What is the UK stance on residual waste treatment?
Any form of waste treatment would operate under strict environmental guidelines, which will be monitored through the licensing and planning process. The UK Government has called for ‘Greater use of energy derived from waste’. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said: “We will need to increase substantially the energy that we derive from waste and biomass”. Read more here The Welsh Assembly Government has published a renewable Energy Route Map, which clearly highlights energy derived from waste as a key element to the renewable energy strategy.
