Recovering waste through methanization (excluding biogas from WWTPs and landfills)

You wish to recover waste by methanization (excluding biogas from STEP and landfill). This requires knowing the type of waste that can be valorized by methanization, the methanization process, evaluating the profitability of the project and knowing the regulations required to build this type of methanization unit (excluding biogas from STEP and landfill).

This practical information sheet gives you the answers to the above points in this order:

• define the type of waste that can be recovered by anaerobic digestion (excluding biogas from WWTPs and landfills);

• define the anaerobic digestion process;

• assess the project's profitability ;

• define the regulations required for this type of project.