{"id":7054,"date":"2021-12-14T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ieabioenergy.com\/newtask36\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:36:08","slug":"turning-waste-into-energy-a-roadmap-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/news\/turning-waste-into-energy-a-roadmap-for-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Waste into Energy: A Roadmap for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The waste sector contributes significantly to the South African economy. It provides\u202ftens of\u202fthousands of formal and informal jobs and livelihoods.\u202fThe potential for growth is real.\u202fAnd\u202fit can help alleviate\u202fsome of the\u202fbiggest\u202fheadaches\u202fof our time \u2013 landfill creep\u202fand climate change.\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can a comprehensive waste-to-energy plan be rolled out at scale in South Africa?<\/strong><\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The short answer is yes. Provided it is done smartly\u202fwithin\u202fan optimal environment.\u202f<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u202fWaste to Energy Roadmap for South Africa\u202f<\/span>identifies\u202f<\/span>20 alternative waste treatment technologies \u2013\u202fwith potential for\u202fmicro- to large-scale\u202fapplication\u202f\u2013 that are\u202fready to be introduced into\u202fexisting\u202fwaste management infrastructure.<\/span>\u202fIt\u202f<\/span>showcases relevant technologies for the effective valorisation and recovery of waste into biogas and energy, while mapping barriers and drivers for uptake at local level.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

New ways\u202fof thinking\u202fabout what gets thrown away<\/strong><\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChanging the\u00a0way\u202fwe think about waste\u202fopens up\u202fmany\u202fopportunities for innovation\u201d. For example,\u202fthe redirection of organics,\u202fabattoir\u202fwaste,\u202fagricultural\u202fwaste\u202fand sewage sludge could\u202fuse\u202fanaerobic digestion to generate gas that can be used for cooking or for generating electricity.\u202f<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gasses that are emitted from landfill sites can be recovered,\u202fcollected\u202fand treated to be converted to energy.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

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A landfill site showing contamination of waste streams. Each of the waste strategies identified in the Waste to Energy Roadmap can\u202fmake a contribution\u202fto reducing waste to landfill and greenhouse gasses.<\/p><\/div>\n

These are just some of the possibilities that exist for diverting waste from reaching the landfill, however these solutions face various barriers and challenges in South Africa, highlighting the need for a roadmap to guide the waste to energy transition within the country.\u202f<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

The project<\/strong><\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u202fRoadmap, available early in 2022,\u202fis the product of a partnership between the\u202fSouth African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI)\u202fChair in Waste and Climate Change at the\u202fUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)\u202fand\u202fthe\u202fSouth African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI).\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

The partnership sprung from\u202fa\u202f2019\u202fmemorandum of agreement (MoA)\u202fbetween\u202fUKZN and\u202fSANEDI\u202fto undertake research on\u202fwaste\u202fand\u202fresources\u202fmanagement,\u202fand\u202fclean\u202fenergy.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u202fRoadmap\u202fwill deliver:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Up-to-the-minute reporting on\u202fWtoE\u202ftechnologies in South Africa and the member countries of Task 36 of the IEA Bioenergy.\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Policy review on\u202fWtoE\u202ftechnologies in South Africa\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Map of technologies, waste streams and by-products\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Assessment of the technologies in terms of economic feasibility, environmental sustainability, social acceptance, job creation potential, and institutional frameworks for implementation\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Localisation mapping of the technologies in South African municipalities and specific successful case studies and lessons learned\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Stakeholder engagement report\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Preliminary implementation guidance for future implementation\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The waste sector contributes significantly to the South African economy. It provides\u202ftens of\u202fthousands of formal and informal jobs and livelihoods.\u202fThe potential for growth is real.\u202fAnd\u202fit can help alleviate\u202fsome of the\u202fbiggest\u202fheadaches\u202fof our time \u2013 landfill creep\u202fand climate change.\u202f\u00a0 Can a comprehensive waste-to-energy plan be rolled out at scale in South Africa?\u202f\u202f\u00a0 The short answer is yes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7054"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7069,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions\/7069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/task36.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}