The recent European Landfill Directive will force the UK to reduce the
amount of organic waste it disposes of in landfill sites. This is causing
panic among waste disposal authorities, which have failed for years to
address the question of what to do sustainably with our household waste.
Local authorities in the UK are now stampeding towards huge incineration
plants, capable of burning 200,000 tonnes or more of rubbish per annum,
to meet the EU targets.