Energy from Waste has many benefits, here are a few of them ...
- EfW reduces the UK's reliance on landfill for waste disposal.
- EfW helps local authorities meet government targets.
- Waste used to produce electricity reduces the amount of methane and carbon dioxide produced by waste in landfill.
- EfW reduces our dependency on fossil fuels to generate our electricity.
- Using waste to produce electricity displaces carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels.
- EfW retrieves metals to recycle.
- EfW produces Incinerator Bottom Ash that can be used as a replacement for quarried aggregate in the construction industry.
