As residual waste and RDF feedstock starts to become more challenging and competitive as capacity increases and supplies start to become scarcer, EFW’s are increasingly considering the sourcing of their waste and the associated cost, both financially and environmentally,

Slough Multifuel facility (SMF) is a new 55 MW energy from waste facility producing heat and electricity through the combustion of c. 480,000 tonnes per annum of waste derived fuels from various sources of municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste and waste wood.

Monksleigh's analysis of the reporting by EFW plants in Englandshow that there is no consistency in the approach to the way biogenic carbon emissions were measured by the 51 operational EFW plants in England.

Biomass by Energy Content, Biomass by CV, the 'Selective Dissolution Method (SDM)' are all differing terminologies for the same test, which seems to have become the default test to determine the level of biogenic material in residual waste...... but does it?

With Landfill Tax due to step up to £126.70 in April 2025 the gate fee trajectory of landfill and EFW going forwards looks ominous - and may lead to some unintended consequences of Landfill tax and UK ETS policy in the future.

Monksleigh's recent analysis of the 51 operational EFW plants in England shows that only 24% of EFW facilities rely on direct measurement of carbon emissions from their stack to estimate their overall emissions of biogenic carbon to the atmosphere.

Market and operational trend analysis for all residual waste EfW facilities in the UK, combining data from annual reports up to and including 2021 and maps to show the proximity of a site to the residual local authority waste it received in 2021.