Waste to Energy is an advanced means of waste disposal that is recognized for reducing greenhouse gases, particularly methane.
It is a form of energy recovery. The Timarpur Okhla municipal solid waste management plant near Delhi is India’s first waste-to-energy plant.
Methods of waste-to-energy generation
- Combustion technologies
- Gasification
- pyrolysis
- incineration
- anaerobic digestion
- Landfill gas recovery
- torrefaction
- poly crack technology
Benefits of waste-to-energy plants:
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- ensure energy security
- environmental conservation
- can provide base-load power
- can reduce the use of land
- Waste-to-energy projects have multiple revenue streams.
- They are net greenhouse gas reducers.
- They reduce fire incidents.
- They are solutions to recovering value from inorganic waste.