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Utilizing Waste to Energy : Developing an Ecological Economy

Regardless, in a society that is experiencing escalating never-ending environmental problems and normalized scarcities, the circular economy idea has received much attention. In its essence, a circular economy relies on reduction of waste in resource utilization, and optimisation of resource use. Part of the framework, the most effective tactics is the waste to energy also referred to as WTE technology which simply involves recycling waste products into usable energy resources this move means that most reliance on the fossil fuel will have been eliminated and the current pressure on the space filled up by the landfills is likely to be eased out.  The Need to Have Waste-to-Energy Programs   The conventional methods of putting waste into disposal systems that include dumping and burning of wastes without recycling them into energy are environmentally and economically burdensome. Freshwater pollution, emission of greenhouse gasses, and taking up of space which can be (should be) used for