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Belarus: The Council of Ministers of Belarus has approved the creation of a plan for the production of alternative fuels from municipal solid waste (MSW) and its use in the country. The aim is to expand the scope of use of municipal solid waste and its conversion into refuse derived fuel (RDF) including usage at cement plants.

The project aims to replace imported coal and natural gas with RDF levels of up to 330,000t for use by cement kilns. This will require around 1.1Mt of MSW or 26% of the country’s supply. In order to do this it has been recommended that new MSW sorting facilities should be set up and the existing ones should be retrofitted to produce raw materials for RDF.

The works will be implemented in two phases. Under the first phase (2016 - 2017), two facilities for the production of RDF will be set up in Krichev to supply Krichevcementnoshifer and Belarusian Cement Plant and one in Krasnoselsk for the Krasnoselskstroymaterialy company. In addition the fuel supply systems will need to be upgraded at the cement plants, production of raw material for RDF will be organised at the existing waste treatment plants in Brest, Mogilev, Gomel, Baranovichi and a waste sorting plant that is under construction in Grodno.

The cost of the first phase is estimated at Euro227m. Under the second phase (2017 - 2020), the output of raw materials for the production of RDF will be increased. In particular, inter-regional sorting plants should be built in Bobruisk, Vawkavysk, Zhlobin, Krichev, Lida, recycling plants should be built in Vitebsk and Orsha, a waste treatment plant should be reconstructed in Gomel. The cost of the second phase totals Euro118m. If this plan is implemented in full, the overall level of waste utilisation will be approximately 27% in 2020.