Luis Diaz   President CalRecovery, Inc.

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 1976, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1973, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1972.

Visiting Professor, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK (2002-2004).

Dr. Diaz has been involved in the field of waste management for over 30 years.  He has conducted waste management studies, technical and economic assessments of solid waste systems, environmental analyses of resource recovery systems, and marketing studies for recovered materials and energy.  He has participated in a large variety of projects involving waste processing for material and energy recovery.  His experience in waste processing technologies includes recycling, composting, co-composting, incineration, mechanical processing, and anaerobic digestion.  He was a pioneer in the integration of solid waste systems, recognizing the potential of the concept for minimizing residue generation.  Dr. Diaz has more than 250 publications and has co-authored 11 books in the field of waste management.  He has also conducted training courses throughout the world, and is a visiting professor in universities in Europe, North America, and Latin America.  He is a member of the Editorial Board of several journals in the field of waste management, Editor-in-Chief of Waste Management, Consulting Editor for BioCycle, and Chair of the Working Group on Developing Countries of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).

Recent work  includes:

a. Papers and presentations:

“Management of Solid Wastes in Economically Developing Countries,” presented at Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, July 2003.

“The Role of Business in Ecological Solid Waste Management,” (with L.L. Eggerth), Business and Environment, June 2003.

“Biological Treatment of Solid Wastes in Economically Developing Countries,” (with L.L. Eggerth), presented at ORBIT 2003, Perth, Australia, April-May 2003.

“Optimization of Source Separated Waste Collection in Tourist Islands,” (with G.M. Savage and L.L. Eggerth), presented at New Policies on Integrated Management of Resources and Wastes: European Framework and Solutions in Islands, Menorca, Spain; December 2002.

“Recent Advances in Waste Processing Technologies,” (with G.M. Savage and L.L. Eggerth), presented at Waste & Recycle 2002 Conference, Perth, Australia, October 2002.

“The Management of Health Care Wastes: An International Overview,” (with L.L. Eggerth), presented at Waste & Recycle 2002 Conference, Perth, Australia, October 2002.

b. Books:

Solid Waste Management for Economically Developing Countries, in association with International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), 1996.

Recycling Equipment and Technology for Municipal Solid Waste: Material Recovery Facilities, Noyes Data Corporation, 1993.

"Composting of Municipal Solid Wastes," Chapter 10 of Handbook of Solid Waste Management, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994.

Material Recovery Facility Design Manual, C.K. Smoley, 1993.

Handbook of Solid Waste Properties, Governmental Advisory Associates, Inc., New York, New York, 1993.

Composting and Recycling Municipal Solid Waste, (with G.M. Savage, L.L. Eggerth, and C.G. Golueke), Lewis Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, April 1993.

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