The Impact of New EU Legislation on Waste-to-Energy
In this article, we will summarize the impacts that the new EU legislation will have on the WtE sector in Europe.
by Ella Stengler, Maxime Pernal
In the last years, policy developments at the European level put the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) sector under the spotlights. The December 2015 Circular Economy package, formally adopted by European Union institutions in the first half of 2018 as well as the Clean Energy Package published in winter 2016 were particularly relevant for WtE, which is a natural link between Circular Economy and Energy Union. In late 2017 and at the beginning of 2018, other communications and legislative proposals at the EU level set some first steps towards new developments for the WtE sector.
Get full article here [external link]published: Waste Management Vol. 8, 10|2018
Keywords: Energy Recovery, EU
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