‘Waste-to-Energy’ could save Cyprus from sanctions

International award-winning environmentalist Brian Ellis has noted in a study that a “Waste-to-Energy” power station in Cyprus would allow the island to avoid future EU sanctions for carbon emissions but points out that it would be better to implement this project in the private sector rather than the public sector.
In a 28-page essay, “The environment and the Nicosia General Hospital area”, Ellis proposed that “a 'Waste-to-Energy' power station be built to provide both electricity and district heating and cooling.”
“It would use household garbage, collected over a 50 km radius, as its main source of fuel. This non-polluting technology is currently used in about 450 power stations in nearly 40 countries. As garbage is a renewable, non-fossil, energy resource, this station would be sufficient to allow Cyprus to avoid future EU sanctions for carbon emissions,” he pointed out.
He added that “at the same time, it would pre-empt the risk of further sanctions for landfills not conforming to European Commission Directives, because it converts the unacceptable biological waste to an inert waste occupying only 10% of the volume.”