Challenges and an implementation framework for sustainable municipal organic waste management using biogas technology in Emerging Asian Countries

Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo*, Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage, Chen Liu, Michael Knaus, Hiroshi Onoda, Faezeh Mahichi, Yanghui Guo

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Abstract

Due to its ability to recover both material and energy from organic waste, biogas technology is considered one of the best technology for treating organic waste. While in many emerging Asian countries more than 50% of municipal waste is organic waste, the amount of organic waste treated with biogas technology remains very limited. This study identified key challenges faced by practitioners in sustaining biogas plants from literature and interviewed a number of sustainably operating biogas plant managers and, based on the findings, developed an implementation framework to help decision makers and practitioners in planning a sustainable municipal organic waste biogas plant facility.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6331
JournalSustainability (Switzerland)
Volume11
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Nov 1

Keywords

  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Biogas
  • Developing countries
  • Energy recovery
  • Material recovery
  • Municipal solid waste
  • Organic waste

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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