| Title |
Energy Recovery from Waste-Closing the Municipal Loop |
| ID_Doc |
16385 |
| Authors |
den Boer, E; Banaszkiewicz, K; den Boer, J; Pasiecznik, I |
| Title |
Energy Recovery from Waste-Closing the Municipal Loop |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Energies, 15, 3 |
| DOI |
10.3390/en15031246 |
| Abstract |
Municipal waste management in the EU has been challenged to a thorough transformation towards a Circular Economy. It is addressed by a number of quantitative policy targets, including a restriction on municipal waste landfilling to 10% in 2035. This paper presents the data on municipal waste composition in a large Polish city, based on thorough waste sorting analyses. On average, 374 kg of municipal waste is collected per capita in Wroclaw, of which 41% are separately collected fractions. The approach to implement the EU recycling targets until 2035 is presented, including an increase of sorting and recycling efficiency and a significant share of recyclables being retrieved from the residual waste fraction. Notwithstanding the recycling targets, an important stream of residual waste remains, amounting to 200 k ton in 2020 and approx. 130 k ton in 2035, which is available for energy recovery. The respective LHV values range from 8.5 to 7.6 MJ/kg. The results indicate that the residual waste stream, after satisfying the recycling targets, is still suitable for energy recovery through the whole period until 2035. Moreover, it is a necessary step towards closing the materials cycling in the municipal sector and the only option so far to reduce landfilling sufficiently. |
| Author Keywords |
municipal waste; circular economy; energy recovery; waste-to-energy; waste composition |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000754600700001 |
| WoS Category |
Energy & Fuels |
| Research Area |
Energy & Fuels |
| PDF |
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/3/1246/pdf?version=1644386785
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