Is this the end of end-of-waste? Uncovering the space between waste and products

Johansson, Nils; Forsgren, Christer

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104656

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“…Development of end‐of‐waste criteria for syngas, fuels, chemicals and mineral aggregates derived from thermochemical waste treatment must be mentioned as a most significant problem of legal character preventing wide implementation of thermochemical processing of WtFs and secondary materials (Antoniou & Zorpas, 2019; Johansson & Forsgren, 2020; Zorpas, 2016).…”

Section: Development and Applications Of Pyrolysis And Gasification Technologies For Waste Processingmentioning

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Evolution of pyrolysis and gasification as waste to energy tools for low carbon economy

Porshnov

2021

WIREs Energy & Environment

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The paper aims to review the state of the art in the field of pyrolysis and gasification of waste and to identify approaches that can be prospective considering the upcoming transformation of society. The results show that the transition to a circular, low carbon economy will significantly change the composition of municipal wastes, making thermochemical approaches more and more competitive. However, it does not mean that pyrolysis and gasification will outperform incineration in the field of traditional waste to energy. Novel thermochemical waste management approaches must not be viewed as competitors, but rather as the successors of the traditional mass‐burn incineration. The transition to a circular, low carbon economy will result in an emergence of new needs, new products and thus in possibilities of new pyrolysis and gasification‐based business models different from the waste to energy concept. Negative emissions, energy storage, stabilization of renewable grids as well as renewable fuels must be mentioned as examples of such new products. Thus, thermochemical processing technologies should be embedded into the wider concept of circular, low carbon economy as the source of energy for recycling, a technology of tertiary recycling of synthetic polymers and as a way to transform nonrecyclable rejects into fuels, negative emissions, and other marketable products. This article is categorized under: Bioenergy > Systems and Infrastructure

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Section: Development and Applications Of Pyrolysis And Gasification Technologies For Waste Processingmentioning

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Evolution of pyrolysis and gasification as waste to energy tools for low carbon economy

Porshnov

2021

WIREs Energy & Environment

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“…Finally, the fact that different countries choose different regulatory responses to controlling the dispersal of hazardous substances in waste can become a problem from both a circularity and toxicity perspective. Different rules may obviously complicate the trade of waste-based resources between countries, with potential negative effects on circularity (Johansson & Forsgren, 2020). But different responses between countries may also have negative effects from a toxicity perspective.…”

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How to handle the policy conflict between resource circulation and hazardous substances in the use of waste?

Johansson

Krook

2021

J of Industrial Ecology

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A circular economy creates a policy conflict between increased resource circulation and decreased dispersal of hazardous substances. On the basis of three case studies in the EU, we have therefore identified various regulatory questions that can be posed to address the occurrence of hazardous substances in the use of waste. For each of these questions, we have proposed two possible responses influencing the design of the regulation and analyzed their consequences both from a circularity and from a toxicity perspective.Currently, the regulations focus on reducing the dispersal of hazardous substances rather than stimulating resource circulation. The allowable contamination levels in the waste are typically regulated in relation to its mass rather than its content of valuable resources. The regulation of hazards in waste can be further developed in two general ways, by emphasizing either the risk of exposure to hazards or the total content of hazards. A risk approach is beneficial for short-term circularity and waste producers. A hazard approach is beneficial for long-term circularity and waste users. In order to improve the balancing of the policy conflict in question, values, underlying assumptions, and the effects of hazardous substances and resource circulation need to be better understood.

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“…Implementa herramientas y sistemas de gestión como ISO 31001. (Johansson & Forsgren, 2020) Análisis de las legislaciones o regulaciones existentes para la certificación de un material como desecho. Se concluye que la legislación actual obstaculiza los mercados y no permite que muchos materiales sean usados.…”

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La Economía Circular y los Sistemas de Control de Calidad de Procesos y Productos

Flórez¹,

Solís-Muñoz²

2021

Producción + Limpia

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El cuidado del medioambiente ha adquirido un creciente interés académico y empresarial debido a los efectos de la contaminación y la inadecuada gestión de los residuos. La Economía Circular (EC) surge como una estrategia para combatir estas repercusiones y cambiar de un modelo lineal a uno circular, con la intención de cerrar ciclos y que la mayoría de los residuos vuelvan a la etapa de producción. Por otro lado, el control de calidad puede ayudar a las empresas a alcanzar la circularidad deseada y garantizar la estabilidad en el logro de sus objetivos de EC usando herramientas adecuadas. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las prácticas de EC en el contexto de los sistemas de control de calidad de procesos y productos mediante un análisis bibliométrico y taxonómico. Los resultados muestran que han aumentado el interés investigativo y los aportes en la temática en los últimos cuatro años y que los países con más participación son Italia, España y China. La mayoría de los aportes son prácticos, con propuestas de estrategias enfocadas en empresas o procesos. Según los enfoques, se concluye que los autores tienen un gran interés en aportar modelos de negocios, marcos y estrategias para ayudar a las empresas a abordar prácticas de EC para procesos y productos.

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Is this the end of end-of-waste? Uncovering the space between waste and products

Cited by 24 publications

References 3 publications

Evolution of pyrolysis and gasification as waste to energy tools for low carbon economy

Evolution of pyrolysis and gasification as waste to energy tools for low carbon economy

How to handle the policy conflict between resource circulation and hazardous substances in the use of waste?

La Economía Circular y los Sistemas de Control de Calidad de Procesos y Productos

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