Assessement of waste incineration capacities Jasmina Bogdanovic │16 June 2016│ EEA - Copenhagen Assessement of waste incineration capacities 2nd Eionet NRC workshop on Industrial Pollution

Contents Background information EEA task and data sources Preliminary findings Timeline

1. Background information Initiative by DG ENV, A2 Waste Management and Recycling ‘Exploiting the potential of waste to energy (WtE) under the Energy Union Framework Strategy and the circular economy’ http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/docs/2016_env_086_waste_to_energy_en.pdf Lack of synergies between WtE and EU policies Making existing WtE process more EE Unevenly spread WtE (over) capacities Untapped potential from WDF Lack of clarity about waste hierarchy JRC-IPTS EEA JRC-IPTS

2. EEA task and data sources EEA task (to be updated): Overview on the incineration capacities (for MSW = municipal solid waste): http://scp.eionet.europa.eu/publications/wp2014_8 Overview on the waste shipments (for MSW): http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/movements-of-waste-EU-2012 Case studies for selected countries (NEW) Data sources: CEWEP, WID, ISWA, BiPRO, NWMP, Eurostat

3. Preliminary findings Figure 1 Total incineration capacities for MSW, 2014

Figure 2 Incineration capacities per person for MSW, 2014

Figure 3 Incineration capacities in relation to waste generation for MSW, 2014

Figure 4 Incineration capacities assuming 65 % recycling rates for MSW, 2014

Preliminary conclusions Starting point: waste perspective Waste stream: municipal solid waste (Over)capacities observed in some regions, e.g. Nordic countries, but incineration is integrated part of their energy generation infrastructure Eastern European countries still landfill high amounts of waste which might lead to increasing incineration capacity. Increasing recycling targets (to 65%) could lead to more recycling residues that might be suitable for incineration (CEWEP) …

4. Timeline

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