Karl J. Thomé-Kozmiensky

Karl J. Thomé-Kozmiensky (2011)

Karl Joachim Thomé-Kozmiensky (born October 30, 1936 in Trier ; † November 3, 2016 in Neuruppin ) was a German engineer, professor at the Technical University of Berlin , publisher and organizer of conferences and congresses. Thomé-Kozmiensky was - alongside Oktay Tabasaran - one of the founders of the systematic teaching of waste management at German universities. He has authored and edited over a hundred books on many areas of waste management.

Career

After studying mining sciences at RWTH Aachen University , the Clausthal Mining Academy and the Technical University of Berlin, Thomé-Kozmiensky received his doctorate in 1968. In 1972, he received his habilitation and appointment as a private lecturer and professor for the field of mining damage. In 1973 he received a second membership in Faculty 21 Environmental Technology at the Technical University of Berlin. At the same time his research in the field of waste management began. 1974 to 2003 he held the chair for waste management at the Technical University of Berlin. In 1978 he was assigned the professorship for waste management. In 2002 Thomé-Kozmiensky was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Montan University Leoben.

At the beginning of the 1970s, Thomé-Kozmiensky founded his own engineering office and subsequently created expert reports a. a. for associations, companies and cities / municipalities - especially in Berlin and Vienna - on topics related to thermal waste treatment (incineration, pyrolysis, gasification). In 1973 he began advising and managing TK Verlag (initially under the name E. Freitag Verlag and later EF-Verlag). In 1975 he gave a lecture on the subject of new technologies in waste disposal for the first time as a speaker at a specialist conference. In 1977 he published the first specialist book, at the same time as the first specialist conference he organized. From 1988 to 1998 he was the publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine AbfallwirtschaftsJournal. From 2008 until his death, he held the position of editor-in-chief of the trade magazine ReSource (previously garbage magazine).

He provided strategic and technical advice with his own engineering office until 2015. He was also a member of the supervisory board of the Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe (BSR) from 1994 to 2004.

Congresses and conferences

Karl J. Thomé-Kozmiensky organized and led national and international congresses and conferences that dealt with the topics of thermal processes in waste treatment, sewage sludge disposal, recycling and raw materials, product stewardship, alternative fuel production and utilization, landfill and contaminated sites remediation as well as planning and acceptance. The most famous events include the International Recycling Congress (IRC) (1979 to 2001, up to 3,000 participants) and the Berlin Waste Management and Energy Conference (since 2005, up to 500 participants), which many participants refer to as the class reunion for waste incinerators.

Lectures

Incineration as a procedural component of recycling processes - opportunities and limits of recycling. DepoTech, Leoben
The landfill as a necessary sink for pollutants in modern waste management. 1st National Landfill Conference, Zurich
Waste to Energy. Solid Waste, Water and Waste Water Congress, Istanbul
Recycling and waste incineration - not a contradiction in terms -. 8th Saxon Circular Economy Day, Freiberg
Status of Waste-to-Energy in Europe. Wtert Annual Meeting Europe; Waste-to-Energy in Eastern Europe, Brno, Czech Republic
Contribution of energetic waste recycling to energy supply. Lecture by GASAG Summer School
Use of selected waste for material and energy recovery. 41st Power Plant Technology Colloquium, Dresden
Incineration of mixed and processed waste - acceptance in Germany. Turkish-German Waste Days, Izmir
Incineration of mixed and processed waste - acceptance in Germany. Climate and Resource Protection Conference, Würzburg
Alternative fuel production and recycling in Germany. 20th Kassel Waste Forum and Bioenergy Forum, Kassel
Vortex in the waste disposal market? - Theses on the development of the German waste management industry -. 12th meeting of municipal waste management in Magdeburg
Position, possibilities and problems of the MBA in waste management. 5th ASA Waste Days, Hanover
Incineration or mechanical-biological waste treatment. 4th Conference on Waste Management, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Publications

Numerous specialist articles on various topics of waste management with a focus on strategy, public relations and acceptance as well as waste treatment technology including recycling and energy from waste.

Encyclopedias

Thermal waste treatment (1994)
Circular Economy (1994)
Circular Economy Management (1995)
Processes and substances of the circular economy (1995)
Biological waste treatment (1995)
Sewage sludge disposal (1998)

Reference books

Energy from waste (2006 to 2017, book series to be continued)
Strategy planning environmental law (2008 to 2017)
Recycling and raw materials (2008 to 2017, book series to be continued)
Mineral by-products and waste - ash, slag, dust and construction waste (2014 to 2017, book series to be continued)
Waste Management (2010 to 2017, book series to be continued)
Renewable energies (2009 to 2011)
Alternative fuels (2001 to 2005)
Planning of waste incineration plants and alternative fuel power plants
Product stewardship
Optimization of waste incineration (2003 to 2006)
Recycling International (1982 to 1989 - partly in English and German)
Landfill (1987 to 1989)
Contaminated Sites (1987 to 1989)
Treatment of hazardous waste (1987 to 1990)
Waste Incineration and the Environment (1985 to 1991)

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personal data
SURNAME	Thomé-Kozmiensky, Karl J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thomé-Kozmiensky, Karl Joachim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer, professor at the Technical University of Berlin, publisher and organizer of conferences and congresses
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	trier
DATE OF DEATH	3rd November 2016
Place of death	Neuruppin