An integrated assessment of energy recovery options from municipal solid waste

摘要

In the last decade, Romania began a reorganization process in the municipal solid waste (MSW) sector considering the new EU principles regarding the MSW prevention, reuse and recycling before final disposal. The paper present the results of a comparison of three alternative scenarios for energy recovery (ER) from municipal solid waste in Romania considering landfilling, separate collection, mechanical-biological treatment, thermal treatment and waste-to-energy. For the evaluation of each scenario the mass, energy and environmental balances is reported.