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Alternative Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Morocco: Energy Savings and GHG Emission Reduction
The increasing amount of municipal solid waste and its consequent disposal has been a crucial issue in promoting a sustainable environment according to the Moroccan Ministry of the Environment. The rate of production of municipal waste was about 5.9 million tons/year, or 0.76 kg/citizen/day in urban areas. The controlled landfill rate was only 32% without energy recovery; the rest is transferred to wild dumps. In this study, alternate scenarios of the municipal solid waste (MSW) management are presented and analyzed. These scenarios aim to evaluate the energy savings and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions of four different practices of MSW management (recycling, incineration, landfilling and composting) in Morocco. The study reveals composting as the greatest choice when the energy savings and GHG emission reduction were considered since that organic waste constitutes a large share of the total waste in Morocco (65%); however, recycling of non-organic waste is found to be agreeable under the consideration of GHG emission reduction only. The obtained results will help the authorities involved in MSW management in Morocco to prepare more efficient measures.
Alternative Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Morocco: Energy Savings and GHG Emission Reduction
The increasing amount of municipal solid waste and its consequent disposal has been a crucial issue in promoting a sustainable environment according to the Moroccan Ministry of the Environment. The rate of production of municipal waste was about 5.9 million tons/year, or 0.76 kg/citizen/day in urban areas. The controlled landfill rate was only 32% without energy recovery; the rest is transferred to wild dumps. In this study, alternate scenarios of the municipal solid waste (MSW) management are presented and analyzed. These scenarios aim to evaluate the energy savings and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions of four different practices of MSW management (recycling, incineration, landfilling and composting) in Morocco. The study reveals composting as the greatest choice when the energy savings and GHG emission reduction were considered since that organic waste constitutes a large share of the total waste in Morocco (65%); however, recycling of non-organic waste is found to be agreeable under the consideration of GHG emission reduction only. The obtained results will help the authorities involved in MSW management in Morocco to prepare more efficient measures.
Alternative Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Morocco: Energy Savings and GHG Emission Reduction
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Littlewood, John (Herausgeber:in) / Howlett, Robert J. (Herausgeber:in) / Jain, Lakhmi C. (Herausgeber:in) / Maaouane, M. (Autor:in) / Dobrović, S. (Autor:in) / Zouggar, S. (Autor:in) / Krajačić, G. (Autor:in)
08.12.2020
19 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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