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- Title
Waste to energy in India and UK : Analysis through case studies.
- Authors
De, Debashree; Ghosh, Sadhan Kumar
- Abstract
Population growth, consumer behavior and urbanization are the major issues of MSW management. In India, many Waste to Energy plants failed and 3 are operational, while many Waste to Energy plants work in UK with established technologies. Sustainability of incineration technique is at stake with the most blamed reason being the characterization of MSW in India. Research questions aroused are, what are the reasons of failures? What should be the supply chain framework? Effects of the waste characteristics on the sustainability issues of Waste to Energy plant in India and the UK were analyzed. For a typical waste character in the UK, electrical energy produced is nearly 1,070 kW-hr/ton as compared to 177.6 kW-hr/ton in India. Developed nations have as much as 3 times the carbon, and as low as 0.3 times the moisture content and ash as that of MSW in India. The paper presents cases in both the countries using incineration technology and proposed a unique framework for the supply chain in India for effective utilization of MSW for sustainable Waste to Energy plants.
- Subjects
WASTE products as fuel; CONSUMER behavior; URBANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE development; SUPPLY chain management
- Publication
Journal of Solid Waste Technology & Management, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 4, p949
- ISSN
1088-1697
- Publication type
Article