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Landfill reduction experience in The Netherlands.

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  • 1NV Afvalzorg Holding, Nauerna 1, Assendelft 1566 PB, The Netherlands.

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.)
|July 8, 2014
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Dutch landfill regulations achieved waste reduction but created financial instability and risks for long-term environmental care. Careful planning is needed to manage the landfill sector

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Policy
  • Waste Management Science
  • Circular Economy Studies

Background:

  • Modern waste legislation prioritizes resource efficiency and landfill reduction.
  • Over 20 years of Dutch policy combined regulations, taxes, and bans to decrease landfilling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the long-term effects of Dutch landfill reduction policies.
  • To assess the financial viability and environmental responsibilities of the landfill sector.
  • To identify necessary adjustments for a sustainable waste management transition.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of landfill regulations, taxes, and bans over two decades.
  • Financial assessment of the Dutch landfill industry.
  • Review of EU regulations and transboundary waste shipment issues.

Main Results:

  • Policies successfully reduced landfilling but led to intense competition and financial losses in the sector.
  • Risk of landfill operators failing to meet closure and aftercare obligations, shifting burden to society.
  • International landfill tax differentials drive non-compliant waste shipments, undermining EU principles.

Conclusions:

  • The transformation to a recycling society requires careful capacity planning and sector reorganization.
  • Public or state intervention may be necessary to ensure a waste management safety net.
  • Current regulations incentivize shifting long-term environmental burdens; aftercare regulations and active landfill stabilization incentives need revision.
Keywords:
Circular economyDiversionReductionZero landfill

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