Waste-to-Energy Communications Campaign

Greener than you thought?

Waste-to-energy technology is used in the majority of European Member States for the treatment of residual waste. Of the original EU 15, only Ireland and Greece have not yet developed any waste to-to-energy plants.

The technology is widely used because it is considered to be a hygienic method for treating residual waste that can offer significant potential for:

• offsetting greenhouse gas emissions
• reducing energy imports
• contributing to renewable energy targets, and
• reducing reliance on landfill

Information Material:

For a copy of our latest brochure, please click here

For a copy of our Briefing Paper, entitled 'Waste-to-Energy & Climate Change' please click here

For a copy of Chapter 10 from the IPCC Report entitled 'Climate Change 2007: Mitigation on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change', please click here

To view a copy of our latest advertisement, please click here

'Replacing existing landfill with waste-to-energy plants across Europe could save over 26.6 million tonnes greenhouse gas emissions per year. This is equivalent in emissions to one and a half times the population of Ireland flying around the world.'

'Research has found that if waste-to-energy was to replace landfill for all residual waste in Ireland, it would save between 622,000 to 821,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. This is equivalent to taking approximately 200,000 cars off the road for a year!'