The Council has not chosen a hugely expensive method of waste disposal. Detailed costings were undertaken as part of the Waste Management Strategy. Choosing to go to energy from waste will provide long-term gains. The Council’s Waste Management strategy reduces the burden on the council and its taxpayers of the increasing costs in landfill taxes per year.

As part of the procurement process of the integrated Environmental Services contract a value for money evaluation was carried by independent consultants. They concluded that the contract, including the waste disposal element, provided value for money.

The EU report from which this question appears to have been derived clearly states in an opening “Important Introductory Remark” that it is a purely methodological study based on existing information from literature, and it is not intended to compare and evaluate various waste management options.