影响发展中国家废物用作燃料的城市固体废物管理工具:批判性审查
Tânia Galavote1, Gisele de Lorena Diniz Chaves2, Luciana Harue Yamane1
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Espírito Santo, Brazil.
概括
发展中国家的城市固体废物 (MSW) 管理可以通过使用废物衍生燃料 (RDF) 来改进. 环境教育,选择性收集和扩大生产者责任 (EPR) 是将废物从垃圾填埋场转移到能源回收的关键.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 废物管理 废物管理
- 恢复能源 恢复能源
背景情况:
- 发展中国家主要依靠垃圾填埋场处理城市固体废物 (MSW),但对堆肥,回收和废物能源 (WtE) 技术的采用有限.
- 废弃物是一个潜在的能源,如果有效利用,可以提高能源发电的经济可行性.
- 本研究调查了影响发展中国家将MSW作为废物燃料 (RDF) 的使用因素.
研究的目的:
- 探索环境教育对特定目的地的MSW来源分离的影响.
- 评估选择性采集和扩大生产者责任 (EPR) 如何影响MSW用于能源回收的利用.
- 确定RDF回收和能源市场之间的竞争动态.
主要方法:
- 为了收集数据和解决研究问题,采用了系统的文献审查.
- 分析重点是确定影响源分离和废物转移用于能源回收的因素.
- 该研究综合了现有证据,分析了发展中国家废物转化能源方法的可行性和部署挑战.
主要成果:
- 扩大生产者责任 (EPR),扩大选择性收集和来源分离对可用于能源回收的废物的数量和质量产生重大影响.
- 内部和外部因素都在影响源隔离实践方面发挥着作用.
- 尽管已经证明了其技术,经济,环境和社会可行性,但废物转化为能源的方法需要在发展中国家加强部署战略.
结论:
- 发展中国家有效的MSW管理需要促进源分离,选择性收集和EPR来转移垃圾从垃圾填埋场的工具.
- 需要进行进一步的研究,以解决废物转化能源技术及其实施中发现的研究缺口.
- 优化废物流以回收能源,以及回收利用,对于可持续的废物管理和资源利用至关重要.
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