Theintroduction of landfill diversion targets in the 1990 sandtheadoption of the Waste Framework Directive in 2008 resulted in a strong impetusto pursue holistic waste management in the European Union (EU). The UK, however, has lagged its prominent EU peers in achieving certain targets set by the EU. Historically, energy from waste (EfW) capacity development in the UK was slow, resulting in a huge gap between residual waste and EfW capacities. This status quo, however, startedto evolve since 2011. The country saw the development of several newincineration facilities. Many domestic and international investors have since shown strong interest in acquiring some of the largest and mostprofitable EfW facilities.

As investors evaluate the commercial viability of their investments, it is crucial to assess the long-term EfW demand-supply dynamics and infrastructure capacity gap. While there is substantial literature on EfW capacity gap at the national level, a similar abundance of information and analyses is unavailable for the local levels. This is a critical information gap as EfW facilities often have localised catchment areas. Therefore, any meaningful assessment needs to extend this analysis to the level of the region or the catchment area of the EfW facility in consideration.

In this three-volume series we provide a new perspective on EfW demand-supply dynamics and its evolution in England at the county level.

• Volume 1: The regional capacity gap

• Volume 2: The future of residual waste

• Volume 3: The 2030 capacity gap
  Providing such a detailed view has many challenges as there is

  no official data on addressable commercial and industrial (C&I) wastearisings, waste arising by material is not tracked at the local authority level, and there are slightly different reporting standards across nations. Our analysis and insights are built on a multidimensional dataset derived from reliable sources and a combination of regional macroeconomic, population, and sociological statistics, alongsidetemporal efficiency factors.

  In this volume [Volume 1], we estimate residual waste and compareit with EfW capacity to determine the EfW capacity gap in England at the county level.

1.  WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ENGLAND

2.  HISTORY OF EFW IN ENGLAND

3. REGIONAL RESIDUAL WASTE

4.  REGIONAL EFW CAPACITY

5. REGIONAL CAPACITY GAP