Amsterdam Waste Disposal

Question 1

5 reasons why waste management is an issue in amsterdam

Answer 1

1 densely populated
2 diminishing amount of spare land
3 greater production and consumption of goods
4 landfill ban in 1995
5 lend deterioration

Question 2

what is the Lanksinks Ladder

Answer 2

waste hierarchy the indicates in order of preference for action to reduce and manage waster from most favourable actions

Question 3

what did the government do to reduce landfill

Answer 3

impose a landfill tax on every piece of material landfilled

Question 4

what is evidence of success for the land fill tax

Answer 4

the targets of the Landfill Directive were reached 10 years early

Question 5

what does the AEB incineration plant do

Answer 5

convert waste energy to electricity and heating

W2E

Question 6

how much waste goes in to the AEB incineration each year

Answer 6

1.4 million tons

Question 7

what is being done to reduce environmental impacts of the AEB plant

Answer 7

they installed a complex process of scrubbing the flue gases

Question 8

how does the AEB plant work with the Waternet treatment plant

Answer 8

incineration plant supplies energy and heat for water treatment processes
sludge and biogas to incerneration plant as an additional fuel source

Question 9

what functions does the AEB plant perform?

Answer 9

elimination of waste

generation of electricity and hear

Question 10

in Amsterdam, which is better, landfill or incineration?

Answer 10

incineration because it is economically and environmentally better than landfill

Question 11

what is the ultimate aim?

Answer 11

reduce waste to incineration by 50%

movement away from waste disposal but more to waste reduction