ESWET - European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology

🚀 A record 4 ESWET members will share a booth at Waste Management Europe on 10-12 June 2025 in Bologna: General Kinematics Vibrating Equipment, Bonnenberg & Drescher GmbH, LAB and Apex Heat Transfer. Thank you, Angela Romano, for making this happen! Martin Brodeck Davide Gado Jens Kitzhofer David Boyer 🌍 ♻️ #wastetoenergy #waste

🎉 This is a 1st! The Waste-to-Energy sector joins the #CarbonRemoval market: Hafslund Oslo Celsio, Norway’s largest supplier of district heating, has signed an agreement for Carbon Dioxide Removal (#CDR) credits with Frontier, a group of tech companies that includes Google.   Under the deal, Hafslund Celsio will remove 100,000 tons of CO₂ between 2029 and 2030. The captured CO₂ will be delivered to the storage site of Northern Lights JV, in the North Sea ⛵ . Joining the developing CDR market is a major milestone for the #WastetoEnergy sector. When non-recyclable biogenic #waste is burned, the recovered ⚡energy and 🔥heat content contributes to the decarbonisation of the economy. And since more than half of WtE plants' emissions are biogenic, there is a huge untapped potential for WtE to develop into the CDR market, further reducing #CarbonCapture costs and contributing to the WtE sector's decarbonisation 🌍 .   As the The Wall Street Journal writes in the article below, this is "just the beginning”: 500 other sites in Europe could replicate this methodology ⤵️ Stay tuned! https://lnkd.in/g9R7EruH #ClimateAction #CarbonCapture  

❗ Gdańsk’s new cutting-edge Waste-to-Energy facility was co-financed by the European Commission’s Cohesion Fund. The ‘Port of Clean Energy’ was inaugurated on 24 March 2025 and is a model next generation plant for the ♻️ sustainable management of local #waste. In the words of the EU Commission, “The plant...supports EU climate goals 🌍 by reducing landfill use, cutting emissions, and enhancing circular economy practices.” In the coming years, Gdańsk’s WtE facility will provide electricity to 💡 light up the Polish city’s streets – it will also produce heat for thousands of 🏠 local households. Find out how much waste the facility will process annually, and discover the project's final cost: https://lnkd.in/dy-Aqubm #WastetoEnergy #sustainability #WtE

💡Great food for thought from last Thursday's discussion on industrial decarbonisation at the European Parliament. ESWET's Luigi Ferrieri Caputi attended the event, which was co-organised by Équilibre des Énergies a month after the publication of the #CleanIndustrialDeal. Here are the key takeaways for the #wastetoenergy sector: 💥 #CarbonCapture is crucial to ensure the competitiveness of hard-to-abate industries like Waste-to-Energy, for which no other options exist. Clear policies and investments for CO₂ infrastructure development are needed. 🔥Waste-to-Energy is a source of district heating. However, district heating providers should receive incentives to decarbonise the sector, thus contributing to climate goals. ⚡Waste-to-Energy provides clean, reliable and stable electricity. It is therefore important to increase electrification. However investments in grids are lagging behind. 💧 Synthetic fuels are needed in sectors like aviation and shipping, whose volumes will rise in the coming years, and for which we have little to no alternatives. Waste-to-Energy can also contribute to meeting the existing targets through Waste-to-Hydrogen and Fuels applications - this because the CO₂ captured from the plants can be utilised to scale up e-fuel supply. #CCUS #wte

❗ 👌 In an endorsement of #WastetoEnergy as a sustainable #waste management and #cleanenergy solution, the UK government has approved plans for a Waste-to-Energy facility with integrated hydrogen production and Carbon Capture. The project will see the creation of a state-of-the-art green energy park at the Flixborough Industrial Estate in North Lincolnshire. The new facility is expected to process up to 760,000 tonnes of waste annually and generate 95MWe of electricity, powering some 221,000 homes per year. Construction is set to begin in 2026, with operations starting in 2030. At the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park: 🟦 A 10MW electrolyser system will produce #hydrogen using water sourced from waste condensate collected during #CO₂ capture 🟩 The 650,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year produced by the waste incineration process will be captured and stored in the North Sea 🟦 Some of the CO₂ will be used to produce concrete for road construction 🟩 The project will create 257 jobs for the local community 🟦 A plastic recycling facility will separate plastics from waste and put it back into the system for the creation of new products ♻️ Learn more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/eNuQbmFy & delve into the plans with this virtual exhibit 🔽 https://lnkd.in/dth_c-Cd #CCUS #recycling

🚀 🥬 A new #carboncapture project at a WtE plant takes off in Denmark, led by ESWET member ANDRITZ. Learn more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/d3Wr8Qm5 René Schöberl #co2 #decarbonization #Sustainability #WasteToEnergy #CleanAirTechnologies

Yesterday’s adoption of the EU #Steel and #Metals Action Plan sends a strong signal for #competitiveness, #decarbonisation, and strategic autonomy in material supply. ✅The plan reinforces the role of secondary raw materials, creating opportunities to expand metal recovery from sources like Incineration Bottom Ash (IBA) ✅Recovering metals from IBA can reduce dependency on virgin raw materials, strengthen domestic supply chains, and lower the environmental footprint of primary extraction ✅ESWET’s report on Integrated Resource Recovery Facilities highlights the potential of innovative Waste-to-Energy facilities in supplying secondary raw materials ▶️ https://lnkd.in/eqwnecv8 With improved technologies, we can enhance the recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, but also significant minerals — critical for Europe’s industrial resilience ✅On average, IBA contains 2 to 5% non-ferrous metals, with around two-thirds being aluminium. With advanced recovery technologies, Europe could recover up to 0.7 million tons of aluminium! ✅The Action Plan is a positive signal for sustainable industrial policy, supporting a more competitive, low-carbon metals sector. Looking ahead, policies that encourage investment in advanced recovery technologies will be crucial to unlocking the full potential of secondary raw materials. #wastetoenergy

ESWET is a proud association partner of the Waste Management Europe exhibition & conference ♻️ ⚡ 🔽

⚡♻️ Are you a Waste-to-Energy specialist or are you interested in this topic? If so, save the date for the #AeversuSummit2025, the 1st Global Meeting on Energy Recovery: 🗓️ May 8, 2025 📍Madrid Stay tuned for more details from organiser Aeversu ⤵️ #wastetoenergy #waste

At the Energy from Waste, 5 - 6 March 2025 Conference in London last week, ESWET hosted a key discussion on carbon pricing and the balance between landfilling and Waste-to-Energy (WtE). Key industry experts weighed in: 🔹 Siegfried Scholz, ESWET President: "The goal of Waste-to-Energy is to treat the waste. This is the service that WtE offers to society: treating non-recyclable waste." Yet, landfill methane emissions remain heavily under-reported. While we can measure them, uncertainties persist. "Should we ban landfilling somehow? All successful countries that hugely decreased GHG emissions in the waste sector had a measure on landfills." 🔹 Anja Schwetje, UBA, German Environment Agency: Germany offers a case study in landfill regulation. "Back in 1993, Germany made a decision to control the content of landfill bodies. Then in 2005, a ban was implemented." The result? A 94% reduction in methane emissions. "Landfills are long-time bioreactors and that is how we should approach them." Germany treats all waste before landfilling, with WtE playing a role in handling contaminated and non-recyclable materials. However, the current Emission Trading System (ETS) debate could distort the waste management system. Instead, "we need waste acceptance criteria for landfills and for other waste management options." And what about the waste hierarchy? "For UBA, there is a place for waste incineration in the waste hierarchy, and that is before landfills!"   🔹 Fynn Hauschke, European Environmental Bureau - EEB: "We need to look at what we can all agree on:" ✔️ Residual waste needs to be reduced ✔️ CO2 emissions must be cut ✔️ Methane emissions must be reduced ✔️ The ETS can be an effective tool for decarbonisation However, landfill regulation remains a weak point. "There are waste acceptance criteria in the EU, but they are not strong. The overall regulatory framework in Europe covers all aspects—Landfill Directive, Waste Shipment Regulation, landfill targets, and the upcoming landfill BREF. By ensuring strong regulation of all aspects of landfills, we can ensure a level playing field between WtE and landfills."   🔹 Jacob Hayler, Environmental Services Association (ESA): In the UK, the role of WtE in moving away from landfills and cutting methane is well recognised. Mr. Hayler also emphasised the potential benefits of the ETS: "It can incentivise plastics removal from WtE, but carbon leakages need to be prevented."   💡 The message was clear: ‼️ Landfill regulation is crucial. Without strict controls on methane emissions and waste acceptance criteria, the ETS risks distorting waste management priorities rather than supporting decarbonisation. 💬 What’s your take? How can we best regulate landfills while ensuring a fair framework for waste treatment?   #WasteToEnergy #CarbonPricing #MethaneReduction #ETS #LandfillRegulation #Decarbonisation #waste