Energy recovery from waste as an essential part of a sustainable economy

The article presents an analysis of benefits of the energy recovery from waste. Presented a look at energy recovery from waste as part of a modern and diversified national energy policy. Energy recovery from waste is an essential link in closing the model of a sustainable closed-cycle economy. The paper presents the basic legal regulations on energy recovery from waste in Poland and the European Union and discusses the waste hierarchy model, according to which energy recovery from waste is placed behind material recycling. The technical basis of the energy recovery process in waste incineration plants is presented, as well as the possibility of classifying part of the energy recovered from waste as energy from a renewable source. The importance of cogeneration, regarded as the most efficient way of producing energy from waste, is emphasised.

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).