Waste management in France
The French waste management picture is dominated by waste incineration with energy recovery, which could be a growing piece of the waste management puzzle in coming years as both landfill space dwindles and as stabilization technologies for ash management--a big issue in France--move closer to commercial development. Overall in France, the breakdown of municipal solid wastes--known as urban wastes'' in Europe--is as follows: 49% is landfilled; 25% is combusted and involves energy production; 10% is incinerated without energy production; 6% is composted; and 4% is recycled. The estimated remaining 6% is directed to unauthorized landfills that are targeted for closure by the year 2002. However, the nation's goal is to encourage waste valorization; making an end product something of value rather than something to be disposed of, and recycling. In fact, by the year 2002, the country may need about 150 more waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities, in part to reduce the flow of untreated wastes to landfills. Recycling, waste-to-energy, and an upcoming requirement that certain kinds of ash products be stabilized before landfilling are the key French waste management issues for 1995.
- OSTI ID:
- 6460751
- Journal Information:
- Waste Age; (United States), Vol. 26:3; ISSN 0043-1001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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