Task 36 Material and Energy Valorisation of Waste in a Circular Economy (previously known as Integrating Energy Recovery into Solid Waste Management Systems) is an international working group which seeks to raise public awareness of sustainable energy generation from biomass residues and waste fractions including municipal solid waste (MSW) as well as to increase technical information dissemination. As outlined in the 3-year work programme, Task 36 seeks to understand what role energy from waste and material recycling can have in a circular economy and identify technical and non-technical barriers and opportunities needed to achieve this vision.
News and Highlights
Workshop: Biomass combustion and CCUS – recording and slides available now
Workshop: Biomass combustion and CCUS on 21st September 2023 Bioenergy combined with carbon capture and utilisation or storage, also known as BECCUS is a concept that has been discussed in climate change mitigation research for quite some time. During the last five...
Regional Sustainability Workshop Series: North America – Organic and Plastic Waste Resource and Energy Recovery
IEA Bioenergy Task 36 (Material and Energy valorisation of waste in a Circular Economy) has hosted its second regional workshop on sustainability indicators pertaining to waste resource and energy recovery. The purpose of this workshop is to convene experts on the...
Recent Events
Sustainability Series Workshop on Food Waste – 18th October
Sustainability Series Workshop on Food Waste A participatory workshop to inform and engage participants in a discussion about sustainability and food waste. In some places such as South Africa, the US and Ireland, there is still a poor public perception of...
Workshop: Biomass combustion and CCUS
Workshop organized by IEA Bioenergy Task 32 (Biomass combustion) Timing: Thursday 21 September 2023, 13:00 – 17:00 CEST Concept: Hybrid workshop – Speakers present in Copenhagen and online, audience online Admission: Free Please register here Bioenergy combined with...
Latest Publications and Reports
Material and Energy Valorization of Waste as Part of a Circular Model
Read the full publication This article is part of the IEA Bioenergy Annual Report 2022. It was developed by the members of IEA Bioenergy Task 36, a working group that seeks to understand what role energy from waste and material recycling can have in a circular economy...
NEW REPORT: Review of WtE Policies in South Africa & International Comparisons
This report is a review of the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) policy in South Africa within the framework of the IEA Bioenergy Task 36. Drivers and barriers in the implementation of WtE solutions in different counties (i.e.,Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and United...
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