Status of waste-to-energy in Germany, Part I – Waste treatment facilities

Weber, Kathrin; Quicker, Peter; Hanewinkel, Jörg; Flamme, Sabine

doi:10.1177/0734242x19894632

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“…The centrality shown by Germany can also be seen in the literature, as there has been a thorough analysis of waste treatment facilities in this country [69].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Understanding Hazardous Waste Exports for Disposal in Europe: A Contribution to Sustainable Development

2021

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The concept of sustainable development was introduced in Europe by the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and was extended to waste management in the Waste Framework Directive. In order to achieve sustainable development, hazardous waste (HW) must be managed safely and in accordance with regulations. This also applies to worldwide HW transport, especially when HW is shipped for disposal. The United Nations, through the Basel Convention, aims to prevent the export of HW from developed countries to developing countries for disposal. In Europe, HW shipments are regulated by Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and by the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste. Additionally, all HW shipments must be in accordance with two principles contained in the Waste Framework Directive: proximity and self-sufficiency. Using data from 2014 and network analysis methodology, this paper fills the gaps in the scientific literature by looking at how shipments of HW travel for disposal in Europe, how the regulations affect these shipments and how GDP per capita influences the shipment of waste. The results show that countries with a high GDP per capita play an important role in the network (having the highest in-degree) and that the absence of landfill taxes for HW does not influence HW shipments for disposal. Therefore, countries in the EU act in accordance with the proximity and self-sufficiency principles.

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“…The centrality shown by Germany can also be seen in the literature, as there has been a thorough analysis of waste treatment facilities in this country [69].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Understanding Hazardous Waste Exports for Disposal in Europe: A Contribution to Sustainable Development

2021

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“…In contrast to waste incineration and co-incineration, which produce energy and even contribute to 3.7% of the German end energy consumption [72], gasification requires external energy. The use of energy from renewable sources for this purpose is environmentally favorable, but requires energy storage.…”

Section: Solar Energy Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

The EU Training Network for Resource Recovery through Enhanced Landfill Mining—A Review

2021

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The “European Union Training Network for Resource Recovery Through Enhanced Landfill Mining (NEW-MINE)” was a European research project conducted between 2016 and 2020 to investigate the exploration of and resource recovery from landfills as well as the processing of the excavated waste and the valorization of the obtained waste fractions using thermochemical processes. This project yielded more than 40 publications ranging from geophysics via mechanical process engineering to ceramics, which have not yet been discussed coherently in a review publication. This article summarizes and links the NEW-MINE publications and discusses their practical applicability in waste management systems. Within the NEW-MINE project in a first step concentrates of specific materials (e.g., metals, combustibles, inert materials) were produced which might be used as secondary raw materials. In a second step, recycled products (e.g., inorganic polymers, functional glass-ceramics) were produced from these concentrates at the lab scale. However, even if secondary raw materials or recycled products could be produced at a large scale, it remains unclear if they can compete with primary raw materials or products from primary raw materials. Given the ambitions of transition towards a more circular economy, economic incentives are required to make secondary raw materials or recycled products from enhanced landfill mining (ELFM) competitive in the market.

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“…The latest reports have shown that there are 66 municipal waste incinerators currently in operation in Germany, covering 3.7 % of the country's energy needs. By 2016, licensed installations were able to burn 20.2 million tons of waste, that can't be recycled otherwise, using the most advanced technologies [3].…”

Section: Ordinance On Environmentally Compatible Storage Of Waste From Human Settlements and On Biological Waste-treatment Facilities Of mentioning

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“…Analysis of recent research and publications. Several researchers in the EU devoted their work to the deep analysis of the WM legal system, the most relevant ones to be mentioned are N. Faris and S. Lieberz [1], H. Schnurer [2], K. Weber, P. Quicker, J. Hanewinkel and Flamme S. [3], V.А. Zujev [4].…”

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The Legal Support of Organizational and Economic Processes of Municipal Waste Management in the European Union and Ukraine

Elrabaya

Marchenko

2021

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The article clarifies the substantial organizational and economic risks ahead, on the way for Ukraine to meet its committed targets to transform waste management system to become in full accordance with those implemented in the European Union. Both, European and Ukrainian legislation in this regard are analyzed, categorized, and compared to highlight the core differences and identify the gaps in the ones that are implemented in Ukraine. The environmental and economic results of waste management in Germany and Ukraine revealed, that Ukraine is not demonstrating satisfactory improvement during the last 7 years since the association agreement was signed. The article identifies 5 key recommendations, that would allow Ukraine to match up with European countries in municipal waste management (household waste management according to Ukrainian classification system), these recommendation are summarized as follows: centralized legislation approach, where all essential regulations are approved by the central government and unified for all regions; promptness, and operative attitude to take all necessary actions related to waste management; guaranteeing measurability and control over each waste management stage, that should lead to creating fully informative digital database; implementing “Peeling away method” to ensure that all potential secondary raw material and high calorific value waste is reused of converted into alternative energy resources; and finally, creating comprehensive and cohesive legislative package that works all together as integrated system. Centralized/local legislative distribution analysis, and structure of public information on waste in the official portal are provided for the first time in a scientific research, to the best knowledge of the authors. “The peeling away method”, described in this article, is used for the first time as well, to explain in simple way, the European strategy to minimize the amount of waste that is sent to landfill.

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Status of waste-to-energy in Germany, Part I – Waste treatment facilities

Cited by 31 publications

References 1 publication

Understanding Hazardous Waste Exports for Disposal in Europe: A Contribution to Sustainable Development

Understanding Hazardous Waste Exports for Disposal in Europe: A Contribution to Sustainable Development

The EU Training Network for Resource Recovery through Enhanced Landfill Mining—A Review

The Legal Support of Organizational and Economic Processes of Municipal Waste Management in the European Union and Ukraine

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