Exports of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from England during 2015 are expected to pass a record total of 2.75 million tonnes when provisional Environment Agency data for December is published soon.
The latest provisional international waste export shipment figures published by the Agency for the first 11 months of the year already state the RDF export total at a new high of almost 2.57 million tonnes. This compares to the total 2.37 million tonnes exported throughout the whole of 2014.
With more than 200,000 tonnes of material exported throughout each month of last year, it is expected that the 2015 total will hit a new high of around 2.75 million tonnes sent abroad for energy production in incinerators.