Category: ESWET, Waste-to-Energy, Waste Export | | Created by Redaktion
Arnd Benninghoff, Managing Director of Loibl Förderanlagen GmbH:
"We are pleased to be part of ESWET, an international European network of world-class technology providers. With our technologies, we enable the recovery of energy and materials from non-recyclable waste that would otherwise be landfilled or shipped, thus contributing to the protection of our environment."
A campaign about the export of waste
There has been a dangerous trend in Europe in recent years: transporting excess waste to someone else's backyard - with significant environmental consequences. In 2018, Europe produced a total of 2.32 billion tons of waste from all economic activities and households. Unfortunately, as the amount of waste produced exceeds the capacity of treatment facilities within the European Union, millions of tons of waste are shipped outside the European Free Trade Area, often as far away as Southeast Asia. Since 2004, EU waste exports to non-EU countries have increased by 75%.
Because receiving countries cannot always adequately treat the waste they receive, landfilling, dumping and open burning of waste have increased dramatically, with disastrous effects on air, soil, rivers and oceans.
As much as it is wrong to place the burden of waste on our neighbors, it is also important to recognize that waste generation must be reduced in the first place and reuse encouraged as much as possible. Nevertheless, waste generation continues to rise globally and in Europe. Without urgent action, it is predicted to increase by 70% globally by 2050. This is why sustainable waste management is so important!
Waste-to-energy represents an important step in the circular economy chain: It complements recycling and allows landfills to be minimized and non-recyclable waste to be rehabilitated, avoiding the associated pollution and its impact on health. In turn, waste-to-energy plants recover energy (electricity, heat and steam) and materials (iron, aluminum, copper, steel and even silver and gold).
Loibl Förderanlagen GmbH practices sustainable conveyor construction at the highest level. We support municipalities and operators in implementing their sustainable goals and offer our customers green technologies to help them make the switch. Loibl produces resource-efficiently out of its own responsibility to protect and preserve a healthy and natural environment.
Europa verschifft seinen Müll ins Ausland - Was können wir tun, damit das nicht mehr geschieht?
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