Effects Of MSW Selective Collection On Waste-to-energy Strategies

This paper analyses the effects of the evolution of the selective collection of municipal solid waste on the local strategies for their energy valorization, referring to a case study where high efficiencies of source separation have been reached thanks to a two-decade effort. Four years were charact...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2013-01, Vol.176, p.3
Main Author: Rada, E C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calorific value
Case studies
Economic analysis
Economic conditions
Electric power generation
Energy
Fuels
Garbage collection
Industrial engineering
Industrial plants
Manufacturing engineering
Municipal solid waste
Municipal waste management
Power plants
Separation
Solid waste management
Solid wastes
Thermal power
Thermal power plants
Viability
Waste characteristics
Waste management
Waste management industry
Waste to energy
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Summary:This paper analyses the effects of the evolution of the selective collection of municipal solid waste on the local strategies for their energy valorization, referring to a case study where high efficiencies of source separation have been reached thanks to a two-decade effort. Four years were characterized as representative of significant moment in the local waste management history. The case study area concerns a province in the North of Italy where particular attention has been put to the organization of selective collection. The economy of the area is typical of a high-income country for all the analyzed period. From another point of view, the alteration of the residual municipal solid waste characteristics makes it similar to a solid recovered fuel even without pre-treatments. The option for its cocombustion in existing industrial plants (cement factories, thermal power plants, etc.) should be analyzed comparatively.
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/ESUS130181