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Implementation of the energy efficiency formula of Annex III of the Waste Framework Directive 208/98/EC

 
Commissioned by
Consortium of the German hazardous waste disposal associations
 

Consultants
Knut Sander, Christian Tebert, Institute for Environmental Strategies, Hamburg, Germany

 
Duration
2009
 
 
 
 
Background
 

In its Annex II the revised Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EG) lists waste recovery operations. The entry R1 covers operation where waste is used “principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy”. A footnote to this entry explains further that this includes incineration facilities dedicated to the processing of municipal solid waste only where their energy efficiency is equal to or above a certain level.

 
Details of the determination of the energy efficiency of those installations are still to be elaborated and agreed.
 
 
 
 
Objective
 

It is the objective of the project to identify uncertainties of the formula established by the footnote of Annex II of the Waste Framework Directive and problems with its practical implementation.

 
Potential concepts to solve the identified issues and further perspectives of the energy efficiency formula will be elaborated.
 
 
 
 
 
Contact
Knut Sander