17 June 2008 - European Parliamant votes on the Waste Framework Directive
PRESS RELEASE
Strasbourg, 17th June 2008
European Parliament:
The magic formula to divert waste from landfill –
recycling targets and efficient Waste-to-Energy Plants
By setting recycling targets and accepting the ambitious energy efficiency criteria for Waste-to-Energy plants the European Parliament took a historic step towards climate protection in today’s vote on the Waste Framework Directive.
This paves the way towards sustainable waste management and contributes to security of energy supply.
For more information on how efficient Waste-to-Energy plants benefit the climate, and how Waste-to-Energy and recycling goes hand in hand in order to divert waste from landfills, please see CEWEP Press Briefing “Recycling and Waste-to-Energy – together reducing CO2” and Communication Paper “Don’t waste waste - it’s a resource” both available at http://www.cewep.eu/
Dr. Ella Stengler
CEWEP Managing Director
Tel: +32 2 770 6311
ella.stengler@cewep.eu
CEWEP represents 340 Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants across Europe (80% of the total European WtE market). WtE plants thermally treat household waste and waste similar to household waste that remains after waste prevention, reuse and recycling by generating energy from it.
http://www.cewep.eu/
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