Kanadevia Corporation has launched what it calls the world's first demonstration plant for high-CO2-concentration waste incineration technology. The system is designed to separate and capture carbon dioxide from flue gas produced during waste incineration, a step toward lowering emissions from a sector that is hard to decarbonize. The project, in development since FY2024, aims to prove the technology at scale and potentially make waste-to-energy plants net-negative or less carbon-intensive. Key questions remain about capture efficiency, energy penalty, and whether the CO2 can be stored or used permanently. For anyone tracking carbon markets or waste infrastructure, this demo is worth watching. If it works, it could open a new route for carbon removal credits and change how municipal waste is viewed in climate policy.
