Incineration bottom ashes (IBA) are the main waste from municipal solid (MSW) incineration. In Iberian countries (Portugal and Spain), MSW incineration with energy recovery (WtE) plays an important role in management. IBA is highly produced managed differently both between within countries. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of management model using Peninsula as case study, ad...

The Wilms' tumor suppressor gene, WT1, encodes a zinc finger polypeptide which plays a key role regulating cell growth and differentiation in the urogenital system. Using the whole-genome PCR approach, we searched murine genomic DNA for high-affinity WT1 binding sites and identified a 10-bp motif 5'GCGTGGGAGT3' which we term WTE). The WTE motif is similar to the consensus binding sequence 5'GCG...

This report presents the results of a study that examined alternatives to landfilling the municipal solid wastes (MSW) of New York City. Detailed characterization of the wastes led to their classification, according to materials properties and inherent value, to “recyclable”, compostable”, “combustible”, and “landfillable”. The results showed that the present rates of recycling (16.6%) and comb...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies can offer sustainable solutions for waste that cannot be further reused or recycled, such as the part of municipal solid (MSW) is not suitable recycling processes. The two main (most widely used) thermal treatment applied to MSW are direct combustion in an incineration plant and gasification. This paper examines particular plants, explaining process, applied, ...

The disposal of plastic solid waste (PSW) has become a major worldwide environmental problem. New sustainable processes have emerged, i.e. either advanced mechanical recycling of PSW as virgin or second grade plastic feedstock, or thermal treatments to recycle the waste as virgin monomer, as synthetic fuel gas, or as heat source (incineration with energy recovery). These processes avoid land fi...