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Figure 7: Thermal Treatment Gate Fees (including levy) 2010 (€ per tonne) Source: RPS 25 20 €140.00 €120.00 €100.00 €80.00 €60.00 €40.00 €20.00 €0.00 46 60 62 0 0 0 Massachuset ts (2010) UK/ Scotland (2010) Net Fee WtE Levy Singapore (2010) 44 45 Data on thermal treatment costs for 2010 were available for seven countries/ regions. Ireland is not included as there are currently no commercial waste-to-energy treatment options available in Ireland. Massachusetts had the lowest thermal treatment gate fee at €46 per tonne while Flanders had the highest at €127 per tonne. Thermal treatment levies do not feature in the cost of thermal treatment in the majority of the benchmarked countries/ regions. Sweden is due to abolish its incineration levy in October 2010. Where they do feature, they are lower than landfill levies reflecting the waste management hierarchy or applied in a way that incentivises heat and energy recovery. 25 Note: Sweden is due to abolish its incineration levy in October 2010. 36 Denmark (2010) 45 Sweden (2010) 95 0 Netherlands (2010) 120 7 Flanders (2010)
2.4.3 Biological Gate Fees FORFÁS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN IRELAND: UPDATE 2010 Although gate fees for food waste have decreased in Ireland over the last years, they still remain amongst the highest of the benchmarked countries/ regions. Figure 8: Biological Gate Fees for Food Waste 2007, 2008 and 2010 (€ per tonne) €100 €90 €80 €70 €60 €50 €40 €30 €20 €10 €0 Flanders Source: RPS 26 35 Netherlands 40 Sweden 41 2007 2008 2010 Scotland 47 Mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) is the treatment of residual municipal waste through a combination of manual and mechanical processing and biological stabilisation. As an intermediate treatment option, some recyclable materials are recovered from the MBT process (such as solid recovered fuel (SRF)), but the majority of the residuals are usually sent to energy recovery, or to landfill. MBT can thus provide an important outlet across a suite of waste management treatment options to reduce the quantity of biodegradable municipal waste which ultimately needs to be sent to landfill and also in assisting Ireland achieve its recycling and emissions reduction targets. Biological treatment facilities can treat both food waste and green waste. For this benchmarking report, fees for food waste only were considered as these are seen as the most relevant from the point of view of internationally trading businesses. Although gate fees for food waste have decreased in Ireland over the last years, at €70 per tonne they remain amongst the highest of the benchmark countries/ regions. At the same time, it is important to note that fees for food wastes are becoming more competitive when compared to landfill 26 Notes: The gate fee for biological treatment relates to the treatment of food waste as this figure is seen as the most relevant from the point of view of internationally trading businesses. The gate fees for Ireland are based on a survey carried out by RPS. Austria 48 Czech Republic 66 Ireland 70 Massachusetts 71 Denmark 94 21
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