To establish the production cost and market needs for bio-butanol derived from integrated processing of municipal solid waste

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Use of municipal solid waste (MSW) as a feedstock for biofuel production should delivereconomic biofuels that are environmentally friendly and more socially acceptable. Thispotential provides the UK with a tremendous opportunity to build a more sustainable andenvironmentally friendly biofuel industry, Alternative uses of MSW diverts material awayfrom landfill and is more socially, politically and environmentaly friendly.We plan to determine biofuel production costs based on the cost of feedstock (MSW) and theassociated conversion costs for pre-treatment using autoclave technology, enzymatichydrolysis and fermentation technology. The individual unit operations are well understoodand tested but need to be integrated together in order to ascertain the overall production cost.