Decarbonisation options for the Dutch Waste Management Industry
report
This report focuses on the decarbonisation of the current waste combustion processes in the
Netherlands. We define decarbonisation as the reduction of the net greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions resulting from changes in the management of the following waste streams that are
incinerated at present: municipal solid waste, contaminated soil and sewage sludge. Apart from
end-of-pipe carbon capture technologies, a number of recycling technologies have been discussed
in this report. This is especially true for plastic containing waste streams, since these contain the
bulk of the fossil carbon in municipal solid waste. It is important to make the distinction between
the goal of this research (net fossil GHG emission reduction stemming from application of
alternatives or modifications to the current incineration processes), and the much broader
objective of attaining a circular economy. While we have analysed technologies available to
alternatively process the waste streams (partly) containing fossil-based carbon, this report excludes
topics such waste prevention. Recycling methods that do not result in net GHG emission reduction
have not been addressed.
Netherlands. We define decarbonisation as the reduction of the net greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions resulting from changes in the management of the following waste streams that are
incinerated at present: municipal solid waste, contaminated soil and sewage sludge. Apart from
end-of-pipe carbon capture technologies, a number of recycling technologies have been discussed
in this report. This is especially true for plastic containing waste streams, since these contain the
bulk of the fossil carbon in municipal solid waste. It is important to make the distinction between
the goal of this research (net fossil GHG emission reduction stemming from application of
alternatives or modifications to the current incineration processes), and the much broader
objective of attaining a circular economy. While we have analysed technologies available to
alternatively process the waste streams (partly) containing fossil-based carbon, this report excludes
topics such waste prevention. Recycling methods that do not result in net GHG emission reduction
have not been addressed.
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TNO Identifier
966167
Publisher
TNO
Collation
79 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag