Heliyon (Jan 2023)

Bioenergy revamping and complimenting the global environmental legal framework on the reduction of waste materials: A facile review

  • Paul Atagamen Aidonojie,
  • Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor,
  • Idemudia Edetalehn Oaihimire,
  • Blessed Frederick Ngonso,
  • Peter Eshioke Egielewa,
  • Bamikole Olaleye Akinsehinde,
  • Heri Septya Kusuma,
  • Handoko Darmokoesoemo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
p. e12860

Abstract

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The challenges posed by climate change/global warming are very alarming, and they have become the focal point of attention for researchers within the global environmental domains. The development of bioenergy can help salvage this situation as a renewable energy source that makes use of recycled waste materials to create useful energy products. This review study found that the development of sustainable bioenergy is environmentally friendly, and it has been proven to be a better means of recycling waste materials into final energy products for sustainable development. The study hereby concluded and recommended that environmental policies concerning the sustainable development of bioenergy should be adopted within the various nations' local laws and the global environment at large, as this will result in adhering strictly to international environmental legal frameworks regulating the prevention and reduction of waste materials. The possible correlation of bioenergy with the Sustainable Development Goals is also highlighted.

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