SUSTAINABILITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION FROM THE SOLID WASTE OF GOMBE METROPOLIS
Isah, Mohammed;Ahmed, Chinede Abdullahi;Istifanus, Victor
Department of Environmental Management Technology
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
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Adamu, Sani Jauro
Department of Planning, Research & Statistics
Ministry of Environment & Forest Resources, PMB 0188 Gombe
Email: sanidaddy@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
A study to assess the sustainability of renewable energy production from the solid waste of Gombe metropolis was carried out around the two officially designated waste dumpsites (INEX and GOSEPA), the result of the study shows that the waste at INEX dumpsite has a density of 300Kg/M3,the site has the calculated capacity of 891,771.6M3 and current capacity of 267,531.48 in tons, while waste at GOSEPA dumpsite has a density of 285Kg/M3,the site also has the calculated capacity of 230,657.52M3 and current capacity 65,737.39 of the waste at the dumpsite in tons. The result further shows that the initial year when dumping of waste commenced at INEX dumpsite was 2009 and as at 2018, 584,978 tons of waste have been deposited there with an average annual disposal of 64,997.56 tons per year, and the calculated year of the dumpsite closure of 2034. While GOSEPA dumpsite has 2005 as its year of initial dumping of waste and 225,259 tons of waste have been deposited there as at 2018 with an average annual disposal rate of 17,327.62 tons per year, and the calculated year of the dumpsite closure of 2051. Consequently this indicates the feasibility of waste to energy plant in Gombe metropolis, and through the incineration of municipal solid waste generated there, substantial quantity of electricity can be produced. The research therefore, recommend that government of Gombe State through the State ministry of Environment and Forest Resources should incorporate scavengers into the waste management stream, and also improve their surveillance mechanism to effectivelyregulate the activities of private waste management companies in order to harmonize the waste collection processes, transportation, treatment and disposal for the sustainability of the energy generation potentials from the incineration of the solid waste in Gombe metropolis, and the research further recommend another investigation to assess the economic sustainability of utilizing the solid waste generated in Gombe metropolis for energy generation.
Keywords: fromthe Solid Waste, of Gombe Metropolis, Sustainability of Renewable Energy Production
