<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/446/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--25-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Assessment of the Environmental Values of Waste-to-Energy in the Gaza Strip</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2013-12-31</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.8.3.03</doi><volume>Volume 8</volume><issue>Volume 8</issue><page>355-364</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;p&gt;The Gaza Strip faces a chronic solid waste (SW) management and electricity shortage problem as a result of fifty years of political instability in the area coupled with a high population growth rate, an unhealthy economic condition, and limited land and energy resources. The option to develop a waste to energy (WTE) facility to manage SW and to alleviate the electricity shortage has not been previously investigated for the Gaza Strip.&amp;nbsp; This paper assesses the potential environmental and economic benefit of a WTE facility on the context of two scenarios: Mass Burn and Mass Burn with Recycling up to the year 2035. &amp;nbsp;The analysis shows a potential to generate approximately 77.1 Megawatts (MW) of electricity based on a Mass Burn scenario and approximately 4.7 MW of electricity based on a Mass Burn with Recycling scenario. These values are approximately 10.3% and 0.63% respectively of the projected peak electricity demand of 751 MW in 2035. &amp;nbsp;The research identifies the potentially significant environmental benefit of developing WTE facilities within the Gaza Strip. The Mass Burn with Recycling scenario shows a potential greenhouse gases emission reduction of approximately 92 thousand metric tons carbon equivalent (MTCE) per year, and landfill area savings of about 94 % in comparison to complete landfilling in 2035.&amp;nbsp; Further investigation is recommended to evaluate the socio-economic impacts and technical feasibility of the development of WTE facilities for the Gaza Strip&lt;/p&gt;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Gaza Strip</kwd><kwd> Waste-to-Energy</kwd><kwd> Solid Waste</kwd><kwd> Greenhouse Gases</kwd><kwd> Landfill</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>