But those domestic aspirations don't seem to extend to waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, which are a fundamental aspect of the Scandinavian waste management landscape. If you're planning a visit to the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, there's a whopping WTE plant right behind the statue, on the waterfront. But Norway appears to be on the verge of solving the Achilles heel of WTE plants – fly ash. The Associate Environment Minister, Eugenie Sage, recently declared that WTE plants "don't fit with the Government's waste reduction plans". Yet her political brethren in Germany support WTE plants and are promoting a complete ban on land-filling by 2020.

Source: Stuff July 22, 2019 15:56 UTC