Europe’s big trash-burning experiment has become a dirty headache

27 July 2025, Politico

Meanwhile, local governments are stuck, environmental NGOs argue, with many still paying off the debt they accrued when agreeing to build the sites. “Many of these installation plans would turn out to be obsolete,” says Anelia Stefanova, energy transformation area leader for CEE Bankwatch, since EU countries are expected to meet waste reduction and recycling targets enforced by EU laws.