WALTHAM ABBEY, England, Nov. 8,
2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PennWell Corporation's Waste
Management World (WMW) magazine has been awarded the Waste to
Energy Research and Technology Council's (WTERT) award for making a
significant contribution to global sustainable waste management
during the first decade of the 21st century.
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WTERT is part of Columbia
University's Earth Engineering Center in New York and the award - an original bronze
statuette by famous Greek sculptor Dimitris Armakolas - is
presented every two years.
The Council said that several worthy nominees were considered
and WMW was selected for "publishing hundreds of enlightening
articles on all means for sustainable waste management".
WTERT also acknowledged WMW for being "the most widely read
waste management magazine in the world and the only one available
gratis to everyone".
As a global magazine and website, WMW covers every aspect of the
solid waste industry, including regulatory updates, opinion and
technology case studies. Full coverage is given to the topics of
waste to energy, recycling, biowaste, collection and transport and
engineered landfilling.
The bi-monthly magazine is sent to over 18,000 readers, as well
as 1200 members of the International Solid Waste Association
(ISWA).
Alongside the magazine, WMW's website is rapidly growing its
readership, alongside an e-newsletter programme. This includes four
weekly round-up e-newsletters, one waste to energy newsletter sent
in association with CEWEP (Confederation of European Waste to
Energy Plants) and one dedicated to recycling.
Tom Freyberg, Chief Editor of
WMW, said: "We are delighted to have received such a prestigious
accolade from Columbia University.
Waste Management World is developing quickly to keep pace with the
evolving nature of B2B media. Our website, comprehensive
e-newsletters and magazine mean we can cover the industry's news
and analysis in a timely, comprehensive fashion."
"We would also like to thank WTERT for being such a valuable
source of information and the continued research it is doing in the
field of waste to energy," he added.
Prof. Nickolas Themelis, Director
of Columbia's Earth Engineering and
Chair of the Global WTERT Council stated: "There are several
prominent scientific journals on waste management issues. However,
there is only one magazine that is read globally, both by
industrial and university researchers who want to know the latest
information on technology trends in this field: Waste Management
World."
Previous winners of the award include Professor Paul Brunner from Austria in 2006, Covanta Energy in 2008 and
the City of Vienna in 2010.
CONTACT: Tom Freyberg,
tomf@pennwell.com
SOURCE PennWell Corporation