Planung einer thermischen Abfallverwertungsanlage in Großbritannien, ERF Newhaven

Design of a energy recovery waste facility in Great Britain, ERF Newhaven.

The Landfill Directive, more formally, Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste [1], is a European Union directive issued by the European Union to be implemented by its member states. The Directive's overall aim is "to prevent or reduce as far as possible the negative effects of landfills on the environment. In particular, the objectives are the minimization of the pollution of surface water, groundwater, soil and air, and on the global environment, including the greenhouse effect, as well as any resulting risk to human health, from the landfilling of waste, during the whole life-cycle of the landfill". This legislation also has important implications for waste disposal. Due to the wide availability of landfills, Great Britain, has in the past, disposed a substantial part of its municipal waste in landfills. The UK government has now imposed waste legislation designed to reduce the release of greenhouse gases produced by landfills. It is the UK government's position that thermal waste treatment will play an increasingly large role in the treatment of municipal waste and supply energy in the UK. This position is consistent with other EU members.
The landfills have all reached their capacity in East Sussex County. In order to manage the waste disposal problem and simultaneously respect the new rigorous legislation, East Sussex County Council, the cities of Brighton & Hove city council and the worldwide environmental services provider Veolia Environment Services have contracted to provide a waste management service and as part of the new waste infrastructure build, commission and operate a state-of-the-art energy recovery facility in Newhaven, East Sussex.