Open AccessAssessment of Waste To Energy Generation Potential of Municipal Solid Waste: A Case Study of South Delhi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of science and technolgy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-5660
DOI - 10.46243/jst.2020.v5.i5.pp162-170
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , waste management , waste to energy , energy recovery , environmental science , urbanization , refuse derived fuel , waste treatment , mobile incinerator , compost , waste collection , population , environmental engineering , engineering , energy (signal processing) , statistics , demography , mathematics , sociology , economics , economic growth
Exponential population growth, unprecedented urbanization and changing life style has led to thesubstantial generation of municipal solid waste. Approximately only 20 percent of the waste generated is processedand remaining 80 percent is dumped in to landfill sites. Delhi is generating highest quantity of per capita municipalsolid waste and about 28 million tonnes of waste lay at Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla landfill sites.This waste havehigh calorific value and has lot of potential to convert into compost and energy for human use.There is an urgentneed to find sustainable solutions and appropriate technology to better manage waste and to generate energy fromthe waste.The aim of this paper is to characterization the waste and to analyze the waste energy generationpotential of municipal solid waste from South Delhi