ABSTRACT
The prevailing energy policy of many governments around the world is strongly supportive of replacing fossil fuels with alternative fuels that can contribute to cutting carbon emissions. The sustainability agenda of many governments also supports the usage of waste material for the production of such alternative fuels. This is primarily due to the obvious benefits of using waste feedstock to simultaneously harness its energy content and to provide a viable solution to waste disposal problems. Countries and regions around the world operate at different efficiencies relating to harnessing useful energy from waste materials. Developed and industrialized countries have a marked advantage in this area and they are indeed ahead of many of the developing countries of the world in this regard. Nevertheless, the energy policy and the ground truth pertaining to production and usage of renewable energy from wastes are showing a positive trend in many developing nations. This chapter examines the prevailing outlook pertaining to waste-to-energy technologies in developing nations.
