By law the UK must reach net zero, which means the country is no longer adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, by 2050.

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) seventh carbon budget sets out a limit on the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions over the five years between 2038 to 2042 to achieve this target.

To achieve this target, the CCC says there must be a near elimination of biodegradable waste sent to landfill from 2028 and all types of waste from 2045.

The CCC also recommends that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are installed at all Energy-from-Waste (EfW) plants by 2045, which it estimates will capture 90–95% of emissions produced through incineration.

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