10.13135/2384-8677/4421
Sharing the same raw material, recycling and composting are in direct conflict with incineration ofmunicipal solid waste in combined health and power plants. Indeed, waste‐to‐energy plants in regionswith high recycling rates import urban waste from other countries to use otherwise unused capacity andraise revenues. Using the case of Italy’s economically most developed region, I discuss the economicviability of municipal solid waste incineration to produce electricity and heat in the context of theincreasing role of electricity production from renewable energy sources as well as of the emergingcircular bioeconomy. Four lessons and three guidelines aimed at local authorities and policy makersemerge from the present study.
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Mario Pagliaro
Visions for Sustainability
Waste‐to‐wealth: The economic reasons for replacing waste‐to-energy with the circular economy of municipal solid waste
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2020-04-15
2020-04-15
2020-06-21
2020-06-21
59-65
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