The Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council ( “SYNERGIA” , www.wtert.gr , www.synergia.com.gr ) was founded in July 2008 by the Earth Engineering Center of Columbia University,U.S.A., members of the Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technic al University of Athens, Greece, members of the Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and the company INTRAKAT S.A. of Greece. Also, CEWEP and many other professors from Greek and foreign universities, participate.

The major objective of the Council is to bring together professionals from universities, government and industry who are interested in helping Greece to implement technologies for the recovery of energy from solid wastes (WTE) and preserve valuable Greek land for the future generations.