References and links

This page includes references and links to further reading available on the internet.
Some reports are available for free and some are available for a small charge from the provider.

General information on waste management

• Defra
• Environment Agency
• WRAP
• CIWM

Reports into EfW, including health

• The Impact on Health of Emissions to Air from Municipal Waste Incinerators RCE 13 (2010)
  Published by the Health Protection Agency
• The Viability of Advanced Thermal Treatment of MSW in the UK (2004)
  Published by ESTET
• Review of Environmental and Health Effects of Waste Management: Municipal Solid Waste and Similar Wastes (2004)
  Published by Enviros Consulting Ltd and University of Birmingham with Risk and Policy Analysts Ltd, Open University and Maggie Thurgood
• Europe - Transport Remains Main Source of Health Damaging Pollutants (2008)
  Published by Resource Recovery Forum 
• Health Effects of Municipal Waste Incinerators - A Literature Survey (2006)
  Published by Dieter Schrenk, MD PhD, Professor of Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Legislation and policy covering EfW

• Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste.

Scientific reports into EfW

(All reports available for a small fee from Science Direct)

• Energy from waste incineration — a state of the art emissions review with an emphasis on public acceptability (2001)
  Andrew Porteous
  Department of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
• Energy from Waste: A Wholly Acceptable Waste-management Solution (1997)
  Andrew Porteous
  The Open University, Faculty of Technology, Walton Hall, Walton, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
• Health risk assessment of air emissions from a municipal solid waste incineration plant – A case study (2008)
  Federico Cangialosia, Gianluca Intinia, Lorenzo Libertia, Michele Notarnicolaa and Paolo Stellacci.
  Department of Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development, Technical University of Bari, V.le Turismo 8, 74100 Taranto, Italy
• Air and soil dioxin levels at three sites in Italy in proximity to MSW incineration plants (2004)
  Stefano Caserini, Stefano Cernuschi, Michele Giugliano, Mario Grosso, Giovanni Lonati and Paola Mattaini
  DIIAR Sezione Ambientale, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy