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  • Waste Management
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Material Science

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  • Prato district's urban waste has high calorific value, suitable for waste-to-energy (WtE) plants.
  • Central Italy lacks WtE facilities, leading to mechanical treatment and regional export of waste fractions.
  • Previous legislation restricted energy recovery to specific dry streams, with others landfilled.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if output streams from a mechanical treatment plant in Prato can be classified as Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) under new Italian regulations.
  • To assess the potential for reducing landfilling and increasing energy recovery from urban waste.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a sampling and analysis campaign on all output streams from the mechanical treatment plant.
  • Characterized each stream based on operating conditions of the plant.
  • Assessed compliance with the European standard EN 15359:2011 for SRF classification.

Main Results:

  • All output streams from the mechanical treatment plant were classified as SRF.
  • A wide quality range was observed across the different SRF streams.
  • Lower quality streams are suitable for WtE plants, while high-quality streams can substitute coal in cement and power plants.

Conclusions:

  • The new SRF classification enables significant reduction in landfilling of urban waste.
  • Energy recovery from waste is maximized, reducing environmental impact.
  • Waste streams can be utilized in both dedicated WtE facilities and non-dedicated industrial plants.