An overview of municipal solid waste-to-energy application in Indian scenario

Municipal solid waste management is creating serious environmental issues for both developing and developed countries. Proper waste management solutions should be adopted to meet technological feasibility, and it should be financially and environmentally sustainable as well as socially and legally a...

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Published in:Environment, development and sustainability development and sustainability, 2020-02, Vol.22 (2), p.575-592
Main Authors: Thomas, Paul, Soren, Nirmala
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaerobic digestion
Developed countries
Developing countries
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Economic conditions
Economic Geology
Economic Growth
Energy management
Energy policy
Energy recovery
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental law
Environmental Management
Environmental policy
Feasibility
Gasification
LDCs
Management systems
Materials recovery
Municipal solid waste
Municipal waste management
Policy analysis
Recovering
Recycling
Resource management
Review
Selection criteria
Solid waste management
Sustainable Development
Technology
Waste management
Waste management industry
Waste to energy
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Summary:Municipal solid waste management is creating serious environmental issues for both developing and developed countries. Proper waste management solutions should be adopted to meet technological feasibility, and it should be financially and environmentally sustainable as well as socially and legally acceptable. Developing countries like India have introduced new policy frameworks for the proper management of municipal solid waste resources along with waste-to-energy recovery and material recycling. This paper gives a deep insight into municipal waste management systems and examines the energy and environmental policy issues to identify weak points in selection criteria for suitable technology. India is facing serious issues in the management of municipal solid waste and is trying to introduce better management solutions. From a technical perspective, both gasification and anaerobic digestion seem to be attractive when compared to traditional management approaches, but the economic feasibility of these technologies needs to be verified.
ISSN:1387-585X
1573-2975
DOI:10.1007/s10668-018-0235-7