sweden 9,4 million inhabitants 450 000 km 2 public responsibility for household waste reduction...
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Sweden
9,4 million inhabitants
450 000 km2
Public responsibility for
household waste
Reduction fo climat gases
Material for recycling
Energy recovery
Avfall Sverige
Public waste management
Front runner waste management field
– Competence
– World class infrastructure
Environmental and social benefits
Ensures long term work according to the waste hierarchy
Zero waste!
Avfall Sverige
Waste management & recycling sector’s expert organzation– Reason: the municipalities' responsibility for household
400 members
– Represent 99,9 % of the Swedish population
Community contacts, advice, training, communication, development programme, lobbying, networking
Primary task: represent and develop members by creating networks, providing information, influencing
Members of Cewep, ECN, ISWA, Municipal Waste Europe
Aiming toward an environmentally correct and sustainable waste management, for the benefit of society
Development programme
15 years – 360 development projects
Total cost SEK 68.9 million
The projects are presented in reports published on the website
Practical use for the members
At least 35 reports/year, some of them translated into english
Member advisory
9 advisors, experts on different matters Members can turn to the them for advice Guidelines, recommendations, templates
Influencing work
Target groups:– The parliament, – the government,– public authorities, – various organizations,– media.
Long process: – everything is not visible, – requires many contacts.
Decision-makers knows that Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Management is an important actor
Guidance
Avfall Sverige consists of the association Avfall Sverige
and wholly owned service company Avfall Sverige AB
Funding
– membership fees
– revenues from sales of education/training, reports etc.
– development fee
The Annual meeting appoints the Board
– Municipal members vote
Daily operation by CEO with 17 employees, with the
support of working groups, committees etc
Organization
CEO
Working groups Office Guidance committee
Annual meeting(General meeting)
Board
Board
18 members– ten are elected representatives, mayors etc– eight administrative officials
nominating committee should – “strive to ensure that the structure of the board
reflects the association’s membership in terms of its organisational structure, size and geographical distribution, and strive to achieve as even gender distribution as possible”.
Working groups
Public procurement & legislation Biological recycling Landfill Energy recovery Export Hazardous waste Communication Logistics Material recycling Recycling centers
www.avfallsverige.se
Communication
Trademagazine 5 issues/year
Newsletter published when needed, about 20 issues/year, also
published electronically
Communication
Joint communication 2006 – 2012:– Hazardous waste– Material recycling– Waste-to-Energy– Biogas, bio-fertilizer and compost– The roles and responsibilities of municipalities
Key objectives: – to increase the knowledge about Swedish waste
management– to increase the knowledge about the roles and
responsibilities of municipalities
Education
Extensive training programme to increase the level of knowledge and competence
In total 2,500 people take part in about 40 training programmes every year
Qualitycertified since 2009 Online training programme
Avfallsakademin (Waste Academy)
Zero waste!
Longterm goals 2020:
Decoupling amount of waste – growth rates
Strong upward movement in waste hierarchy
- Municipalities, their companies are the engine and the
guarantor of the transition
Avfall Sverige’s vision
BNP
GDP
Amount of waste
Waste hierarcy
Swedish Waste Management
Municipalities are responsible for the collection and
treatment of household waste, excl producer
responsibility material
The responsibility and the performance is organized in
several different ways
Municipalities and their companies are also handling
commercial waste
Clear division of responsibilities
Producers: • Collection and treatment
of waste with producers responsibility
Waste generator:• Private persons/households: Sort and leave waste at
indicated collection points• Companies/Industries: Handling of own generated
waste
Municipalities:• Collection and treatment of
municipal waste • Information to households• Waste prevention
Parliament/GovernmentAuthorities
Waste trend 2008 - 2012
Swedish household waste
Important success factors
Waste management is a public service
Clear division of roles and responsibilities that enable necessary investments
Long-term regulations and economical steering instruments
Co-operation between municipalities
Collaboration between public and private sectors
Focus on communication and public engagement
Contact
Weine Wiqvist
Prostgatan 2, S-211 25 Malmö
+46 40 35 66 05
+46 70 893 15 99
www.avfallsverige.se
www.minskaavfallet.se
twitter.com/#!/avfallsverige
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