Definition: Energy recovery

Category: Waste statistics

The incineration that fulfils the energy efficiency criteria laid down in the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), Annex II (recovery operation R1). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/env_wasmun_esms.htm Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives