It takes into account the technical development of these plants over the last few years, treating waste in an environmentally sound way and producing energy from it. So Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants have become an essential part of both the waste management and the energy supply network.

However, the energy efficiency factor of 0.6, which is proposed in Annex II (R1 formula), is too high. The factor 0.5 would be absolutely sufficient and ambitious enough for the WtE sector.

The full CEWEP statement in English or German can be down loaded from the PDF files below:

Statement on the Wase Framework Directive, 145 KB

Statement on the Waste Framework Directive in German, 156 KB

If you would like any further information about CEWEP and our position on the Waste Framework Directive please contact us: info@cewep.com