Bioenergy recycling of household solid waste as a direction for ensuring sustainable development of rural areas

Abstract

Current practice of waste generation and management in Ukraine has led to an increase in the area of landfills and a loss of the beneficial potential of waste. Today, territorial communities in Ukraine have received enormous new powers within the framework of decentralization, in particular, waste management is now under their jurisdiction. In order to implement the National Waste Management Strategy in Ukraine 2030 and the National Waste Management Plan 2030, communities need to activate the areas of effective disposal of household solid waste (HSW), and for this purpose it is necessary to take into account European norms and standards in this area, as well as share successful Ukrainian and foreign experience. The aim of the study is to analyze a successful case of waste management of a separate community in Ukraine (Illintsi United Territorial Community) as an example for other communities, as well as to develop guidelines for bioenergy recycling of waste in the community under the study with the production of RDF fuel and biogas in order to provide energy resources and improve the condition of the environment. To achieve this goal, there were used the following methods: monographic, deductive, inductive, analysis and synthesis, economic analysis, graphic and tabular, statistical, as well as the case-study method. The conducted research confirmed the growth of waste generation volumes in Ukraine and their limited beneficial use. The developed recommendations on the improvement of the household solid waste management based on the successful case of Illintsi Territorial Community and proposals for organizing the production of RDF fuel and biogas can become a strong basis for the development of communities on the basis of sustainability.

An advanced European overview of the bioenergy efficiency of using digestate from biogas plants when growing agricultural crops

“…For anaerobic fermentation (AD) in bioreactors and the production of biogas, substances having an organic structure can be used, in particular, purified wastewater, plant residues, grass silage, energy crops, agro-food industry waste (part of solid household waste, including fruit and vegetable residues, canteen waste, kitchen waste), green waste (grass clippings, leaves), livestock waste (pig and cow dung, chicken droppings) and food waste (animal fats, used cooking oil, restaurant degreasing tanks) (Bhatt and Tao 2020;Kathijotes et al 2015;Tilvikiene et al 2020), wood industry waste (Rawoof et al 2021;Honcharuk et al 2023), fishing and aquaculture waste (European Parliament 2009).…”

Peculiarities of Marketing Activities of Agrarian Enterprises in the Conditions of Martial Law

“…However, there are communities that pay due attention to effective waste management, and their activities can become a successful example for others. We are talking about the Illinetska urban territorial community of the Vinnytsia region, which has started a number of waste management projects since 2016 and is successfully implementing them [129].…”

“…More than 40% of sorted waste is sold for processing. During 2020, KP "Dobrobut" sorted 20,500 m3 of solid waste, of which 40% was sold, 14% was sent for processing, and 46% was sent to a landfill [129].…”

“…About 14% of solid waste is used for recycling within the community -as a component for the production of paving slabs. In the tile production workshop, sand and plastic agglomerate are combined into a mixture: 30% plastic waste, 70% sand (the technology requires the use of river sand) [129].…”

Evaluation of Ecological Adaptability of Oilseed Radish (<i>Raphanus sativus</i> L. var. <i>oleiformis</i> Pers.) Biopotential Realization in the System of Criteria for Multi-Service Cover Crop

“…Modern processes of biologization of farming systems through diversification of classical approaches to crop rotation design and their saturation with intermediate crops are aimed at both preventing the degradation of agricultural land and realizing the goals of a significant reduction of anthropogenic impact on the environment (Waha et al, 2020;Honcharuk et al, 2023). Usually, the use of intermediate crops in the basic links of crop rotations is considered from many perspectives, from optimizing organic fertilization to reducing the negative status of repeated crops, and in the complex of agroecological approaches guarantees a number of significant benefits that have a long-term positive effect on the overall ecological and productive potential of the soil (Couëdel et al, 2019;Dzvene et al, 2023).…”