ROME is currently shipping rubbish in 900 tonne weekly consignments by rail to Amsterdam after fire destroyed its main incineration facility, reports Lyons' Euronews.
A special-purpose train will transport the rubbish 1,700 kilometres as the 'most environmental' solution available, say authorities.
Last year, a huge fire heavily damaged Rome's largest waste processing company. A new installation will not be operational until at least 2026.
Short of letting the rubbish spill out onto the streets and into waterways, Roman authorities have few options.
Thus, the city has struck a deal with the Amsterdam Waste and Energy Company (AEB), which has agreed to burn 900 tonnes of rubbish a week.
The waste is pressed into bales, and loaded into 16 rail cars and burnt at EUR200 per tonne (US$219), or EUR28 million over the next three years.
Part of the Amsterdam deal includes a condition that the energy generated from this rubbish will heat homes in Amsterdam. AEB already does this with 30,000 homes in the city.
The Netherlands took in 24 million tonnes of rubbish in 2020, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. Within Europe, there is a busy trade of rubbish between cities.
Hamburg, for example, takes waste from the Netherlands. Copenhagen imports waste from the UK. Vienna imports waste from Italy and Germany, which it converts into energy. But much EU waste is exported to Turkey and India.
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A special-purpose train will transport the rubbish 1,700 kilometres as the 'most environmental' solution available, say authorities.
Last year, a huge fire heavily damaged Rome's largest waste processing company. A new installation will not be operational until at least 2026.
Short of letting the rubbish spill out onto the streets and into waterways, Roman authorities have few options.
Thus, the city has struck a deal with the Amsterdam Waste and Energy Company (AEB), which has agreed to burn 900 tonnes of rubbish a week.
The waste is pressed into bales, and loaded into 16 rail cars and burnt at EUR200 per tonne (US$219), or EUR28 million over the next three years.
Part of the Amsterdam deal includes a condition that the energy generated from this rubbish will heat homes in Amsterdam. AEB already does this with 30,000 homes in the city.
The Netherlands took in 24 million tonnes of rubbish in 2020, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. Within Europe, there is a busy trade of rubbish between cities.
Hamburg, for example, takes waste from the Netherlands. Copenhagen imports waste from the UK. Vienna imports waste from Italy and Germany, which it converts into energy. But much EU waste is exported to Turkey and India.
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