Publication detail

Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy

Hoang, A.T., Varbanov, P.S., Nizetic, S., Sirohi, R., Pandey, A., Luque, R., Ng, K.H., Pham, V.V.

Original Title

Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The proper handling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is critical due to its high generation rate and the potential to minimise environmental impacts by simultaneously reducing resource depletion and pollution. MSW utilization for recycling is important for transforming the linear economy model into a circular one. The current review analyses and categorises MSW to energy technologies into direct and indirect approaches taking the Circular Economy perspective. The direct approach involves incinerating MSW for heat recovery. The indirect approach, including thermochemical and biochemical processes, is more complicated but attractive due to the variety of the valorized products – such as syngas, bio-oil, biochar, digestate, humus. However, consensus on the best MSW treatment approach is yet to be established due to the inconsistency of assessment criteria in the existing studies. In the case of converting MSW to energy (Waste-to-Energy – W2E), its economic indicators, such as capital, compliance, and operation cost, are important criteria when implementations are considered. In the current work, the critical characteristics of technologies for the MSW to energy routes are scrutinised. In addition, the economic characteristics and the role of MSW in the circular bio-economy is also thoroughly evaluated. Methods to advocate the industrial adoption and important assessing aspects of W2E are proposed at the end of the review to address the environmental and resource management issues related to MSW – most notably dealing with the uncertainty in composition and amounts, the energy efficiency and the resource demands of the W2E processing.

Keywords

Circular economy; Energy production; Environment management; Municipal solid waste; Waste management

Authors

Hoang, A.T., Varbanov, P.S., Nizetic, S., Sirohi, R., Pandey, A., Luque, R., Ng, K.H., Pham, V.V.

Released

20. 7. 2022

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

ISBN

0959-6526

Periodical

Journal of Cleaner Production

Number

359

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

131897

Pages to

131897

Pages count

29

URL

https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.vutbr.cz/science/article/pii/S0959652622015074

BibTex

@article{BUT178080,
  author="Petar Sabev {Varbanov}",
  title="Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy",
  journal="Journal of Cleaner Production",
  year="2022",
  number="359",
  pages="131897--131897",
  doi="10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131897",
  issn="0959-6526",
  url="https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.vutbr.cz/science/article/pii/S0959652622015074"
}