This research explored the potential of waste-to-energy(WtE)technology as a sustainable solution to Nigeria’s energy deficit and waste management challenges.Various WtE technologies were reviewed,including incinerati...
This research is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF)through the research project grant no.01LN1713A to the research group Global Change:STEEP-CarbonTrans;Any opinions,findings,conclusions and recommendations in the document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the BMBF;The authors also give thanks for the feedback from the Institute of Coal Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences(ICC CAS),in particular the project team from‘Zero Waste Cities:International Best Practices and Current Waste Situation in Shanxi Province’under the Shanxi International Cooperation Program(Project No:201903D421086).
Waste is a valuable secondary carbon resource.In the linear economy,it is predominantly landfilled or incinerated.These disposal routes not only lead to diverse climate,environmental and societal problems;they also re...