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Electricity generation through municipal solid waste in Sri Lanka: Drivers and barriers

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dc.contributor.author Karunarathna, TADCD
dc.contributor.author Sridarran, P
dc.contributor.author Gowsiga, M
dc.contributor.editor Sandanayake, YG
dc.contributor.editor Waidyasekara, KGAS
dc.contributor.editor Gunatilake, S
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-30T01:06:46Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-30T01:06:46Z
dc.date.issued 2022-06-24
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19990
dc.description.abstract The rapid increase in population and urbanisation has led to an increase in per capita consumption and the generation of waste. Thus, the need of having improved management strategies for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) has aroused. Waste to Energy (WtE) was a concept that came up as a solution for waste management and as an ideal solution for energy crises as well. WtE is a process of generating energy mainly in terms of electricity and heat by giving MSW as the input where it will become the fuel for this process. Most countries like Denmark, England, Australia, etc. use this as a successful Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) strategy and as a sustainable energy producing mechanism too. But, in Sri Lankan WtE has become unsuccessful in many instances due to the influence of barriers to implementing WtE mega-scale projects. Thus, this study aims to explore existing barriers in light of expanding WtE projects in Sri Lanka. In addition, it proposes strategies to mitigate those barriers. Data was collected through expert interviews and manual content analysis was used for data analysis. Some identified key barriers and strategies in the frame of political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental are lack of having government infrastructure, high initial investments, social burdens, lack of technical knowledge on WtE, disposal of bottom and fly ash as barriers and providing infrastructure by the government, introducing debt financing, social awareness, getting foreign technical experts, using bottom ash and fly ash to produce some necessary bi-products as strategies. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Ceylon Institute of Builders - Sri Lanka en_US
dc.source.uri https://ciobwcs.com/2022-papers/ en_US
dc.subject Barriers and Strategies en_US
dc.subject Drivers; Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) en_US
dc.subject Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka; Waste to Energy (WtE) en_US
dc.title Electricity generation through municipal solid waste in Sri Lanka: Drivers and barriers en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.conference World Construction Symposium - 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.place Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 415-428 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 10th World Construction Symposium - 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2022.34 en_US


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