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PROSPECTS FOR SOLID WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY IN CALIFORNIA
Ethan Elkind
Director, Climate Change and Business Program
UC Berkeley School of Law
July 29, 2016
More Extreme Weather
Chart 1:Weather catastrophes worldwide 1980-2012
Source: Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Geo Risks Research, NatCatSERVICE – As at January 2013
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Climatological events (Extreme temperature, drought,forest fire)
Hydrological events (Flood, mass movement)
Meteorological events (Storm)
2020 & 2050 Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Goals
Municipal Solid Waste Disposal in California in 2013
European Union & EPA Hierarchy
• Outdated codes & statutes
• Threat to recycling
• Cheap landfilling
• Local siting concerns
Key Issues for Waste-to-Energy Conversion
• Technology-neutral,
performance-based standards
• Revised waste disposal
hierarchy with “energy
conversion” and “dispersion”
• Higher landfill tipping fee
• Siting “safeguards”
Possible Next Steps
Email: [email protected] Reports: www.clee.berkeley.edu Blog: legal-planet.org Twitter: @ethanelkind