For decades, municipal waste incineration has escaped Europe's main climate policy. While power stations, steel mills and cement plants have paid for their carbon pollution, incinerators have continued burning millions of tonnes of waste without facing a carbon price. That is finally about to change, writes Janek Vahk. The European Commission's proposal to include municipal […]
The regional government tool excludes emissions of range 3, those generated indirectly along the value chain and that represent most of the carbon footprint of many companies. “It’s a way to slow down the fight against climate change,” they denounce from Greenpeace.