10TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE
HOTEL MONACO & GRAND CANAL, VENICE (IT) / 25-27 NOVEMBER 2024

Workshop: Waste to Energy perspectives in low income countries

SESSION C05 / 22 November 2022 / 15:30 - 16:45

Workshop: Waste to Energy perspectives in low income countries

Chair / Presidente: Michael Nelles (DE)


For developing countries, the establishment of waste management structures is a challenge. This workshop will focus in particular on how energy recovery and disposal can be integrated into waste treatment in developing countries. Examples are the combined energy and material recovery of biowaste and the thermal treatment of hospital waste, which will be presented in expert lectures.

  • J. Sprafke, M. Lenhart, M. Pohl, A. Nassour, M. Nelles (DE)

    Challenges of waste management in Ethiopia and East Africa

  • M. Ragazzi, V. Torretta, A. Castellucci, P. Castellani, E.C. Rada (IT)

    An example of sinergies in PhD research on thermal treatment of healthcare waste in low-income countries