Waste management in European Union has long being regulated by the 4Rs principle, i.e. reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, with landfill disposal as the last option. This vision recently led the European Union (especially since 2015) to the introduction of virtuous goals based on the rejection of linear economy in favour of circular economy strongly founded on materials recovery. In this scenario, landfill disposal option will disappear, while energy recovery may appear controversial when not applied to biogas production from anaerobic digestion. The present work aims to analyse the effects that circular economy principles introduced in the European Union context will have on the thermochemical waste treatment plants design. Results demonstrate that indirect combustion (gasification + combustion) along with integrated vitrification of the non-combustible fraction of treated waste will have a more relevant role in the field of waste treatment than in the past, thanks to the compliance of this option with the principles of circular economy.
Circular Economy and Waste-to-Energy / Rada, E. C.; Ragazzi, M.; Torretta, V.; Castagna, Giacomo; Adami, L.; Cioca, L. I.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2018), pp. 030050-1-030050-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability tenutosi a Lebanon nel 2-3 febbraio 2018) [10.1063/1.5039237].
Circular Economy and Waste-to-Energy
E. C. Rada;M. Ragazzi;V. Torretta;Castagna, Giacomo;L. Adami;
2018-01-01
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Waste management in European Union has long being regulated by the 4Rs principle, i.e. reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, with landfill disposal as the last option. This vision recently led the European Union (especially since 2015) to the introduction of virtuous goals based on the rejection of linear economy in favour of circular economy strongly founded on materials recovery. In this scenario, landfill disposal option will disappear, while energy recovery may appear controversial when not applied to biogas production from anaerobic digestion. The present work aims to analyse the effects that circular economy principles introduced in the European Union context will have on the thermochemical waste treatment plants design. Results demonstrate that indirect combustion (gasification + combustion) along with integrated vitrification of the non-combustible fraction of treated waste will have a more relevant role in the field of waste treatment than in the past, thanks to the compliance of this option with the principles of circular economy.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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