French Solid Waste Partnership

Landfill Closure & Rehabilitation

Philippe — 2025-10-31T13:05:03Z

Seizing the opportunity for decarbonation, depollution and regeneration.

90 hectares of landfill in Abidjan suburbs closed after 53 years of operation.

Remodeling the landfill surface and slopes;
Development of a watertight covering;
Collection of water, leachate, and biogas;
Treatment of leachate;
Energy recovery from the biogas.

– https://www.veolia.com/fr/medias/planetlive/biogaz-decharge-pollution-solution

Istanbul Waste-to-Energy Plant

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:34:06Z

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality - İSTAÇ A.Ş.

Treatment capacity of 1.1 M/t waste per year:

Europe's largest waste to energy facility.
Electricity production by an 85 MW turbine = meets the needs of 1.4 million inhabitants.
Objective of carbon neutrality by 2053.

– Learn more online

Barka Landfill

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:28:39Z

A landmark of the Omani journey from open dumpsites to 100% controlled solid waste treatment.

2,500 t/day are highly compacted and readily covered with soil to reduce emissions.

Biogas is recovered; the installation of a gas engine is in planning; the capture of biogas from open cells is evaluated.
Leachate is treated; the permeate reused to cover the landfill operation needs; no discharge
Tyres are processed in chips to fuel a nearby cement plant.

Open-burning & Air quality

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:23:43Z

El Alto and La Paz – evaluation of airborne particle pollution sources.

This evaluation of airborne particle pollution sources in Bolivia show that:

Local air pollution in La Paz is mainly due to road traffic but additional sources such as waste burning may have non-negligeable impacts.
Waste burning contributes only 2 to 5% of total PM10 but contains more than 50% of the PAHs content which are carcinogenic components.

– https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/10325/2023/

Non-recyclable waste into green energy

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:24Z

Heat and power production as an alternative to landfilling.

The Sète waste-to-energy plant:

55,000 t/y of non-recyclable waste processed in an 18.1 MW oscillating furnace to produce

15.7 GWh of electricity
23 GW of steam

– https://www.paprec.com/fr/ikos-fresnoy-folny-pionnier-de-la-methanisation

MassBio2, the CO2 Dashboard

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:22Z

Assessing biogenic and fossil carbon fractions in incineration flue gas, waste and energy.

From flue gas to waste composition… by measuring the origin of CO₂ (¹⁴C analysis)

An algorithm assesses biogenic and fossil CO₂, the waste composition, and the renewable energy fraction.

– http://www.cabinet-merlin.fr/v2/nos-innovations/

Geothermal CO2 capture

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:19Z

Leveraging CO₂ dissolution capacity in cold versus hot water.

R&D project to combine a deep geothermal plant with permanent CO₂ storage of incineration flue gases.

The project aims to:

Store 300,000 tons of CO₂ (40% fossil) in a deep aquifer.
Recover heat from the geothermal aquifer to supply district heating.
Reduce the amount of the future European tax on waste-to-energy emissions.

– https://co2-dissolved.brgm.fr/

Green landfill to energy

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:13Z

Integrated infrastructure to replace dumpsites.

An innovative financing model for waste treatment in developing economies.

Produce biomethane, produce electricity.
Improve waste management from open dumpsites to environmentally controlled landfills.
The case of Meknes, Morocco: 200,000 t/y of waste safely managed; 70% reduction in emissions by 2033; 5,500 MWh/y production capacity.

– https://www.suez.com/en/our-offering/success-stories/our-references/a-waste-recovery-centre-in-meknes-combines-the-fight-against-global-warming-with-social-innovation