Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is a fuel produced from various types of waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste or commercial waste.

According to APO Research, The global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) include Jinjiang Environment, TPI Polene Power, DP CleanTech, BEST, PJT Technology, Republic Cement & Building Materials and Dai Dong Environment Solutions, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF), with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF).

The Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (K MT) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, price, and sales by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Segment by Company

Jinjiang Environment
TPI Polene Power
DP CleanTech
BEST
PJT Technology
Republic Cement & Building Materials
Dai Dong Environment Solutions

Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Segment by Type

Dense RDF
Loose RDF

Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Segment by Application

Cement Plants
Coal Fired Power Plants
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Other

Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF).
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market by Type
1.3.1 Dense RDF
1.3.2 Loose RDF
1.4 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics

2.1 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Industry Trends
2.2 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Industry Drivers
2.3 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company

3.1 Global Top Players by Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Regional Status and Outlook

4.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) by Application

5.1 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market by Application
5.1.1 Cement Plants
5.1.2 Coal Fired Power Plants
5.1.3 Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
5.1.4 Other
5.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles

6.1 Jinjiang Environment
6.1.1 Jinjiang Environment Comapny Information
6.1.2 Jinjiang Environment Business Overview
6.1.3 Jinjiang Environment Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Jinjiang Environment Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Jinjiang Environment Recent Developments
6.2 TPI Polene Power
6.2.1 TPI Polene Power Comapny Information
6.2.2 TPI Polene Power Business Overview
6.2.3 TPI Polene Power Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 TPI Polene Power Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.2.5 TPI Polene Power Recent Developments
6.3 DP CleanTech
6.3.1 DP CleanTech Comapny Information
6.3.2 DP CleanTech Business Overview
6.3.3 DP CleanTech Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 DP CleanTech Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.3.5 DP CleanTech Recent Developments
6.4 BEST
6.4.1 BEST Comapny Information
6.4.2 BEST Business Overview
6.4.3 BEST Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 BEST Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.4.5 BEST Recent Developments
6.5 PJT Technology
6.5.1 PJT Technology Comapny Information
6.5.2 PJT Technology Business Overview
6.5.3 PJT Technology Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 PJT Technology Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.5.5 PJT Technology Recent Developments
6.6 Republic Cement & Building Materials
6.6.1 Republic Cement & Building Materials Comapny Information
6.6.2 Republic Cement & Building Materials Business Overview
6.6.3 Republic Cement & Building Materials Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Republic Cement & Building Materials Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Republic Cement & Building Materials Recent Developments
6.7 Dai Dong Environment Solutions
6.7.1 Dai Dong Environment Solutions Comapny Information
6.7.2 Dai Dong Environment Solutions Business Overview
6.7.3 Dai Dong Environment Solutions Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Dai Dong Environment Solutions Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Dai Dong Environment Solutions Recent Developments
7 North America by Country

7.1 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country

8.1 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country

9.1 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country

10.1 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country

11.1 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis

12.1 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Key Raw Materials
12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
12.1.5 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Production Mode & Process
12.2 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Distributors
12.2.3 Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix

14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
14.2 Research Methodology
14.3 Research Process
14.4 Authors List of This Report
14.5 Data Source
14.5.1 Secondary Sources
14.5.2 Primary Sources
14.6 Disclaimer

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