26 Jan 2024 --- Zero Waste Europe (ZWE), in collaboration with Equanimator, has released a study highlighting sorting mixed waste before incineration is a swift and cost-effective strategy for achieving substantial reductions in GHG emissions from waste incineration. The study, titled “Materials or Gases? How to Capture Carbon,” compares two approaches — Leftover Mixed Waste Sorting (LMWS) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) — as potential avenues for municipalities and incineration operators to minimize the climate burden of incinerators. As the EU considers including municipal waste incineration in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the study advocates for cost-effective measures to diminish GHG emissions.
