Sustainable management of municipal solid waste through waste-to-energy technologies

Sunita Varjani; Hossein Shahbeig; Kartik Popat; Zeel Patel; Shaili Vyas; Anil V Shah; Damià Barceló; Huu Hao Ngo; Christian Sonne; Su Shiung Lam; Mortaza Aghbashlo; Meisam Tabatabaei

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127247

Sustainable management of municipal solid waste through waste-to-energy technologies

Bioresour Technol. 2022 Jul:355:127247. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127247. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar 382 010, Gujarat, India. Electronic address: drsvs18@gmail.com.
² Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
³ Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar 382 010, Gujarat, India; Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Knowledge Corridor, Gandhinagar 382007, Gujarat, India.
⁴ Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar 382 010, Gujarat, India; Gujarat University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, Gujarat, India.
⁵ Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar 382 010, Gujarat, India; Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382015, India.
⁶ Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar 382 010, Gujarat, India.
⁷ Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA-CERCA), Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁸ Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
⁹ Arhus University, Department of Ecoscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
¹⁰ Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
¹¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
¹² Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

PMID: 35490955
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127247

Abstract

Increasing municipal solid waste (MSW) generation and environmental concerns have sparked global interest in waste valorization through various waste-to-energy (WtE) to generate renewable energy sources and reduce dependency on fossil-derived fuels and chemicals. These technologies are vital for implementing the envisioned global "bioeconomy" through biorefineries. In light of that, a detailed overview of WtE technologies with their benefits and drawbacks is provided in this paper. Additionally, the biorefinery concept for waste management and sustainable energy generation is discussed. The identification of appropriate WtE technology for energy recovery continues to be a significant challenge. So, in order to effectively apply WtE technologies in the burgeoning bioeconomy, this review provides a comprehensive overview of the existing scenario for sustainable MSW management along with the bottlenecks and perspectives.

Keywords: Bioenergy; Biorefinery; Circular bioeconomy; Sustainability; Waste to energy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Fossil Fuels
Physical Phenomena
Refuse Disposal*
Solid Waste
Technology
Waste Management*

Substances

Fossil Fuels
Solid Waste