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 work 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
Enabling Place-based Waste Management Solutions in the United States
The United States Department of Energy is continuing efforts to support community-centered projects to manage organic waste and recover valuable nutrients and energy from these streams. The Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office selected a second cohort...
Swedish Waste Incineration Tax Abolished
Recent changes in the European electricity market have made the Swedish Parliament abolish the waste incineration tax introduced two and a half years ago 2023 has brought changes to the Swedish waste incineration tax. The Swedish Parliament decided to abolish from the...
Recent Events
IEA Bioenergy Webinar – Circular economy, energy recovery from waste, and emerging pathways
Presented by Presenter: Daniel Roberts, CSIRO, Australia Q&A Moderator: Inge Johansson, RI.SE, Sweden IEA Bioenergy Task 36 (Waste) organized a webinar on circular approach to waste management in the context of energy recovery, and the role of emerging...
IEA Bioenergy Webinar – Circular economy, energy recovery from waste, and emerging pathways
Presented by Presenter: Daniel Roberts, CSIRO, Australia Q&A Moderator: Inge Johansson, RI.SE, Sweden IEA Bioenergy Task 36 (Waste) organized a webinar on circular approach to waste management in the context of energy recovery, and the role of emerging...
Latest Publications and Reports
Case study: Valorisation of biowaste in the United States: Distributed biogas upgrading to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) using biomethanation
Valorisation of biowaste in the United States: Distributed biogas upgrading to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)using biomethanation Renewable natural gas deployments in the United States have increased significantly in recent years. As of 3/31/2020, there are 119...
Sorting technologies – Case study about a MSW sorting facility in Norway – IVAR
Sorting technologies Case study about a MSW sorting facility in Norway - IVAR The IVAR plant combines post-sorting of residual waste with recycling of some of the plastic waste fractions. At the plant five different fraction of plastics, four fractions of paper,...
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