Task 36: Material and Energy valorisation of waste in a Circular Economy
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DON’T MISS OUR LAST PUBLICATIONS ABOUT SOCIAL & ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS IN BIOENERGY
Jan 2025Literature review of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) – Task 36 Literature review on social and economic sustainability indicators of bioenergy systems – Task 36
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Introduction of Deposit Return Scheme in Ireland
Dec 2024Ireland introduced a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans on February 1st 2024. Ireland introduced a Deposit Return Scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans on February 1st 2024. The scheme incentivises people to return used drinks containers so that they can be successfully recycled into new containers. The scheme […]
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The future of waste management
Dec 2024Selected results from the CircWtE project- Waste-to-Energy and Municipal Solid Waste management systems in Circular Economy CircWtE project aims at determining how future Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management systems will look in Circular Economy (CE) and what role it will have in the future energy system. The objectives of the project are: Determine the […]
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Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 by UENP and ISWA
Dec 2024By 2050, the amount of municipal solid waste generated by households will reach 3.8 billion tons if urgent actions are not taken – a 56% increase compared to 2020. The Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO) 2024 is a collective effort of UNEP (United Nation Environmental Programme) and ISWA (International Solid Waste Association). It provides a pioneering scientific […]
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Save the date! CEWEP Waste-to-Energy Congress 2025, 5-6th of June, Gdansk, Poland.
Dec 2024CEWEP (Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants) is bringing together the European industry, decision makers and researchers from academia and research institutes in the Waste-to-Energy Congress on the 5-6th of June in the city of Gdansk (Poland), to discuss about the latest Waste-to-Energy policy and technology developments. Save the date! Link to CEWEP: CEWEP – The […]
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Towards a Dynamic Understanding of Waste-to-Energy Futures
Dec 2024The WECoS project uses system dynamic modelling to integrate the energy system, WtE operations and high-level policy goals such as increased material reuse and net-zero targets and aims at facilities decision-making practices in this complex system. System dynamics simulation modelling is a took that facilitates/supports decision-making practices made by municipalities and industry where WtE operations, […]
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BBEST and IEA BIOENERGY CONFERENCE 2024 (22nd-24th of October 2024)
Dec 2024Task 36 also joined the BBEST & IEA Bioenergy Conference held in Brazil and participated in the session “Heat and power from biomass and waste” with the presentation “Towards a Dynamic Understanding of Waste-to-Energy Futures”. The BBEST – IEA Bioenergy Conference was held in October in São Paolo, bringing together researchers from around the world. […]
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DON’T MISS OUR LAST PUBLICATIONS!
Dec 2024Did you know that approx. 1.5 billion tonnes of food are wasted annually, equivalent to about one third of the food produced for consumption? Or that the household plastic packaging can be sorted out in up to 12 different fractions using a technology based on sensors? REPORT: ADVANCED SORTING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE WASTE SECTOR This […]
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WEBINAR: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR HANDLING OF MIXED PLASTIC WASTE
Dec 2024Task 36 “Technical solutions for a sustainable handling of mixed plastic waste” webinar was held on the 18th of November with more than 300 attendees from all over the world. The speakers were representatives from academia and industry that highlighted the development of technical solutions in which they are involved. TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE […]
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