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Título:
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Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe
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Autor/a:
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Malinauskaite, J.; Jouhara, H.; Czajczy nska, D; Stanchev, P.; Katsou, E.; Rostkowski, P.; Thorne, R.J.; Colón Jordà, Joan; Ponsá Salas, Sergio; Al-Mansour, F.; Anguilano, L.; Krzyzynska, R.; López, I.C.; Vlasopoulos, A.; Spencer, N.
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Otros autores:
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Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Centre Tecnològic BETA |
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Notas:
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This paper proposes an overarching review of national municipal waste management systems and waste-
to-energy as an important part of it in the context of circular economy in the selected countries in
Europe. The growth of population and rising standards of living means that the consumption of goods
and energy is increasing. On the one hand, consumption leads to an increase in the generation of waste.
On the other hand, the correlation between increased wealth and increased energy consumption is very
strong as well. Given that the average heating value of municipal solid waste (MSW) is approximately
10 MJ/kg, it seems logical to use waste as a source of energy. Traditionally, waste-to-energy (WtE) has
been associated with incineration. Yet, the term is much broader, embracing various waste treatment
processes generating energy (for instance, in the form of electricity and/or heat or producing a waste-
derived fuel). Turning waste into energy can be one key to a circular economy enabling the value of
products, materials, and resources to be maintained on the market for as long as possible, minimising
waste and resource use. As the circular economy is at the top of the EU agenda, all Member States of the
EU (including the EEA countries) should move away from the old-fashioned disposal of waste to a more
intelligent waste treatment encompassing the circular economy approach in their waste policies.
Therefore, the article examines how these EU policies are implemented in practice. Given that WtE
traditionally is attached to the MSW management and organisation, the focus of this article is twofold.
Firstly, it aims to identify the different practices of municipal waste management employed in selected
countries and their approaches in embracing the circular economy and, secondly, the extent to which
WtE technologies play any role in this context. The following countries, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK were chosen to depict a broad European context. |
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Aquest document està subjecte a aquesta llicència Creative Commons
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Tipo de documento:
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Artículo
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Editor:
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Elsevier Ltd.
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