What else is required for Energy from Waste to be
successful?
Europe s experience with EfW shows that critical to the
economics of each proposed project is a stable and long-term supply
of waste. Local councils often coordinate and combine their waste
quantities to support the development of large scale EfW projects.
To minimise transportation of waste, projects are often located
close to the major sources of waste, for example cities for their
municipal waste or large industrial emitters of waste. However, and
as mentioned, this creates a tension with the local community.
The community opposition could be avoided by locating EfW plants