The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is seeking an exemption from proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on biogenic carbon dioxide emissions from combustion at landfill gas and waste-to-energy facilities.
The Silver Spring, Md.-based SWANA said in a news release it requested a categorical exclusion from the EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) on CO2 emissions for municipal solid waste management in the Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V GHG (greenhouse gas) Tailoring Rule.
In arguing for the exemption, SWANA told the SAB that the solid waste management industry has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent since the 1970s, while total generation of solid waste has more than doubled.
“These reductions have been achieved through an integrated system of solid waste management that includes landfill gas recovery, waste-to-energy and increased diversion from landfills through recycling and composting” said SWANA Executive Director and CEO John H. Skinner, Ph.D. “No other major industrial sector in North America can make a similar claim for the goods or services they provide,” Skinner added.
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