POTENTIAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE

摘要

The European Waste Framework Directive generally lays down a priority order of what constitutes the best overall environmental option in waste legislation and policy. Article 4 of the Directive (2008/98/EC) sets out five steps for dealing with waste, ranked according to environmental impact, the so called 'waste hierarchy'. These steps include the following: (1) Prevention - preventing and reducing waste generation, (2) Reuse and preparation for reuse - giving the products a second life before they become waste, (3) Recycling and composting, (4) Recovery, (5) Disposal - be it landfilling, incineration, pyrolisis, gasification and other finalist solutions.