Waste-to-energy: A review of the status and benefits in USA

The USA has significant experience in the field of municipal solid waste management. The hierarchy of methodologies for dealing with municipal solid wastes consists of recycling and composting, combustion with energy recovery (commonly called waste-to-energy) and landfilling. This paper focuses on w...

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Published inWaste management (Elmsford) Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 1718 - 1724
Main Authors Psomopoulos, C.S., Bourka, A., Themelis, N.J.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2009
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Bioelectric Energy Sources - trends
COMBUSTION
COMPOSTING
DIOXIN
Electric Power Supplies
ENERGY RECOVERY
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Exact sciences and technology
Greenhouse Effect
MERCURY
Other wastes and particular components of wastes
Pollution
RECYCLING
Refuse Disposal - methods
SOLID WASTES
United States
Urban and domestic wastes
Waste Management - methods
Wastes
United States
North America
America
USA
Composting
Dioxin derivatives
Urban waste
Solid waste
Energy recovery
Combustion
Recycling
Pollutant emission
Mercury
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Summary:The USA has significant experience in the field of municipal solid waste management. The hierarchy of methodologies for dealing with municipal solid wastes consists of recycling and composting, combustion with energy recovery (commonly called waste-to-energy) and landfilling. This paper focuses on waste-to-energy and especially its current status and benefits, with regard to GHG, dioxin and mercury emissions, energy production and land saving, on the basis of experience of operating facilities in USA.
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ISSN:0956-053X
1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.020