Why there is no incineration in Greece?

This is an article for the Argentinian magazine VIAL. This article has been based on the material I presented at 2008 ISWA Beacon Conference in Buenos Aires, as an invited speaker. The article contains also an introduction of the Change Ring tool for the evolution of waste management systems.

The article can be downloaded from

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4909382/Why-there-is-no-incineration-in-Greece

DRIVERS AND BARRIERS FOR THE APPLICATION OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN GREECE

This is an article published in ISWA 2007 conference in Amsterdam.
The whole article can be found at:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3212936/DRIVERS-AND-BARRIERS-FOR-THE-APPLICATION-OF-WASTETOENERGY-TECHNOLOGIES-IN-GREECE

SUMMARY: Although there is uniform waste management legislation throughout European Union, the implementation of it depends strongly on local conditions and technical, financial and human resources. Greece is one of the few countries of EU that do not incorporate thermal treatment in their waste management systems. The aim of this paper is to outline the main barriers and drivers for WtE concepts in Greece taking into account the experiences gained from the preparation of two regional waste management facilities in Western Macedonia and Achaia Prefecture. The short review of the case-studies will be followed by an outline and discussion of the national waste drivers and barriers for WtE technologies.