Abstract: Abstract. Large cities in cold climates face profound challenges in reducing carbon emissions while meeting substantial heating demands—particularly where dense, aging building stock relies on conventional fuels. This study ...

Abstract: There is growing urgency to both increase plastic recycling rates and reduce the impact of plastic waste on the environment. Mechanical recycling rates for plastics in the United States have only slightly increased from ...

Abstract: There is a better way of handling MSW that is not or cannot be recycled: thermal conversion, also called waste to energy. These facilities feed waste into a combustion chamber with air and incinerate it. The heat released ...