Solid Alternative Fuels -legal, technological and economical developments in Austria

摘要

Production and utilization of alternative fuels show a strong positive development in Austria as well as in other regions of the world. It has become state of the art in the European cement industry and from the economical point of view it is hardly impossible to operate a cement kiln without substitution of conventional fossil fuels. Co-processing has become a economic necessity and a generally accepted part of a national wide waste management, in Austria and other European countries. Although there are still problems in emerging countries as well as in developing countries with public acceptance of co-processing, however an increase of the TSR can be expected in near future. It is a social process rather than a technical one to accept these innovative developments and changes in waste management.