The Policy Challenge of Waste-to-Energy: Lessons from France
Article from: OGEL 3 (2016), in Waste-to-Energy (WtE)
Abstract
National policy-making is increasingly re-orienting towards the common goal of achieving effective renewable energy solutions. This paper focuses on the policy challenges of technological advances in energy recovery from waste designed to facilitate the generation of 'clean' renewable energy on a national scale. At the heart of this challenge, waste management policy communities in France have discouraged advances in this technology as it could potentially discourage waste prevention strategies. Conversely, energy policy networks are increasingly fostering its development as an important ...