White Paper on Municipal Waste Incineration
Stefano Cernuschi, Mario Grosso, Federico Viganò, Maria Chiara Zanetti, Deborah Panepinto, Marco Ragazzi, Andrea Magrini and Francesco Lombardi
Statistics on waste production and management in Italy are quite accurate for municipal waste, while in the case of special waste there are more uncertainties. This is partly due to the accounting systems in use and partly due to the characteristics
of the classification system based on EWC codes. Indeed, municipal waste is subject
to accurate accounting and is categorised by a limited number of waste codes (Chapter 20 of the EWC). Treatment processes applied to municipal waste (e.g. sorting, incineration) produce special waste. Consequently, special waste may also
consist of material that is generated from the treatment of municipal waste, as well as from the treatment of special waste itself.