Challenges and an Implementation Framework for Sustainable Municipal Organic Waste Management Using Biogas Technology in Emerging Asian Countries

Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo, Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage, Chen Liu, Michael Knaus, Hiroshi Onoda, Faezeh Mahichi and Yanghui Guo
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Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo: Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama 240-0115, Japan
Chen Liu: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama 240-0115, Japan
Michael Knaus: The Institute for Applied Material Flow Management, Birkenfeld 55768, Germany
Hiroshi Onoda: Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
Faezeh Mahichi: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu 874-8577, Japan
Yanghui Guo: Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-27

Abstract: Due to its ability to recover both material and energy from organic waste, biogas technology is considered one of the best technology for treating organic waste. While in many emerging Asian countries more than 50% of municipal waste is organic waste, the amount of organic waste treated with biogas technology remains very limited. This study identified key challenges faced by practitioners in sustaining biogas plants from literature and interviewed a number of sustainably operating biogas plant managers and, based on the findings, developed an implementation framework to help decision makers and practitioners in planning a sustainable municipal organic waste biogas plant facility.

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; biogas; developing countries; organic waste; municipal solid waste; energy recovery; material recovery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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