Refused-Derived Fuel (RDF) as an Environmental Solution for Alternative Energy

Nowadays the energy shortage is among the issues of the day and many developing countries supply their needed fuel from other countries. Increase in population and urbanization development has led to increase in waste production and problems relating to urban waste disposal. Lack of space for disposal and emission of pollutants has inspired an incentive to seek better ways to dispose of waste with lower environmental impacts. On the other hand the issue of energy shortage is of high significance and finding a way to provide an alternative, sustainable and affordable energy is essential. One of the ways to reduce fossil fuel demand is to use other energy sources such as clean energy and also energy derived from waste recycling which are taken into account due to their lower price, availability and faster conversion to energy. Applying these methods not only provide the energy required, but also is a supporter of the environment. Today, new methods of waste utilization to produce fuel are very useful and important. In this article, we try to study the impact of RDF on reducing environmental pollution. RDF is referred to fuel derived from residual material through various processes of waste recycling.

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Waste disposal , Environmental impacts , Fossil fuels , Clean energy , RDF