Download or read book Waste to Energy in the Age of the Circular Economy written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook features best practices for integrating waste to energy and related technologies into the operations of various industries. It discusses current technologies, presents a conceptual example of municipal solid waste planning, and provides commentary on waste-to-energy initiatives. The importance of appropriate infrastructure as well as flexibility and openness to technologies and business models is emphasized. The handbook—and its complementary compendium of 18 projects—aim to support the efforts of developing countries in Asia and the Pacific to deploy and scale up technologies relevant to the circular economy.