Contents

Waste incineration

Journal:
Manual of European Environmental Policy
ISSN:
1467-0445
E-ISSN:
1740-3529
Publisher:
Routledge,
DOI:
10.3763/meep.2010.0056
Author:
Institute for European Environmental Policy
Information last updated:
April 2012
Publication date:
April 2012

The aim of the Directive is to prevent or limit negative effects on the environment and risks to human health, from the incineration and co-incineration of many types of waste including municipal and hazardous waste. The Directive covers some waste not already covered by the Directives on municipal incineration (Directives 89/369/EEC and 89/429/EEC) and hazardous waste incineration (Directive 94/67/EC), which are repealed by Directive 2000/76/EC. The Directive is based on the premise that the harmfulness of the emissions does not depend on the source, but is a property of the substances emitted and sets emission limit values (ELVs) for these. The Directive also controls releases to water.

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