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carbon intensity, would have brought the external costs more in line with those <strong>of</strong> the<br />

better performing landfill, L1.<br />

In the nine years since the report was written, the general European trend has been<br />

towards an increase in unit damage costs associated with both greenhouse gas and<br />

non-greenhouse gas emissions. Against this backdrop, the trend in carbon intensity <strong>of</strong><br />

electricity generation in Europe has been downwards, and is expected to drop even<br />

more significantly over coming decades. In interpreting these results, factors such as<br />

these must be borne in mind. What this study would appear to suggest is that, again,<br />

contrary to what is assumed in the waste hierarchy, landfill is not always<br />

unequivocally worse than incineration.<br />

61.3.5 Eunomia and Tobin Reports for Greenstar, 2007 and 2008<br />

The first <strong>of</strong> these reports, looking at waste policy, planning and regulation in Ireland<br />

presented damage cost estimates for landfill and incineration as shown in Table<br />

61-6. 1178 ‘High’ and ‘low’ in the column headings refer to the unit damage cost<br />

estimates applied.<br />

Table 61-6: Externalities from Landfill and Incineration (€/tonne)<br />

Direct emissions<br />

non-GHG related<br />

Direct emissions<br />

GHG related<br />

Total Total Direct<br />

Direct<br />

Emissions<br />

Emissions<br />

958<br />

29/09/09<br />

Incineration,<br />

Incineration,<br />

Low<br />

Low<br />

Incineration,<br />

Incineration,<br />

High<br />

High<br />

Landfill Landfill (75% (75%<br />

(75%<br />

engine, engine, 25%<br />

25%<br />

flaring), flaring), Low Low<br />

Low<br />

Landfill Landfill (75% (75%<br />

(75%<br />

engine, engine, 25%<br />

25%<br />

flaring), flaring), High<br />

High<br />

€6.86 €19.80 €2.92 €8.46<br />

€17.73 €17.73 €12.76 €12.76<br />

€24 24 24.59 24 59 59 €37 37 37.53 37 53 53 €15 15 15.68 15 68 68 €21 21 21.22 21 22 22<br />

Offsets GHG related - €4.78 - €4.78 - €1.09 - €1.09<br />

Offsets non-GHG - €3.11 - €8.92 - €0.71 - €2.03<br />

Total Total Off Offsets Off sets - €7.89 89 - €13 13 13.70 13<br />

- €1.80 80 - €3.12 12<br />

Net Net Net Environmental<br />

Environmental<br />

Damages<br />

Damages<br />

Source: Eunomia and Tobin, 2007<br />

€16 16 16.71 16 71 €23 €23.8 €23 €23.8<br />

.84 .8 €13 13 13.89 13 89 €18 18 18.11 18 11<br />

1178 Eunomia and Tobin (2007) <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>, Planning and Regulation in Ireland, Final Report for<br />

Greenstar, Dublin, Ireland.

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