A gas scrubber and a waste gas treatment system with a gas scrubber for removing particles from a waste gas has a housing with a waste gas inlet and a waste gas outlet. A substantially circular plate member defining an axis of rotation is rotatably arranged in the housing. Waste gas fed into the housing via the waste gas inlet is directed toward approximately the center of the circular plate member. An outlet nozzle sprays a liquid, especially a cleaning liquid or a scrubbing liquid, onto the circular plate member, in order to obtain a mixture of waste gas and liquid in front of the plate member. A combination of inner and outer rotor arrays, and inner and outer stator arrays are arranged alternatingly and concentrically relative to each other, and separated from the circular plate member, and rotate about the axis of rotation. A rotary atomizer for atomizing the mixture of waste gas and liquid may be arranged on the circular plate member. Particles from the waste gas stream are transferred into the liquid.