Best Available Techniques (BAT) for Industrial Emission Prevention and Control: Insights from the Cement Production and Waste Incineration Sectors

This webinar is the third in a series on industrial pollution prevention and control. It explores how Best Available Techniques (BAT) are used to reduce industrial emissions in the cement production and waste incineration sectors. Drawing on cross-country insights from OECD reports, Activity 6: Cross-Country analysis of selected sectors for comparison and Activity 7: Cross-Country Analysis of selected BREFs for Iron-Steel, Paper-Pulp and Waste incineration sectors, the webinar sheds light on significant environmental challenges, highlights shared and sector-specific emission control techniques and discusses the potential for harmonising BAT implementation globally. The findings are based on reviews of BREFs from the European Union, the United States, China, India, Korea and the World Bank.

• The EU BREF for the Production of Cement, Lime and Magnesium Oxide (CLM BREF - 2013), Georgios Chronopoulos
• OECD presentation
• The EU BREF for Waste Incineration and its BAT Conclusions, Ling He 
• Introduction and Direction of the BREF Cement Production Sector, Phil-Goo Kang.

Discover what the event is about.

1.  Welcome and Introduction to the OECD’s Work on BAT  (15 min)
Speakers: Naoko Moritani and Berrak Eryasa (OECD Secretariat)

2. Activity 6 – Cement production (40 min)
Speakers: Berrak Eryasa (OECD Secretariat), Georgios Chronopoulos (JRC, EU), Philgoo Kang (NIER, Korea)

• Overview of Portland cement production and its environmental impact.
• Air emissions of particulate matter (PM), sulphur oxides (SO_x), nitrogen oxides (NO_x), carbon dioxide (CO₂).

3.     Activity 7 – Waste incineration (25 min)
Speakers: Berrak Eryasa (OECD Secretariat), Ling He (UBA, Germany)

• Overview of municipal solid waste incineration and its environmental impact.
•  Key Environmental Issues (KEIs) in all incineration processes for MSW:  
  •  Air emissions: nitrogen oxides (NO_x) and ammonia (NH₃), particulate matter (PM), heavy metals (mercury, cadmium and total metals), PCDD/F, hydrogen fluoride (HF) and hydrogen chloride (HCI).
  • Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) – decarbonisation efforts 

• Common or similar BATs and BAT-AE(P)Ls identified: 
  • Air emission control techniques: process-integrated techniques and end-of-pipe BAT. 

4.     Discussion: Harmonisation of BAT Approaches Across Industries (30 min)

Speakers:  Lighea Speziale (Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP)), Abhishek Shukla (Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA)), Georgios Chronopoulos (JRC, EU), Philgoo Kang (NIER, Korea) and Ling He (UBA, Germany) 

• Comparison of BREFs across countries and sectors: 
• Industry perspectives on BAT implementation 

5.     Question and Answer, Closing Remarks & Next Steps (10 min)

This project has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.