Business Potential18 Aug 2018 10:34
The World Bank forecasts that by 2025 municipal solid waste will increase by 72%. Current oversaturated waste disposal infrastructures would not be able to cover the required needs, which added to inefficient methods make the problem worse. Estimates expect the world urban population to increase from 3bn in 2010 to around 7.6bn by 2025, which will make the total waste generation increase from 3.5m tons/day to 6.1m tons/day. Moreover, a study provided by the Steinbeiss Europe Zentrum Institute (SEZ) has estimated that the business potential of RDF usage as an energy source in Europe is ?36bn; that is, without taking into account all the potential coming from developing economies, with increasing urban areas and a rising demography.