The Wealth in Waste: America's Ability to Enter the Waste to Energy Market by Embracing European Landfill Diversion, Waste Framework, and Renewable Energy Laws and Waste to Energy Initiatives

Authors

• Emilio Lamanna, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

The note argues that the United States should adopt European Union (EU) strategies for waste management, particularly landfill diversion and waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies, to address its significant environmental and economic challenges. The EU's success in reducing landfill use and increasing renewable energy production through directives and portfolio standards serves as a model for the U.S. The author proposes that the U.S. implement a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Portfolio Standard and a national Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) to promote WtE and reduce reliance on landfills.

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Environmental Law | Law | State and Local Government Law

Recommended Citation

Emilio Lamanna, The Wealth in Waste: America's Ability to Enter the Waste to Energy Market by Embracing European Landfill Diversion, Waste Framework, and Renewable Energy Laws and Waste to Energy Initiatives, 25 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 347 (2017).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjicl/vol25/iss2/6