Waste Gasification

The waste sector holds an underestimated role in the low-carbon economy — and where residual waste cannot be recycled, advanced gasification offers a cleaner route than incineration.

A newly released report finds the waste sector has a key role to play in the development of a low-carbon economy and the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Commissioned by Zero Waste Europe, in partnership with Zero Waste France and ACR+, the report comes in advance of the UN Climate Conference in Paris.

The report finds that the role of waste prevention and improved waste management in reducing GHG emissions has been significantly understated. It confirms that actions at the top of the waste hierarchy — waste prevention, reuse and recycling — have considerable scope to reduce climate change emissions. For example, recycling one tonne of plastic packaging can save 500 kg CO2 equivalent, while using one tonne less plastic avoids six times more emissions.

“For far too long the climate impact of waste management has been overlooked. Now it’s clear that waste prevention, reuse and recycling are climate change solutions that need to be fully integrated into a low-carbon economy,” said Mariel Vilella, Zero Waste Europe’s Associate Director.

The report makes 11 key recommendations, calling for waste policies to be redesigned to prioritise the higher levels of the waste hierarchy and to reallocate climate-finance subsidies currently supporting energy generation from residual waste. It argues that reappraising methane and biogenic emissions from landfill and incineration would show residual-waste treatment to be a materially larger emissions source than national inventories report.

Learn More:

• What is gasification?
• Municipal waste gasification
• Recovering clean energy and resources from waste
• Fischer-Tropsch diesel, methanol and ethanol
• Hydrogen production
• Feasibility studies

Waste Gasification Systems

Not all energy-from-waste is incineration. Where this report criticises the emissions of residual-waste incineration, gasification is the cleaner alternative: it converts municipal solid waste into a clean synthesis gas rather than burning it, then upgrades that syngas into a portfolio of high-value products — Fischer-Tropsch diesel, hydrogen, combined heat and power (CHP), methanol and ethanol.

Klean’s gasification systems recover energy and chemicals from the residual waste that cannot be recycled or reused, delivering a lower-emission route that sits above incineration on the waste hierarchy.

Why Choose Klean Industries’ Waste Gasification?

✅ Low-Emission Alternative to Incineration – Converts waste to clean syngas instead of burning it.
✅ Multi-Product Output – Fischer-Tropsch diesel, hydrogen, CHP, methanol and ethanol from one feedstock.
✅ High-Value Resource Recovery – Unlocks energy and chemicals from residual waste that recycling can’t reach.
✅ Industry-Leading Gasification Technology – Proven municipal waste-to-energy systems worldwide.

Looking for a cleaner way to turn residual waste into diesel, hydrogen and renewable fuels?

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