This is a profoundly wasted opportunity. In urban municipalities where there is a large concentration of residual household waste, energy-from-waste (EfW) has material advantages over its alternatives, in particular landfill. Efficient EfW conversion reduces the amount of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) emitted into the atmosphere compared to landfill, which is a materially positive environmental benefit. EfW requires less space. And, with optimised EfW plant design, society’s residual waste can be converted into reliable baseload electricity generation and residual heat from this process can be used to heat households through district heating networks.
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