Assessing the impact of new waste recycling targets on the operation of waste-to-energy incineration plants
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Kemian tekniikan korkeakoulu |
Master's thesis
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2024-01-22
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Industrial Energy Processes
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CHEM3044
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Master’s Programme in Advanced Energy Solutions (AAE)
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en
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110 + 19
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As the thesis title suggests, research was conducted on the effect of new waste management legislation on the operation of waste-to-energy (WtE) plants, especially focusing on the new recycling targets introduced in the Waste Framework Directive (WFD). The EU-27 was chosen as the regional scope of the thesis, due to having the world’s most ambitious waste management legislation, which is coherent for all member states, and thus serves as a pacemaker for other countries as well. Furthermore, the EU has extensive waste management data requirements, in order to effectively track the progression in meeting the legal waste management targets. This waste management data is compiled in Euro-stat, which was used in this thesis to gage the current waste management practices in the EU, based on which projection calculations were performed on the waste generation, composition and treatment in the EU-27 until 2040.I enlighet med diplomarbetets titel, undersöktes effekten av nya avfallshanteringslagar på användningen av avfallsfröbränning, särskilt gällande de nya återvinningskraven introducerade i Waste Framework Directive i 2018. EU-27 valdes som region for studien, eftersom där förekommer världens mest ambitiösa avfallshanteringslagar, som är gällande i alla dess 27 medlemsländer. Dessutom finns det omfattande rapportetingskrav för medlemsländer i EU, för att effektivt kunna övervaka framgången i att nå dessa mål. Denhär datan om avfallshantering är insamlad på Eurostat, vilken användes i dethär diplomarbetet för att skapa en överblick av den nuvarande avfallshanteringen i Europa, samt för att skapa projektionsräkningar för mängden avfall, mängden olika avfallskomponenter och avfallsbehandlingstekniker i EU-27 ända tills 2040.Description
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Harjunkoski, IiroThesis advisor
Salamäki, JouniKeywords
waste-to-energy, recycling, landfilling, incineration, recycling target, landfilling target