Latest ESWET News

01.03.2017

ESWET in the media

We are pleased to inform that in the latest edition of the European Energy Innovations magazine you can find an article on the Future of Waste-to-Energy written by ESWET Secretary General, Mr Patrick Clerens, and ESWET Policy Officer, Ms Natalia Walczak.

In order to view the article, please click here.

 

03.02.2017

ESWET comments - ENVI vote on the Circular Economy Package

The ENVI Committee of the European Parliament adopted on 24^th January four reports on the legislative proposals from the Circular Economy Package. ESWET would like to use this opportunity to remind about the important role of Waste-to-Energy in the transition towards the Circular Economy.

For the comments, please click here.

 

26.01.2017

The Communication from the Commission on the role of Waste-to-Energy in the Circular Economy

ESWET welcomes the publication by the European Commission of the Communication on the role of Waste-to-Energy in the Circular Economy. We believe that waste management policies, in order to bring benefits to all EU citizens, should be based on efficient and sustainable solutions.

Waste-to-Energy (i.e. thermal energy recovery of waste) is one of them: it complements Circular Economy by dealing with waste not suitable for recycling that would be otherwise landfilled. On the other hand, it also provides a source of reliable and local energy that can be used in our houses or by industry. Finally, it helps recovering important materials (metals and minerals). 

For the full press release, click here.

[Update 02.02.2017: Due to a typo in the JRC study our press release mentioned that the Waste-to-Energy potential for increased energy recovery is 26%, whereas the correct number should be 29%]

 

23.01.2017

ESWET Voting Recommendations - ENVI vote on the Circular Economy Package

The ENVI Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the 24th January on the proposals for 4 directives on waste management.

Please find our voting recommendations concerning the Compromise Amendments here. We also invite you to read our recommendations from 14th November.

 

14.11.2016

ESWET's comments - ITRE vote on the Circular Economy Package

ESWET welcomes the adoption of four opinions on the Circular Economy Package in the ITRE Committee of the European Parliament.

We believe that the waste management policy, in order to bring benefits to all EU citizens, should be based on efficient and sustainable solutions. Waste-to-Energy is one of them, as it complements Circular Economy by dealing with waste not suitable for recycling that would be otherwise landfilled. In addition, it helps recovering important materials (metals and minerals). Therefore, we believe that the voice of Waste-to-Energy sector should be taken into account.

For the comments, please click here.

ESWET also prepared voting recommendations for the vote on the Circular Economy Package in the ENVI Committee, in line with the above mentioned integrated approach to waste management.

For the recommendations, please click here.

 

04.11.2016

Explanatory note on INERIS report

ESWET together with CEWEP and FEAD prepared an explanatory note on the report 'Study on AMS and SRM performances and their impact on the feasibility of lowering ELVs for air emissions in the context of the BREFs and BATs revision and of BATAEL elaboration according to the IED' published in July 2016.

Our aim with the INERIS study is to raise awareness on the issue, to trigger discussion on this horizontal topic, and to work together with stakeholders in order to find a harmonised procedure or guidance at European level to deal with it: although compliance with current IED Annex V and VI ELVs is not questioned, for some pollutants the low values reported by plant operators cannot be used 1:1 to set emission limits, because the relative uncertainty connected to the measured values would be too high to comply with the current rules on uncertainty.

Considering the legally binding nature of ELVs (with severe legal consequences in case of noncompliance), we need to ensure that compliance with ELVs derived from BATAELs can be checked with the appropriate certainty.

For the full explanatory note, please click here.

 

29.07.2016

INERIS report on accuracy of air emissions monitoring

ESWET together with CEWEP and FEAD are pleased to publish a report prepared by INERIS Institute addressing the question of air emissions monitoring within the Industrial Emissions Directive. The report focuses on reliability and accuracy of monitoring at very low concentrations, which has significant implications on the drawing up of Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference documents (BREFs) and the setting of BAT Associated Emission Levels.

We consider that the monitoring issue must be very seriously taken into account before going further in the review process of Waste Treatment BREF and Waste Incineration BREF and before official validation of Large Combustion Plants BREF and Reference Report on Monitoring.

The report is available in French (authorative language version) and English.

Introductory note on INERIS report addressing the performances of available emission monitoring techniques and the issue of minimum possible ELVs/BATAELs

 

24.05.2016

ESWET Site Visit to Indaver plant

ESWET would like to thank all participants to the ESWET site visit to the Waste-to-Energy Plant in Beveren.

For more information, click here.

In follow-up to the visit, Ms Franciosi wrote an article (in Italian) for L'Indro and Ms Timm for Revolve Media.

 

19.05.2016

Bottom Ash Metal Recycling : Joint Statement

Various industries, including ESWET, very much support the Commission’s proposal to count recycling of metals from Waste-to-Energy’s bottom ash towards recycling targets in the Waste Framework Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, while meeting certain quality criteria. Read the joint statement here.

For additional information, see the Bottom Ash factsheet developed by CEWEP.