Abstract
ABSTRACT
This paper reports on a recent tour of hazardous waste treatment facilitiess in Northern Europe. European waste facilities are viewed within the context of national hazardous waste management policies. Centralized hazardous waste treatment facilities are integrated into broad national hazardous waste management systems where incineration is reserved for the most intractable and risky "problem wastes". The paper seeks policy lessons for American practice in five areas: capital and operating costs, efficiency of operation, community effects, facility safety and alternative forms of disposal. While the technical sophistication of European facilities is respectable, the real success of European waste management is seen in the well planned, public/private ownership and management structures of European social-democratic governmental traditions.
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