfill Quantities and Household Costs	2004	M
18	Ni-Bin Chang, Eric Davila, Brian Dyson and Ron Brown, Optimal design for sustainable development of a material recovery facility in a fast-growing urban setting		M
19	Design of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) For Processing the Recyclable Materials of New York City’s Municipal Solid Waste	2000	M
20	Franklin Associates, Ltd, Assessment of Delaware Solid Waste Discards in 2000 and the Potential for Recycling of Materials	2002	M
21	ISWA – WGBTW, Composting and composted products - Key topics to be considered as decision support tools	draft	C
22	EPA, Decision Maker's Guide to Solid Waste Management, Ch. 7	1995	C
23	EEA, Biodegradable municipal waste management in Europe	2001	C, A
24	Klaus Fricke, Heike Santen, and Rainer Wallmann, Comparison of selected aerobic and anaerobic procedures for MSW treatment (Waste Management)	2005	C, A
25	California Integrated Waste Management Board, Conversion Technologies: Report to the Legislature (Draft)	2005	A,G,P
26	ISKA Technology and Services, “Intelligent Solutions for the Municipal Residual Waste Disposal (this is a proprietary systems, but the flow diagram provides a pretty good idea of what’s involved)	2005	A
27	Hinrich Hartmann, Henrik B. Møller, Birgitte K. Ahring, Efficiency of the Anaerobic Treatment of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste: Collection and Pretreatment (Waste Management Research)	2004	A
28	Investigation into Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Gasification for Power Generation. (Alameda)	2002	G
29	No burn.org, Waste gasification: Impacts on the Environment and Public Health	2002	G
30	Satoshi Atoji et al A Total System Optimization Study of Waste Pyrolysis and Gasification Process for Electric Power Generation	2004	G, P
31	EPA, Decision Maker's Guide to Solid Waste Management , Ch. 8, combustion	1995	T
32	Waste to energy facilities in the United States (this is information prepared by a trade association but it contains a description of alternative approaches and of the facilities currently in operation in the United States)	2005	T
33	NAS, Waste Incineration and Public Health	2000	T
34	Incineration of Waste in Europe: Issues and Perspectives	1999	T
35	Department of Energy analysis	1997	T, L
36	California Energy Commission, 1996 Energy Technology Status Report Detailed Technology Evaluations, Chapter 8, Biomass Fired Plants	1996	T
37	California Energy Commission, web page on municipal solid waste energy plants		T
38	Solid Waste Association of North America, North American Waste to Energy Conference (NAWTEC) VIII Proceedings	2000	T
39	California Integrated Waste Management Board, Study of Emerging Technologies in Waste Management for MSW Landfills, study conducted by GeoSyntec Consultants, Inc	2003	L
40	EPA introduction to bioreactor landfills	2004	L
41	Yolo County Department of Public Works, Full Scale Landfill Bioreactor Project At The Yolo County Central Landfill	2002, 2003	L
42	Florida bioreactor demonstration project	2005	L
43	Landfill: a chemical perspective (the findings of a third year dissertation on the chemical processes involved in the degradation of landfill waste	2004	L
44	US Dept. of Energy, Biomass Program, Concentrated Acid Hydrolysis	ND	H
45	Comment on “MSW to ethanol”	2000	H
46	Dr. Stephen F. Paul, Princeton University and Dr. Stephen W. Fitzpatrick, Biometics, Inc., Green Chemistry at Work on the Solid Waste Problem	2004	H
47	Northern California Recycling Association	ND	M
48	EPA Pay as you Throw Website	2005	B
49	Jonathan V.L. Kiser, Recycling and Waste-to-Energy: The ongoing compatibility success story, (MSW Management)	2003	T, M
50	Nickolas J. Themelis, An overview of the global waste-to-energy industry (Waste Management News)	2003	T
51	Waste by rail	2004	L, B
52	Los Angeles waste by rail solution	ND	L, B
53	US Composting Council	2002	C
54	European Union (EU) report on Economic Analysis of Options for Managing Biodegradable Municipal Waste	1992	C
55	The [UK] Chartered Institution of Waste Management, Energy from Waste: A Good Practice Guide	2003	T
56	The [UK] Chartered Institution of Waste Management, Energy from Waste: Netherlands Study Tour	2005	T
57	The [UK] Chartered Institution of Waste Management, Biological Techniques in Solid Waste Management	2002	C, A
58	Dioxin characterisation, formation and minimisation during municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration: review	2002	T
59	State of the art treatment processes for municipal solid waste incineration residues in Japan	2000	T
60	Wikstroem, E; Marklund, S, Secondary Formation of Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Dibenzofurans, Biphenyls, Benzenes, and Phenols during MSW Combustion [Environ. Sci. Technol.]	2000	T
61	Abad et al, Dioxin abatement strategies and mass balance at a municipal waste management plant [Environ Sci Tech]	2002	T
62	Warith, M., Bioreactor landfills: experimental and field results [Waste Management]	2002	L
63	Costi et all, An environmentally sustainable decision model for urban solid waste management [Waste Management]	2004	B
64	Bridges et al A generic comparison of the airborne risks to human health from landfill and incinerator disposal of municipal solid waste [The Environmentalist]	2000	T, L
65	Themelis and Kim, Material And Energy Balances In A Large-Scale Aerobic Bioconversion Cell	2002	C
66	Rushton, Health hazards and waste management, Br Med Bull	2003	B
67	Murphy and McKeogh, Technical, economic and environmental analysis of energy production from municipal solid waste [Renewable Energy]	2004	T
68	Klein, Gasification: An Alternative Process for Energy Recovery and Disposal of Municipal Solid Wastes	2002	G
69	Striewski and Pretz, TEXAN: A New Way Of Treating Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) By Extraction And Anaerobic Digestion	2002	A
70	Reed and Moller, Evaluation of different biological waste treatment strategies	2001	C, A
71	Malkow, Novel and innovative pyrolysis and gasification technologies for energy efficient and environmentally sound MSW disposal. [Waste Management]	2004	G, P
72	Liu and Liu, Novel incineration technology integrated with drying, pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion of MSW and ashes vitrification. [Env Science and Tech]	2005	T, G, P
73	Consonni S, Giugliano M, Grosso M., Alternative strategies for energy recovery from municipal solid waste Part B: Emission and cost estimates [Waste Management]	2005	T
74	Consonni S, Giugliano M, Grosso M., Alternative strategies for energy recovery from municipal solid waste Part A: Mass and Energy Balance [Waste Management]	2005	T
75	Haight, Assessing the environmental burdens of anaerobic digestion in comparison to alternative options for managing the biodegradable fraction of municipal solid wastes [Env Sci Tech]	2005	A
76	Broglin et al, Comparison of aerobic and anaerobic biotreatment of municipal solid waste [J Air Waste manag]	2004	C, A
77	Kaviraj, Municipal solid waste management through vermicomposting employing exotic and local species of earthworms [Bioresour Tech]	2003	C
78	Banks CJ, Lo HM., Assessing the effects of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash on the decomposition of biodegradable waste using a completely mixed anaerobic reactor [Waste Manag Research]	2003	T, A
79	Liwarska-Bizukojc E, Ledakowicz S., Estimation of viable biomass in aerobic biodegradation processes of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW), [ J Biotech]	2003	C
80	Ferreira C, Ribeiro A, Ottosen L., Possible applications for municipal solid waste fly ash [J Hazard Mater]	2003	T
81	De Baere L., Novel trends in anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste [Comm Agric Appl Biol Sci]	2003	A
82	Luning L, van Zundert EH, Brinkmann AJ., Comparison of dry and wet digestion for solid waste [Water Sci Tech]	2003	A
83	Domingo JL, Agramunt MC, Nadal M, Schuhmacher M, Corbella J., Health risk assessment of PCDD/PCDF exposure for the population living in the vicinity of a municipal waste incinerator [ Arch Environ Contam Toxicol]	2002	T
84	Doberl et al, Long-term assessment of waste management options--a new, integrated and goal-oriented approach. [Waste Manag Res]	2002	B
85	Themelis et al, Energy recovery from New York City municipal solid wastes [ Waste Manag Re]	2002	T
86	Domingo JL., Human health risks of dioxins for populations living near modern municipal solid waste incinerators [ Rev Environ Health]	2002	T
87	Morselli L, Passarini F, Bartoli M., The environmental fate of heavy metals arising from a MSW incineration plant [Waste Manag]	2002	T
88	Harrison et al, A life-cycle inventory model of municipal solid waste combustion [J Air Waste Manag]	2000	T
89	New London Township Evaluation Of Recycling And Solid Waste Collection Alternatives	2005	R
90	Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan	2005	B
91	Rapid City, SD “ Turning Trash Into Cash” (ASME)	2005	C
92	Block and Goldstein, 2000 Biocycle National Survey: Solid Waste Composting Trends In The U.S (Biocycle)	2000	C
93	Bedminster The bio-energy Technology Company	2005	C
94	Conporec	2005	C
95	Norcal (A San Francisco Company) Doc. 1 Doc. 2	2005	C
96	American Bio Tech	2005	C
97	WastAway Process	2005	O
98	WastAway Products Doc.1 Doc. 2	2005	O
99	City of Toronto, Overview of New and Emerging Technologies for Solid Waste Management -or- http://www.toronto.ca/wes/techservices/involved/swm/net/techs.htm	B	2005
100	City of Toronto, recommended waste reduction policies	B	2005
101	Juniper Consultants, The Worldwide Directory of Gasification & Pyrolysis Technology Suppliers and Processes	G, P	2005
102	Heck and Jubran, paper summarizing pyrolysis and gasification of MSW	G, P	ND
103	Williams et al Solid Waste Conversion: A review and database of current and emerging technologies (Input for the California Conversion Technologies Report)	B	2003
104	Schwager and Whitting, Progress Towards Commercialising (sic.) Waste Gasification: A Worldwide Status Report (power point presentation)	G	2003
105	Griel et al, Operational Results From Gasification Of Waste Material And Biomass In Fixed Bed And Circulating Fluidised Bed Gasifiers.	G	200?
106	Yamada et al, Thermoselect Waste Gasification and Reforming Process^†	G	2004
107	New York City, Evaluation of New and Emerging Solid Waste Management Technologies	B	2004
108	New York City Composting Study	C	2004
109	New York City evaluation of drum composters	C	2003
110	Hirschfelder et al, Operational Results From Gasification Of Waste Material And Biomass In Fixed Bed And Circulating Fluidised Bed Gasifiers	G	2003
111	Section-by-Section Summary of Governor’s recycling legislation Senate Bill No. 225	M	2005
112	ACF story on composting and air pollution	2003	C
113	Gillett, Municipal Solid Waste Composting: Issues in Risk Assessment & Management/Worker Health & Safety	2005	C
114	Cornell, Municipal Solid Waste Composting Fact Sheets	2005	C
115	DEFRA, Review of environmental and health effects of waste management: municipal solid waste and similar wastes	2004	B
116	DEFRA, Valuation of the external costs and benefits to health and environment of waste management options	2004	B
117	EU, Economic Analysis Of Options For Managing Biodegradable Municipal Waste: executive summary		B
118	EU, Economic analysis of options for managing biodegradable municipal waste	2004	C
119	EU, Economic Valuation of Environmental Externalities from Landfill Disposal and Incineration of Waste	2000	I, L
120	EU, Costs for Municipal Waste Management in the EU	2002	B
121	EU, European Packaging Waste Management Systems	2001	R
122	EU, Reuse of Primary Packaging	1998?	R
123	EU, Evaluation of costs and benefits for the achievement of reuse and recycling targets for the different packaging materials in the frame of the packaging and packaging waste directive 94/62/EC	2003	R
124	EU, Study on the implementation of the packaging directive and options to strengthen prevention and reuse	2005	R
125	EU, Refuse Derived Fuel, Current Practice And Perspectives	2003	I
126	EU, Waste Prevention and Minimization	1999	R
127	EU, Waste Management Options and Climate Change	2001	B
128	Waste Away Process Video (Hi-Res, 14MB; Lo-Res, 2MB)	2005
129	Waste management, White Paper on Bioreactor landfills	ND	L
130	Wright Environmental Management Inc. web site	2005	C
131	Univ. of Cal, Davis, Conversion Technology Data Base	2005	B
132	Sipila, Municipal And Commercial Solid Waste For Pyrolysis (Oils ) And Gasification Markets	2002	G, P
133	Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Waste Gasification Impacts On The Environment And Public Health	2002	G, P
134	Schilli, Using Gasification to Process MSW	2004	G
135	Article on WastAway	2005
136	Del-EASI, Municipal Solid Waste Assessment: Evaluation of Alternative Technologies	2005	B
137	Bader, In-Vessel Composting	2002	C
138	URS, Los Angeles County Conversion Technology Evaluation Report	2005	B
139	Vandevivere et al, Types of Anaerobic Digesters for Solid Wastes	1999	A
140	Verma, Anaerobic Digestion of Biodegradable Organics in Municipal Solid Wastes	2002	A
141	Waste Reduction Program Assessment and Analysis for Massachusetts	2003	R
142	Massachusetts, Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan: A Policy Framework	2000	R, B
143	Fisher, Can State Incentive Programs Increase Resource Recovery	2001	R
144	Themelis, Who’s the cleanest of them all	2005	T
145	Rao et al, Multiple Pathway Health Risk Assessment of a Municipal Waste Resource Recovery Facility in Maryland	2003	T
146	Friends of the Earth (UK), Briefing: Anaerobic Digestion	2004	A
147	Themelis, Overview of Waste-to-Energy Technology	2003	T
148	Advanced Energy Strategies, Investigation into Municipal Solid Waste Gasification for Power Generation	2004	T
149	Bodurow et al, Plasma Arc Treatment of Municipal and Hazardous Wastes	2005	T
150	Dutemp, Waste to Energy (using plasma arc)	2005	T
151	CONPOREC, The CONPOREC Waste Management and Composting Technology	2005	C
152	CIWM, Netherlands Waste From Energy Facilities	2005	T
153	Gilmore & Schmidt-Pathmann, The Evolution of Waste-to-Energy	2005	T
154	Santa Barbara County, Evaluation of Markets and Technologies for Biosolids	200?	B
155	Website for CONPOREC Composting	2005	C
156	Website for Stearns and Wheler Composting	2005	C
157	Website for CONPOREC Corporate Movie		C
158	Website for Wright Environmental	2005	C
159	Website for WRSI	2005	A
160	Website for Valorga International	2005	A
161	Website for Massachusetts Source Reduction and Recycling Programs	2005	R
162	Website for Wheelabrator Technologies	2005	T
163	Website For Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council	2005	T
164	Website for Interstate Waste Technologies	2005	G
165	Website for StarTech Plasma	2005	T
166	Website for Georgia Tech Plasma Research	2005	T
167	Website for Plasmas.org	2005	T
168	Wheelabrator Presentation	2006	T
169	Green and Organic waste processing and marketing in Queensland	2002	B
170	Los Angeles City, Summary Report: Evaluation of Alternative Waste Processing Technologies	2005	B
171	URS for Los Angeles City, Evaluation of Alternative Waste Processing Technologies (full report 400 pages and 32MB)	2005	B
172	Generic Description ArrowBio	2005	A
173	ArrowBio Video (Large .mpg file - 64MB)	2005	A
174	ArrowBio Response to HCIA RFEI	2005	A
175	ArrowBio Power Point	2005	A
176	ArrowBio Comparative Fundamentals	2005	A
177	ArrowBio WasteCon2003 Lap	2005	A
178	ArrowBio WasteCon2003 Lap	2005	A
179	ArrowBio Harrogate 2004	2005	A
180	Douglas Partners Australia ArrowBio Process Technology	2005	A
181	Douglas Partners Australia ArrowBio Process Digestate	2005	A
182	Noise levels measured at AeeowBio Tel Aviv plant1	2005	A
183	ArrowBio Odour form	2005	A
184	Microturbines to use landfill gas	2006	L
185	UC-Davis, Solid Waste Conversion: A review and database of current and emerging technologies	2003	B
186	Honolulu, Review of Plasma Arc Gasification	2003	T
187	Health Care Without Harm, Pyrolysis – a non-traditional thermal treatment technology	ND	T
188	IEA CADDET, Advanced Thermal Conversion Technologies for Energy from Solid Waste.	1998	T
189	Hackett et al, Evaluation of Conversion Processes and Products,	2004	B
190	CH2MHILL, Technical Memorandum 5 – Viable Product Technologies	2003	B
191	William Welch, Evaluation of Emissions/Residue Testing from a Thermal Conversion Process using a Municipal Solid Waste Feedstock	2005	T
192	Welch, Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of Alternative Thermal Conversion Technologies Using Municipal Solid Waste Feedstocks	2005	T
193	MSW Management, “Right from the Start: The Science of Composting”	2000	C
194	British Society for Ecological Medicine, The Health Effects of Waste Incinerators	2005	T

* Topic indicators are as follows:

B = General background and approaches
M = Materials recovery including recycling
C = Composting and other aerobic biological conversion
A = Anerobic biological conversion
H = Hydrolysis
T = thermal conversion other than gasification or pyrolysis; includes incineration
G = Thermal gasification
P = Thermal pyrolysis
L = landfills

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