New agreement for carbon capturing at waste treatment plants
The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) recently agreed on a plan for carbon capturing at waste treatment installations. The agreement has been settled between the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) and Association of Swiss Waste Recycling Plant Operators (Verband der Betreiber Schweizerischer Abfallverwertungsanlagen VBSA).
With the new agreement operators of waste treatment plans are obliged to commissioning CO2 capture, storage, and utilization facilities by 2030. In general, the agreement pushes innovation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in Switzerland.
It is not yet defined, where to permanently store the sequestered CO2. Different options including the two pathways DemoUpCARMA is exploring are therefore under evaluation, showing the importance of our project in supporting future decision to achieve negative emissions.
Please find the full media release by DETEC here.
