Practical example on setting the regional waste management system.

The Latvian experience.

Armands NikolajevsLatvian Association of Waste Management CompaniesManaging director

LASUA is the onliest professional organization in LATVIA in waste management bussiness wich contein 52 companies

It was founded in 1991, like interest group from utility Total amount of companies in 2007 is aprx 75 milj Euro Members is from private and from municipal sector They works in waste collection, sorting, planing etc. In 2005, by our initiation well founded sector Baltic

counsil From midle of this Year we are member of FEAD.

Historical situation

Untill 1996 we have more than 500 dump sites in our country. More from that was illegal

From 1996 lot of west European consulting companies come to Latvia and after inspection situation supply information in environment tidy out.

Untill 2006 we cloused more than 300 dump sites and at the beginn of 2007 we have 192. At the end of this year planing closed half of them.

Untill 2009 we must closed all old dump sites.

Basis for planning

Law on Waste Management, Chapter III, article 10 defines 3 levels of planning;

The state defines the municipal waste regions

Regional waste management

plans (10)

National waste management plan (1)

Local waste management plans/regulations/rules

What is defined by the national waste management plan?

The establishment of 11 regions Ministry of Environment elaborates the

regional plans, except Riga city Plans are approved by the Government,

except the plan of Riga.

Waste management regions

Description of the regions

Area (km2)

Population (thous.)

Country (%)

Town (%)

Municipalities

Ventspils 2518 58.4 22.78 77.2 13

Liepaja 3655 132.3 23.7 76.3 30

Ziemeļvidzeme 10411 190.6 55.3 44.7 85

Rīga 4986 211.4 52.2 47.8 38

Dienvidlatgale 6927 229.2 35.5 65.5 60

Austrumlatgale 5248 111.1 52.2 47.8 53

Maliena 7076 919.9 37 63.0 60

Vidusdaugava 8086 132.0 44.7 55.3 63

Zemgale 5183 194.8 52.3 47.7 51

Piejūra 5293 159.1 40 60.0 40

Viduskurzeme 4679 735.7 56.4 43.6 35

Criterions

Area of teritory Compactness of population Old legal dump sites Concomitant (industry,agriculture, etc)

Waste management goals

Involvement of the inhabitants in the waste management system from 2006: 100% in cities and as minimum 75% in rural areas.

Reduction of the biodegradable waste. Targets on recovery and recycling of

packaging (glass, paper, plastic, wood and metal)

Separate waste collection

Elements of the system:– Separate waste collection points;– Waste sorting yards– Waste sorting stations;– Composting fields;– Recycling centers (Riga);– Special sites for electronic waste, bulky waste

and construction waste.

Points Yards Sorting stations Composting fields

Rīga 500 (300-500 inhabitant/point)

13 4 4

Ventspils 163 (300 i/p) - * 1 (near landfill) 1Liepaja 371 (i/p in cities)

200 (i/p in rural)6 1 1 (landfill)

Viduskurzeme 82 (500 i/p in cities200 in rural)

- * 1 3

Piejūras 427 (300 i/p cities; 200 in rural)

9 2 8

Zemgale 313 at first, 1300 till 2025

19 1 19

Austrumlatgale 248 (300-400 i/p) 7 2 (1 landfill) 2Dievidlatgale 203 (1000 i/p in cities;

1 per municipality)4 1 (in landfill) 7

Maliena 115 (first etap)follow 464

7 7

Vidusdaugava - - 4 4Ziemeļvidzeme 274 19 un* 1 polig. 1 in landfill

Following problems

Economicaly :

1. Service rate be up

2. Transport distances from client to landfiel is grow

Concomitant :1. Starting hard work with municipalities.

2. Population educating

3. In some regions choice of the place for landfield

Conclusions

After first project involved we could analyse all problems. Each region have coordinate municipal company, wich

organized all works before real starting project and follow untill end of project.

Same company organized all tenders for closing old dump sites in region.

Problem : for closing old dump sites we have part of money from EU cohesion fund, but it’s not enough in some project, and municipality need starting in project with aprx 15-30 % from totaly expense.

Problem for new projects : shortage money

Thank You for attention

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