Energy recovered from municipal, industrial or agricultural waste streams by combustion, gasification or anaerobic digestion, principally waste-to-energy. Belongs here: energy sources whose feedstock is waste material, whether or not that waste is biogenic, distinguishing them from purpose-grown or purpose-harvested renewable biomass. Does not belong here: biogas produced from dedicated organic feedstock, grouped under Renewable.
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1. Waste-to-energy - Wikipedia
Waste-to-energy, History section, first attempts sentence
It was not until the late 19th century that the first attempts were made to produce energy from burning waste.
Waste-to-energy, lead section, combustion method sentence
The most common method of WtE is direct combustion of waste to produce heat, which can then be used to generate electricity via steam turbines.
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