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Landfill reduction experience in The Netherlands.
1NV Afvalzorg Holding, Nauerna 1, Assendelft 1566 PB, The Netherlands.
Waste Management (New York, N.Y.)
|July 8, 2014
Summary
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
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.
