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During the 12th Global CemFuels event held in Berlin, Germany on February 20 & 21 in 2018, Ed has delivered the following presentation:
'Global development AFR use'
Ed Verhamme of Alternate Resource Partners gave a global overview of AF trends. He suggested that AF has the potential of abating 750Mt of CO2 per year by 2050 if current trends continue.
If all EU countries had a 60% TSR, 26Mt of CO2 emissions would be avoided each year, 15 Mt of waste would be processed, 11.1Mt of coal use would be avoided and Euro12bn of investment in Waste to Energy plants could also be avoided.
Ed suggested that global coal production peaked in 2013-2014 and has been steadily declining since then, but that there is still strong underlying demand, for instance from India.
A ban on landfilling, or at least strenuously applied and punitive landfill taxes, will strongly encourage both recycling and the development of a supply of waste-based AF. Southeast Asia and Central America are among those areas with the greatest potential for increase in use of AF. In the longer term, Africa is almost totally undeveloped.
To view the full presentation press here