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

2. Contents
Background information
EEA task and data sources
Preliminary findings
Timeline

3. 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’
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

4. 2. EEA task and data sources
EEA task (to be updated):
Overview on the incineration capacities (for MSW = municipal solid waste):
Overview on the waste shipments (for MSW):
Case studies for selected countries (NEW)
Data sources: CEWEP, WID, ISWA, BiPRO, NWMP, Eurostat

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

6. Figure 2 Incineration capacities per person for MSW, 2014

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

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

9. 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) …

10. 4. Timeline

11. Thank you for your attention