28 February 2022 - From waste to energy, a burning issue EnyMSW project worked on at the border regions of Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine. Project story released by TESIM

Controlled burning can reduce huge volumes of garbage into – literally – a handful of ashes. Waste combustion is often preferred as the alternative to waste landfilling. But what is most important, it allows to recover energy from the burning process – either in the form of electricity and/or heat – that can further be used in homes and businesses. The EnyMSW project has worked on the development of this idea for the border regions of Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine.

Dump sites are a sore point for many municipalities across Europe and beyond. Stretching over hectares of land, landfills are emitting carbon dioxide, methane and toxins which not only harm the environment but also threaten health of local citizens. Thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) not only reduces its volume by around 95% but can also harness its embedded energy and put it for other uses. Of course, the waste-to-energy idea is not new, but its application to a particular city or region requires a thorough research to prove its feasibility. And this is what the three universities – the partners of the EnyMSW project – carried out for the regions of Maramures in Romania, Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine and Prešov in Slovakia.

The story written by Volha Prokharava and published by TESIM expalins various thermal treatment techniques and main experiments carried out by Lead beneficiary - the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca - as well as shares steps taken by partners within project implementation phase in order to achieve project goals. Please, use the link for the full article.