Waste to Wealth Africa

Zero waste

Zero emissions

Clean Africa

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Zimbabwe

Generated waste 1 280 t/day

Republic of South Africa

Generated waste 4 690 t/day

Tanzania

Generated waste 1 820 t/day

Mozambique

Generated waste 4 480 t/day

Ghana

Generated waste 6 500 t/day

Our mission and vision

W2W mission

identification of needs for the processing of solid household, industrial and agricultural waste
project development and project optimization for a specific region
organization of financing
project management support

W2W concept

Africa - a region with zero landfills and zero waste
creation of a system of energy and environmental security for the region
waste management = revenue management

Processing of municipal, industrial and agricultural solid waste into synthetic gas, electricity, eco-fuel (ecodiesel and methanol) and meprin (high-protein component of animal feed)

About us

Project author and integrated manager of the Waste to Wealth Program - Africa Development Group (ADG).

realizes the synergy of technologies, capital and intellectual solutions for the population, economy, and environment
improves the security of energy and food supply in Africa
creates additional jobs
promotes a scientific approach to waste disposal and recycling
provides opportunities to produce diversified products

Waste to Wealth projects present in 9 African countries

ADG this is a Investment & Project Management Company (Dubai, UAE). Management company several our Investment Funds, focused on sustainable development projects in Africa. Owns rights for zero emission waste processing technology with options to produce synthetic gas, power, methanol and meprin. Readiness to implement projects in partnership with local project developers/local governments (municipalities). Provides detailed guidelines for project development and terms of partnership.

MSW composition in Africa

MSW composition in Africa Waste Management Market in 2020

Metal - 4%

Glass - 4%

Paper - 9%

Other - 13%

Plastic - 13%

Organic - 57%

Africa Waste Management Market

Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2020 - 2025)

The Africa Waste management market is growing significantly with a cagr of % and is expected to continue to grow further in the forecast period with an average waste collection rate of only 55%.

Most of the Municipal Solid Waste collection services in many African countries are inadequate.
With an average of 57% of MSW in Africa being biodegradable organic waste, the bulk of the waste is dumped. About 90% of the waste generated in Africa is disposed of to land, typically to uncontrolled and controlled dumpsites. Only about 4% of the waste generated in Africa is recycled, often by informal actors (as with reuse).

Africa Waste Management Market

Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2020 - 2025)

Africa has lately become a dumping site for waste, particularly hazardous waste, often from developed countries.

More than 130 people have died in the landfill collapses in Africa in the past one year, 2/3 of whom were women. To address these concerns, many social and technological innovations have emerged in the waste sector in Africa.

Africa Waste Management Market

Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2020 - 2025)

Growing need for effective waste collection services in Africa. As just a little over 50% of the waste generated in Africa are collected, the collection services in Africa remain inadequate. The changing consumption patterns and weaker collection systems results in the leakage of waste into the environment. Due to the insufficiency in the collection of generated waste, the current waste management practices are causing significant technological, social and environmental impacts.

Africa Waste Management Market

Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2020 - 2025)

The African Union, an organization representing all the sovereign states on the continent – has the vision that African countries will be recycling at least 50% of the urban waste they generate by 2023 and grow urban waste recycling industries. Recycling only four percent of the waste it generates, Africa has become a dumping ground for waste, particularly hazardous waste, often from developed countries.

To address the growing challenge regarding waste management, there are policies and strategies for Africa. The African Union had published the “Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want” in 2013 and a popular version in 2015. It is a strategic socio-economic transformation framework for the continent and emphasizes sustainable development. “The Agenda 2063 Implementation Plan (2014–2023) outlines specific goals to be achieved during the first ten years, including reference to the expected transformation of waste management,” the authors of the “Africa Waste Management Outlook” inform. One target is a recycling rate of 50% regarding urban waste by 2023.

Africa Waste Management Market

Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2020 - 2025)

The Africa Waste management market is growing significantly with a cagr of % and is expected to continue to grow further in the forecast period with an average waste collection rate of only 55%.

Most of the Municipal Solid Waste collection services in many African countries are inadequate.
With an average of 57% of MSW in Africa being biodegradable organic waste, the bulk of the waste is dumped. About 90% of the waste generated in Africa is disposed of to land, typically to uncontrolled and controlled dumpsites. Only about 4% of the waste generated in Africa is recycled, often by informal actors (as with reuse).

market statistics

MSW composition in Africa

MSW composition in Africa Waste Management Market in 2020

Metal - 4%

Glass - 4%

Paper - 9%

Other - 13%

Plastic - 13%

Organic - 57%

Africa has lately become a dumping site for waste, particularly hazardous waste, often from developed countries.

More than 130 people have died in the landfill collapses in Africa in the past one year, 2/3 of whom were women. To address these concerns, many social and technological innovations have emerged in the waste sector in Africa.

Africa Waste Management Market

Growing need for effective waste collection services in Africa. As just a little over 50% of the waste generated in Africa are collected, the collection services in Africa remain inadequate. The changing consumption patterns and weaker collection systems results in the leakage of waste into the environment. Due to the insufficiency in the collection of generated waste, the current waste management practices are causing significant technological, social and environmental impacts.

Africa Waste Management Market

The African Union, an organization representing all the sovereign states on the continent – has the vision that African countries will be recycling at least 50% of the urban waste they generate by 2023 and grow urban waste recycling industries. Recycling only four percent of the waste it generates, Africa has become a dumping ground for waste, particularly hazardous waste, often from developed countries.

To address the growing challenge regarding waste management, there are policies and strategies for Africa. The African Union had published the “Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want” in 2013 and a popular version in 2015. It is a strategic socio-economic transformation framework for the continent and emphasizes sustainable development. “The Agenda 2063 Implementation Plan (2014–2023) outlines specific goals to be achieved during the first ten years, including reference to the expected transformation of waste management,” the authors of the “Africa Waste Management Outlook” inform. One target is a recycling rate of 50% regarding urban waste by 2023.

Africa Waste Management Market

How much waste does Africa produce each year?

Population of Africa is estimated as 1,2 bln people in 2020. According to a World Bank Urban Development Series report, Africa currently produces just about 90 million tons of waste every year. With its growth of population (average population growth rate is 3% a year), rapid urbanization and growing economies, waste production in Africa will exceed 160 million tons by the year 2025.

		2020	2030	2040	2050
Population of Africa	mln people	1200	1560	2028	2636
Population growth rate	%p.a.	3%	3%	3%	3%
Rate of urbanization	%	30%	35%	40%	45%
Urban population in Africa	mln people	360	546	811	1186
MSW generation by urban population in Africa	t/day* 000 t p.a.	252 000 90 720	382 200 137 592	567 840 204 422	830 466 298 968
% of MSW collection in cities	%	40%	55%	70%	80%
MSW collection	000 t p.a.	36 288	75 676	143 096	239 174
Number of 180 tons per day (50 000 tons per year) units*	units	726	1 514	2 862	4 783

Why is waste management in Africa a problem?

With its rapid urbanization and growing economies, waste production in Africa will exceed 160 million tons by the year. Waste generation in Africa, like in other developing regions in the world, is driven by population growth, rapid urbanization, a growing middle class, changing consumption habits and production patterns, and global waste trade and trafficking. Waste is a problem because it causes pollution, disease, and environmental crisis when it’s not properly managed.

Total MSW generation of African countries

Can Africa’s waste be turned into money-making products?

The volume of waste generated on our continent is expected to double in the coming years as Africa’s economy becomes more prosperous and the size and population of its cities explode. A few smart entrepreneurs are turning the huge waste we produce every day into money-making products.- But that is a small drop in the total waste to wealth potential in Africa, recycling only 5% of total waste generated.

THE PROBLEM with garbage disposal in Africa today

disposal-car

Existing landfills are overflowing, urban growth does not allow for the expansion of landfills, new landfills have to be moved far away, which requires more money for removal

Garbage volume grows dramatically, much faster then with population growth

The are environmental risks for the population and the environment

The population is not ready to pay high rates for garbage collection

States and municipalities do not have technologies and investments for recycling

What solutions are required?

economy

Solutions shall be cost effective and economically viable, providing competitive attractive returns to private investors.

environment

Solutions shall be fully environmentally friendly at all stages from waste collection to waste processing
(zero waste and zero emissions solutions).

OUR TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

We have identified, developed, integrated and applied innovative technologies for waste collection and waste processing, which are completely environmentally friendly, have zero waste and zero emissions, also fully restore and purify and reuse recycled water used in the processing.
Spectrum of products we produce covers variety of energy and food security needs of Africa sustainable development. We use a combination of several technologies, including production of synthetic gas by pyrolysis and high-temperature plasma, CC technology.

ZERO EMISSION WASTE PROCESSING PLANT

plant

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Capacity from 180 to 2700 tons per day (50 000 - 750 000 tons per year)
Unit capacity 180 t/day
Modular plants, capacity can be increased following increase in volume of generated and collected waste
Option to process any type of waste including MSW, medical waste, transformer oil, industrial hazargous waste of 1-3 class, processing of railways sleepers, agriculture waste

ADVANTAGES

All type of waste, including MSW, industrial, agricultural, medical and other hazargous waste as well as sluge are processed without sourting
No need for external power (generates power for own needs)
ZERO GAS EMISSIONS
ZERO WASTE WATER
Includes water treatment component, all water used in technology processes in recirculated. In case of sluge processing with high liquid content treated water can be sold as the final product

PRODUCTION STAGES

Stage 1: Production of purifies synthetic gas.
Stage 2: Production of product with high demand in the local market:

Electric power
Metanol
Pruteen (high protein component of animal feed)
Сoncrete products from ash residues.

Scheme of recycling process with a brief description

The plant will include the following blocks with a capacity of 180 tons per day each: one for gasification of MSW, one unit for gasification of medical waste, sludge, transformer oils, industrial waste of hazard class 1-3 (with a perimeter protection fence), one processing unit for sleepers, poultry waste, ash processing building.
Each facility will include a maintenance shop, control rooms, a secure storage area for chemical agents and an additional second floor with a laboratory and automated control rooms with a video surveillance system for each area.

Depending on the need, the plant can be completed and processed from 180 to 1,500 tons / day. Such a gasification system converts all waste without harmful emissions and utilizes 95% of the waste into synthesis gas, and the remaining 5% of the bottom ash is mineralized for use in building materials for roads. The units can be equipped to accept many types of waste, an automatic conveyor system for medical waste containers, a funnel for dehydrated sewage sludge, and a jet nozzle for liquid sewage sludge.

The ash from each gasification unit will be transported safely to the ash processing building. In the ash processing building, the ash will be treated to stabilize the heavy metals and tested to ensure proper disposal in the waste. During the process, the sterilized and stabilized ash will be mineralized into safe recyclable materials for road construction and reinforced concrete.

The gasification unit uses a two-stage gasification system. At the first stage in reactors without access to oxygen at temperatures of 650-1200°C, all organic compounds are converted into gas. All gases from the reactors of the first stage of gasification enter the plasmatrons of the second stage of gasification at temperatures of 2000 - 7000°C to decompose all harmful substances and obtain the desired ratio of the composition of the synthesis gas 2H2 plus CO.

The resulting synthesis gas is purified from all harmful substances, salts and heavy metals and enters the methanol synthesis column and for the production of electricity in the CCGT unit and is shipped from the electrical substation. The air from the gasification buildings enters the CCGT, where water, CO2 and NOx are formed from the combustion of H2 and CO and are sent back to the gasification unit, which makes it possible to completely prevent CO2 and NOx emissions. This technology makes it possible to completely eliminate emissions into the atmosphere from the system, because all waste is returned to the reactors for converting into synthesis gas by plasma-chemical technological processes. The resulting methanol is brought to a marketable condition and sent to storage. From where it is shipped from the overpass. Part of the methanol in the volume required for the production of feed protein meprin (Pruteen) in the form of raw material enters the production unit and is shipped from the dispatch unit.

The ash from each gasification unit will be transported safely to the ash processing building. In the ash processing building, the ash will be treated to stabilize the heavy metals and tested to ensure proper disposal in the waste. During the process, the sterilized and stabilized ash will be mineralized into safe recyclable materials for road construction and reinforced concrete.

scheme

Weight block of incoming waste.
Check for radioactivity and hazardous chemical contamination.

Blocks of gasification of all types of waste.

CCGT power generation unit

Blocks of Methanol synthesis.

Feed protein fermentation block Pruteen.

Block of conservation and production of reinforced concrete products from ash residues.

Commercial methanol storage unit.

About receiving products

It is impossible to live without waste, but the gradual reduction in the amount of garbage should become the norm. Our unique solution will not only recycle waste and improve the quality of life for people in Africa, but also provide a large number of receiving products for use in different areas.

methanol

Methanol is used in gasoline blends around the world

Shipping fuel

The methanol cooking stoves are in use in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Madagascar, South Africa, Haiti and is catching on in other countries.

In the production of dimethyl terephthalate, pesticides, plant protection chemicals, for the production of acetic and formic acids

electric power

Much of the electricity around the world is still powered by highly polluting fuels such as coal, diesel and fuel-oil. Renewable methanol is a readily available fuel that would drastically reduce harmful emissions.

pruteen

Trade name for microbial protein produced by growing bacteria, Methylophilus methylotrophus, on methanol (derived from methane or natural gas);
70% protein in dry weight.

goods

Ash residues, after all processing processes, are mineralized for use in building materials for roads.
The units can be equipped to accept many types of waste, an automatic conveyor system for medical waste containers, a funnel for dehydrated sewage sludge, and a jet nozzle for liquid sewage sludge.

Our INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS

We have our team of experts and regional business development managers, who identify and develop waste management projects in cities of Africa, conduct initial waste resource assessment, model waste collection and waste management processes for particular cities and towns, conduct market study and comparative analysis of producing different outputs from waste and selecting particular solution for each particular city, which can guaranteed long term sustainable demand for the produced output of waste conversion and provide best returns to investments.

Investment solutions

For example for waste processing in Ghana we are going to produce eco-diesel, for-Mozambique-combination of electrical power and meprin and for South Africa combination of liquified synthetic gas and electrical power.

In order to ensure fast growth and geographic diversity of our Waste-to-Wealth project portfolio, we also cooperate with local project developers and local governments (mainly municipalities). As the Private-Public partnership, we implement and finance joint projects, where local partners and local administrations contribute rights to waste collection (mainly on a concession basis for the period not less than 30 years), required land, supporting infrastructure, all required permits and licenses, and the role of ADG as the WWAIF management company is to bring technology, integrated project management and investments.

Do you want to become a project partner?

Please use our Application Form.

1. Download the form

2. Answer the Questionnaire

3. Fill out the feedback form and attach the Questionnaire

4. Send a message to our PROJECT ASSESSMENT CENTER.

waste projects parameters

We develop and implement Waste-to-Wealth projects in 9 countries of Africa.
Scale of our projects differ from 50 000 tons per year (180 tons per day) up to 1250 000 tons per year (4500 tons per day).

Country	City	Population 2023	Population growth rate	Generated waste	Collected waste	Power production potential	Methanol production potential
		mln	%	t/day	t/day	MW	000 MT/year
Mozambique	Beira	0,9	2,8	800	600	18	120,000
Mozambique	Shimoyo	0,48	4,3	380	300	9	60,000
Mozambique	Quelimane	0,46	4,3	400	300	9	60,000
Mozambique	Matola	1,85	3,1	1700	1400	48	320,000
Mozambique	Maputo	1,17	2,1	1200	1000	30	210,000
Tanzania	Arusha	0,53	3	400	200	6	40,000
Tanzania	Morogoro	0,46	4	370	300	9	60,000
Tanzania	Mwanza	1,31	4,5	1050	750	24	160,000
Ghana	Accra	0,9	2,8	800	600	18	120,000
Ghana	Kumasi	2,7	2,1	2600	2200	70	460,000
Ghana	Maputo	3,7	3,8	3100	2400	75	520,000
Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1,2	1,3	960	800	24	160,000
Zimbabwe	Chitungwiza	0,4	1,8	320	200	6	40,000

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