1. municipal waste collected = proportion of population covered by the municipal waste collecting agency * municipal waste generated

2. ◦ conical waste combustors of municipal waste.

3. liquor from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste

4. digestate from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste

5. 19 06 04 | digestate from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste |

6. Most of the improvement in U.S. dioxin emissions has been for large-scale municipal waste incinerators.

7. 26.21 || || Other slag and ash, including seaweed ash (kelp); ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste.

8. (b) not later than eight years afte the date laid down in Article 18(1), biodegradable municipal waste going to landfills must be reduced to 50 % of the total amount (by weight) of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 or the latest year before 1995 for which stadardised Eurostat data is available;

9. Biogas refers to a mixture of gases produced by the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter such as agricultural waste, municipal waste, plant residue, food waste etc

10. The majority of Cadmium present in the atmosphere is the result of human activities, especially smelting of non-ferrous metal ores, fossil fuel combustion and municipal waste incineration

11. Cadmium can then be found in air, in water, or in plants as a result of anthropogenic pollution mainly from smelting and refining of nonferrous metals, fossil-fuel combustion, and municipal waste

12. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the combustion percentages of the total dioxin and furan inventory from all known and estimated sources in the U.S. (not only incineration) for each type of incineration are as follows: 35.1% backyard barrels; 26.6% medical waste; 6.3% municipal wastewater treatment sludge; 5.9% municipal waste combustion; 2.9% industrial wood combustion.

13. I studied this report from my standpoint as a mayor because the Commission proposal mainly reinforces current legislation on the incineration of municipal waste. As an aside, this shows the usefulness for an MEP of being able to exercise the complementary mandate of mayor which is an option that the current French Government is unfairly and absurdly planning to prohibit.