Amsterdam - Succesful Waste Scheme HIC CS

Question 1

Why did they reduce the amount of landfill sites?

Answer 1

Because of environmental problems caused by them. Greenhouse gas, methane, is produced by rotting matter. Also, its a densely populated city so they didn’t have enough space

Question 2

Why did local people object to landfill?

Answer 2

It looked ugly and smelt bad

Question 3

What did the gov do in 1995?

Answer 3

They introduced landfill tax on every tonne of material

Question 4

How big is the incineration strategy?

Answer 4

• they have created an incineration plant capable of producing 1 million mwh of electricity annually
• plant is being used to create heating for several communities around Amsterdam, prodcuing 300,000 gigajoules of heat annually

Question 5

What percentage of waste that ends up there is reclyed?

Answer 5

64%

Question 6

Overall is the strategy positive?

Answer 6

The waste - to - energy strategy is considered both economically and environmentally better for landfill
However, incineration is still a controversial strategy as in 2014 the Dutch government set the target to reduce waste to incineration by 50% and focus on reclycing and reduction