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Docents Present Lecture: "Waste to Energy" - Mon., April 7, 2008
In this potluck lunch lecture, meet Mr. Mohamed Saliem Haider, waste specialist from Cape Town, South Africa. A graduate in the fields of chemistry, materials science, economics and business management, Mr. Haider is currently studying law through a distance learning university. During the ten years he was in waste management, he was involved in the strategic planning of the Regional Landfill site, the Planning and design of three additional waste transfer stations, the closure of three landfill sites and the formulation of an Integrated Waste Management Plan for Cape Town.
As a Humphrey Fellow, Mr. Haider wants to explore waste-to-energy plants, the harnessing of methane gas from landfill sites and the associated Certified Emission Reduction certificates in terms of the Cleaner Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
The event starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Community Room.