The role of Task 36
Task 36 is designed to allow exchange of information on the integration of the Energy from Waste (EfW) in a circular economy by means of material and energy valorisation of waste, and its contribution to the global deployment of bioenergy. There are a number of issues associated with this that are relevant to many IEA Bioenergy countries.
Task 36 follows the integration of the Energy from Waste (EfW) in a circular economy by means of material and energy valorisation of waste, and its contribution to the global deployment of bioenergy.
The Task is designed to facilitate exchange of information on strategic technical and non-technical issues related to the integration of energy into waste management decision-making and operations. While stakeholders contributing to this exchange of information include researchers, the waste and recycling and recovery industry, the energy from waste sector, policy makers and local decision makers. The Task proposes to prioritise information for policy and decision makers.
The Task is aware of issues that influence energy from waste that are covered in other Tasks in IEA Bioenergy as well as by other international organisations in the field and is working together with them.
Priorities for 2025-2027
Priorities for 2025-2027 have been developed taking the global trends into account and also local trends of importance to participating countries. The programme focuses on the effect will focus on the effect that circular economy initiatives along the waste and energy value chains have in the deployment of bioenergy. The members’ have been identified 3 topics of interest for this triennium (see figure below):
1.Waste Management and System Analyses. Provide science-based information that can be used for the development of the waste management systems in a circular economy: policy, technology, and socio-economic aspects. Sub-topics included in this area:
- Policy Analysis
- Advance Sorting Technologies
- Social impacts and benefits from using biowaste in bioenergy production
2. Feedstock. Exploring waste streams for opportunities for energy and material valorization. Sub-topics included in this area:
- Opportunities for valorization of biodegradable organic waste
- Expanding the resource base for energy and material production
3. New Technology Pathways. Evaluation of new technologies pathways for reducing climate impact in processes where waste is used as feedstock for energy production. Sub-topics included in this area:
- The potential of Carbon Capture and utilisation (CCU) from Waste-to-Energy
- Energy Transition in Emerging Economies: South Africa
The task wants its programme for the new triennium to be some kind of living document where there is room for projects and collaborations that might be developed along the triennium. In this way, the task could quickly react and create content associated to, for example, unexpected quick changes in legislation, special regional or global situations that might affect the waste and/or bioenergy sector, be part of joined activities such as working groups that might be created during the triennium etc.
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