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This document outlines a panel discussion on the role of bioenergy in the UK in relation to land use, climate change, and food security. The panelists include representatives from the Irish Bioenergy Association, University of Manchester, JELF Insurance Brokers, Crop Protection Association, and ADAS UK. Andrew Welfle from the University of Manchester discusses his research analyzing the biomass resource potential and bioenergy pathways in the UK through modeling of land use, biomass availability, and the bioenergy supply chain.
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With the increasing urban population in Kenya, which is estimated to be growing at a rate higher than that of the country’s general population, waste generation and management is already a major challenge. The industrialization and urbanization process in the country, dominated by one major city – Nairobi, which has around four times the population of the next largest urban centre (Mombasa) – has witnessed an exponential increase in the generation of solid waste. It is projected that by 2030, about 50 per cent of the Kenyan population will be urban.
Aim:
A healthy, safe, secure and sustainable solid waste management system fit for a world – class city.
Improve and protect the public health of Nairobi residents and visitors.
Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
Build awareness and capacity for source separation as essential components of sustainable waste management.
Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
Solid waste generation rate is at 2240 tones / day
collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
Good Practices:
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• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
• Nairobi is one of the C40 cities in this respect , various actors in the solid waste management space have adopted a variety of technologies to reduce short lived climate pollutants including source separation , recycling , marketing of the recycled products.
• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
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- 1. LAND USE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY: THE ROLE OF BIOENERGY IN THE UK #UKADBiogas @adbioresources PANEL: MICHAEL DORAN, IRISH BIOENERGY ASSOCIATION ANDREW WELFLE, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER CARL GURNEY, JELF INSURANCE BROKERS NICK VON WESTERHOLZ, CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION DR CARLA TURNER, ADAS UK
- 2. ADBA Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Conference NEC Birmingham - 02nd July 2015 Dr.AndrewWelfle Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of Manchester UK Biomass Resources & Opportunities for Anaerobic Digestion Bioenergy Pathways
- 3. The Biomass Resource Model Research analysis tool Land Use / Biomass Availability / Bioenergy Model supply chain dynamics of chosen geography Forecast the availability & bioenergy potential of terrestrial biomass resources. Key focus on analysing interfaces: Food vs. Biomass Land vs. Biomass Biomass for Energy vs. Competing Markets
- 4. UK Biomass Resource Scenarios Food & OrganicWastes Animal BasedAgriculturalWastes Plant BasedAgricultural Residues Specifically Grown Resources Availability (Tonnes) of UK Biomass Resources (References: 1 + 2 )
- 5. UK Land & Energy Crops Availability of UK Land & Potential Energy Crops Production (References: 1 + 2 )
- 6. Increasing Biomass Availability through Supply Chain Analyses Grown Biomass Resources Waste Biomass Resources 17) Land Dedicated for Energy Crop Growth 3) Crop & Agriculture Productivity 16) Waste Management Strategies (References: 1 + 3 )
- 7. Other AD Relevant Work Themes Bioenergy Potential from different UK Resources UK Bioenergy Potential vs. UK Bioenergy Demands GHG Impact of UK AD Bioenergy Scenarios GHG Impact of UK Energy Crop Scenarios
- 8. Thank You andrew.welfle@manchester.ac.uk 1) Welfle A. Biomass Resource Analyses & Future Bioenergy Scenarios. Manchester: University of Manchester; 2014. 2) Welfle A, Gilbert P, Thornley P. Securing a Bioenergy Future without Imports. Energy Policy. 2014; 68: 1-14. 3) Welfle A, Gilbert P, Thornley P. Increasing Biomass Resource Availability through Supply Chain Analysis. Biomass & Bioenergy. 2014; 70: 249-226.
- 9. LAND USE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY: THE ROLE OF BIOENERGY IN THE UK #UKADBiogas @adbioresources PANEL: MICHAEL DORAN, IRISH BIOENERGY ASSOCIATION ANDREW WELFLE, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER CARL GURNEY, JELF INSURANCE BROKERS NICK VON WESTERHOLZ, CROP PROTECTION ASSOCIATION DR CARLA TURNER, ADAS UK