Our team had the honor of attending the presentation of the White Paper on Waste-to-Energy, which was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia. This event provided an opportunity to learn more about waste management practices successfully implemented in European Union countries, which serve as key guidelines for the future development of similar systems in Serbia.

During the presentation, research on reducing the number of landfills in Austria was shared. Austria has reduced the number of landfills from 1,800 in the 1990s to just 86 active ones today, with only 2% of municipal waste being disposed of in landfills. This success is the result of the implementation of the Landfill Directive (Directive 1999/31/EC) and Austria’s Landfill Ordinance from 2008, which sets high ecological standards. The presentation clearly highlighted the importance of introducing new technologies, such as waste incineration, which reduces CO2 emissions and efficiently utilizes waste as an energy source.

All of this was presented at the “White Paper on Waste-to-Energy” event at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia. Although this concept is still relatively new in Serbia, its potential is enormous and offers many benefits, including better waste management, improved environmental protection, and reduced CO2 emissions compared to fossil fuels.

Without waste incineration, even the best-performing countries on the chart below would not have achieved these results. Therefore, it is clear that the only solution to the problem of reducing waste disposal, in addition to recycling, is its thermal treatment.

https://www.activity4sustainability.org/bela-knjiga-dobijanja-energije-iz-otpada-u-srbiji/