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How to move up the EU Waste Hierarchy - difficulties, challenges, efforts, successes

Dr inż. Andrzej Tonderski, M.Sc. Wojciech Winiecki, GUT/POMCERT

Prof. Jan Hupka, M.Sc. Andreas Haenel, GUT

ISWA European Group Meeting in Brussels3 - 4 September 2013

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Presentation structure:

• Country description;• Challenges;• Efforts;• Successes:• Investment Concept;• Conclusions

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STRUCTURE

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Driving force:

• Poland undertook a number of commitments in the field of waste management (environmental protection) while ratifying the Accession Treaty in 2003.

– Reduction of landfill municipal wastes;– Increase of recycling levels;– Reuse of certain selected waste fractions;

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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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The main targets:

• achievements of minimum 60% recovery level and 55% recycling of packaging waste by 31 December 2014,

• reduction of stored biodegradable municipal waste by 2010 to 75%, by 2013 to 50% and by 2020 to 35%, relating to the mass of waste generated in 1995,

• collecting by 2012 of 25 % and by 2016 of 45% used batteries and accumulators,

• collecting 4kg/ inhabitant of used electric and electronic equipments from households per a year  

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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Development of Waste Treatment in Poland(Source: GUS – Central Statistical Office Poland www.gus.gov.pl)

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Treatment:

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Number of waste management facilities between 2005 and 2009

Legal landfill

Composting of selective

collected wasteDigestion

Mechanical biological treatment

Sorting of selectively

collected waste

Sorting of mixed waste

Sorting of mixed and segregated

wasteIncineration

2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009

762 520 58 90 6 3 20 11 19 86 25 36 59 51 1 1

Infrastructure:

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Waste utilization facilities in Poland in 2011

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[National Waste management Plan 2014]

Location of facilties:

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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European Perspective:

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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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European Perspective:

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Organisation:

• Legislation– Law on environmental

protection, – Act on municipal government, – Act on municipal services, – Act on waste, – Act on maintaining cleanliness

and order in municipalities,– Act on packaging and

packaging waste

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• Planning– National Plan on Waste

Management,– Provincial Plan on Waste

Management,– Municipal Plan on Waste

Management,

• Funding– National & Local Funding,– International & European

Funding,– PPP;

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Challenges:

• Inadequate ownership of waste streams (system is in transformation process);

• Inadequate financial incentives (taxes, fees);• Poor public awareness / participation;• Inadequate number of collection points• Unreliable data due to complex system;• Poor administrative capacity for adopting EU funds• Lack of Public-private partnerships.

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CHALLENGES

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Efforts:

• Municipalities owe and organize waste collection

– Tenders,– PPP,

• Organisation of waste management regions

– Public awareness actions,– Funding,– Economy of scale

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EFFORTS

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Results:

POSITIVE:•Full coverage of waste collection;•Increased rate of source separation;•Increased public awareness;

• NEGATIVE:• Centralisation of the

WM system;• Price increase of the

service;• Lack of system

solution for multiapartment houses

SUCCESSES

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Investment Conceptversion 3.0

Cycle of Continuous Improvement

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Conclusions:

1. WM in Poland that developed between 1990-2012 could be characterised as liberal;

2. The achievements in climbing waste management hierarchy (reuse/recycling) were inadequate;

3. WM revolution in 2013, despite many shortcomings gives hope for better reuse and recycling and climbing in waste hierarchy;

4. There is development of a tool (BWIM) to support appropriate planning & implementation

CONCLUSIONS

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

Dr inż. Andrzej Tonderski

b21t@pomcert.pl

+48 661 360170