Alternate Resource Partners News
During the 10th Global CemFuels event in Prague, Czech Republic on February 22 & 23, 2016, Ed delivered the following presentation:
'How to identify the right waste markets for AF(&R) - now and in the future'
Ed Verhamme of Alternate Resource Partners spoke about how to identify the right waste markets for AF ('and R').
He suggested that in that the CO2 per tonne of clinker produced will be one of the key performance indicators in the future,
lower fossil-fuel-intensive fuel mixes will be used, there will be a lower clinker factor and CCS will become a reality.
Ed presented data showing not only the mix of means of waste disposal in different continents, but also the variation in waste mix between developed (mainly paper and plastics) and developing (higher levels of organics) countries. Ed suggested that the outlook has changed from a 'waste' mindset to one of 'How can we handle our discarded resources in ways which do not deprive future generations of some, if not all, of their the value?'
The presentation spoke about a factory in the Netherlands which is taking waste water treatment sludge, which might currently be used as a fuel in the cement industry, but which is being broken down into its component parts of paper fibers and of organic waste, with each of these separated commodities being used as raw materials in paper-making and as fertiliser: in the waste hierarchy, these uses would outrank the use of dried sludge as fuels in the cement industry in the traditional waste hierarchy.
To view the full presentation press here