Refuse recovered biomass fuel from municipal solid waste. A life cycle assessment

M. Ripa, G. Fiorentino, H. Giani, A. Clausen and S. Ulgiati

Applied Energy, 2017, vol. 186, issue P2, 225 pages

Abstract: Waste disposal is a controversial issue in many European countries: concerns about potential health effects and land value loss as well as the fulfillment of the European Landfill Directive and Waste Framework Directive have significantly changed the way waste should be managed. An appropriate management of municipal solid waste (MSW) may allow a significant enhancement of efficiency in resources use, by recovering both energy and materials from waste, otherwise landfilled, thus replacing fossil fuels and virgin materials with renewable sources. Separation and recovery of the biodegradable fraction of municipal solid waste is encouraged as a mean to produce bioenergy. Therefore, if not source segregated, innovative waste refining technologies may provide potential solutions for separation of organic fraction and improved energy and materials recovery.

Keywords: Waste management; Life cycle assessment; Biomass fuel; MARSS project; Municipal solid waste; EU landfill directive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.05.058

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