CEWEP aims to highlight that recycling and energy recovery are complementary options in order to divert waste from landfilling.

To avoid wasting natural resources and reducing landfill methane emissions combustible waste should not be landfilled, but treated, in a more sustainable way, in Waste-to-Energy Plants that produce energy from the waste.
 

Please find below some slides summarising a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) "Waste opportunities — Past and future climate benefits from better municipal waste management in Europe"

Slides EEA report Waste Opportunities, 43 KB