Thursday, March 12, 2009
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
This session provided information and a forum to address participant questions: What are the pros and cons of the various technologies? Should our clients choose incineration with energy recovery, refuse derived fuel pellets, composting, materials recovery plants? How do private service companies like Veolia and Waste Management Inc decide which technology to implement in the plants that they own? Do governments go for one or two technologies, or do they have a mix of technologies? Are there emission differences, or do regulations level the playing field? Can the waste of developing countries support energy recovery? After extensive waste picking in developing countries, is there anything left to burn or recycle in a plant? How do the costs and revenues work out when examined on a holistic basis, when looking at total system costs from collection to end disposal of all residuals? This session was video taped and will be made availble on this page as soon as possible. Agenda
Part One
Moderator: Charles Peterson Video recording of Part One (.wmv file) Joan Berkowitz - Managing Director, Farkus, Berkowitz & Company. Report on the Global solid waste market for private sector service providers. | Presentation (pdf) Michael Van Brunt, PE – Manager, Sustainability, Covanta Energy. - First roll-out of new Covanta global study showing how changes in waste systems can dramatically reduce global carbon emissions. | Presentation (pdf)
Open discussion - 10 minutes Keith Weitz - Manager, RTI. First roll-out of new Bank report on holistic decision model's analytical results from the Global Study done for the World Bank using data collected from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Lahore, Pakistan; Conakry, Guinea; Amman, Jordan; Kathmandu, Nepal; Shanghai, China; Atlanta, Georgia, US; and Kawasaki, Japan. |  Presentation (pdf)
Open discussion - 15 minutes Break - 15 minutes Part Two
Moderator: Charles Peterson Video recording of Part Two (.wmv file) Panel on criteria that private service firms and governments choose among technologies, and how private service firms choose those projects and cities that they view as having a viable investment climate. Each panelist will open with 7 slides, 1 to introduce their organization, 6 to address 6 points they want to make regarding their perspectives on their topic below. B. Todd Watermolen - VP of Engineering and Compliance, Veolia Environmental Services. Investment climate and technology choices in OECD and developing countries. |  Presentation (pdf) Robin Davidov - Executive Director, Northeast Maryland Waste Management Authority. How government's in the US make technology choices and their experience with costs, markets for by-products, and operations. | Presentation (pdf) Paul Gilman – Sr VP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta Energy. Where and where-not to implement waste-to-energy systems and their view of the waste characteristics and energy price conditions for successful project developments. | Presentation (pdf) Susan Thorneloe – Sr. Environmental Engineer, US EPA. Waste technology expert, the developer/manager of the RTI/EPA holistic decision model - perspective of the relative energy and emissions differences among technologies and their degree of proven practicality. | Presentation (pdf)
Panel Discussion - 20 minutes. Series of questions for the panel members, lead by the Moderator. Open Discussion - 20 minutes |
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