Biowaste ending up in mixed waste to be used to make road fuel – collaboration for new climate solutions
Finland generates an annual total of more than a million tonnes of mixed waste burnt at waste incineration plants. Mixed waste sent for incineration also contains significant amounts of biodegradable waste that is a valuable feedstock in biogas production. The use of renewable biogas can help achieve significant transport emission cuts. Together with the waste management company Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto owned by 17 municipalities in Southwestern Finland and the waste-to-energy company Lounavoima, Gasum is looking for a solution on how biowaste included in incinerable waste sent to an