Hazardous Waste Incineration Plants Europe

Eurits is the association of hazardous waste management companies across the eu.

Hazardous waste incineration plants europe.

Despite eu directives calling for member states to both end the burning of all recyclable materials and achieve recycling rates of 50 percent the current average is 25 percent by 2020 public subsidies support the expansion of incineration capacity in many european countries. For more information about the incineration and waste to energy industry you can visit the confederation of european waste to energy plants website. Their network of facilities in europe has been designed specifically to treat capture destroy neutralise immobilise store hazardous waste streams and or components. Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment systems are described as thermal treatment incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash flue gas and heat.

4 physical treatment plants 1 hazardous waste incineration system and 2. It repealed former directives on the incineration of hazardous waste directive 94 67 ec and household waste directives 89 369 eec and 89 429 eec and replaced them with a single text. While the current incineration plant has a capacity of 2 000 tonnes per year the new plant will have a capacity of 15 000 tonnes per year. This sector represents more than 500 installations and treats around 30 of the eu s municipal waste as well as other types of waste such as hazardous wastes or sewage sludge.

Hazardous waste europe hwe established in 2011 represents 155 hazardous waste treatment installations in europe operating a wide variety of processes and having a total treatment capacity of 4 6 million tons per year. Contact sepro mineral systems corp. Confederation of european waste to energy plants search for. Treatment and disposal of infectious medical waste.

Waste management firm epler lorenz is planning to build a 15 million hazardous waste incineration plant on the northern outskirts of tartu replacing the current plant on ravila tänav. European union for responsible treatment of special waste eurits. Waste importers sweden with 31 plants as of 2011 germany 72. Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials.

Subscribe to sepro s newsletter. Summary of directive 2000 76 ec on the incineration of waste the wi directive the wi directive entered into force on 28 december 2000. 1 604 888 5568 facebook linkedin youtube. Cewep is the umbrella association of the operators of waste to energy plants representing about 410 incineration plants from 23 countries.

New emissions monitoring and efficiency standards will help national authorities to lower the environmental impact of the waste incineration sector in the eu.