Abstract

Popular protest against the location of a new incinerator, including a waste to energy (WtE) installation, has been identified as an important factor hampering the development of this form of waste disposal and energy production. These comments analyse the various location criteria for such installations as they have been developed in the applicable legislation of the European Union (EU). Following a brief exercise into the criteria of environmental impact assessment in this regard it reviews location criteria as they in the specific EU waste regulation also in view of the jurisprudence ...