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Sweden. 9,4 million inhabitants 450 000 km 2 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

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  1. Sweden • 9,4 million inhabitants • 450 000 km2 • Public responsibility for householdwaste • Reductionfoclimatgases • Material for recycling • Energy recovery

  2. Avfall Sverige Public waste management • Front runnerwaste management field • Competence • World classinfrastructure • Environmental and social benefits • Ensures long term work according to the wastehierarchy • Zerowaste!

  3. 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, developmentprogramme, lobbying, networking • Primary task: represent and develop members by creating networks, providing information, influencing • Members of Cewep, ECN, ISWA, Municipal Waste Europe • Aimingtoward an environmentallycorrect and sustainablewaste management, for the benefit ofsociety

  4. Developmentprogramme • 15 years – 360 developmentprojects • Total costSEK 68.9 million • The projectsarepresented in reportspublished on the website • Practical usefor the members At least 35 reports/year, someofthemtranslatedintoenglish

  5. Memberadvisory • 9advisors, experts on different matters • Memberscanturntothe them for advice • Guidelines, recommendations, templates

  6. Influencingwork • Target groups: • The parliament, • the government, • public authorities, • variousorganizations, • media. • Long process: • everything is not visible, • requiresmanycontacts. • Decision-makersknowsthat Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Managementis an importantactor

  7. Guidance • Avfall Sverige consistsof the association Avfall Sverige and whollyowned service companyAvfall Sverige AB • Funding • membershipfees • revenuesfrom salesofeducation/training, reports etc. • developmentfee • The Annual meeting appoints the Board • Municipal membersvote • Daily operation by CEO with 17 employees, with the support ofworkinggroups, committeesetc

  8. Organization

  9. Board • 18 members • ten areelectedrepresentatives, mayorsetc • eight administrative officials • nominatingcommittee should • “strivetoensurethat the structureof the board reflects the association’smembership in terms ofitsorganisationalstructure, size and geographical distribution, and strivetoachieve as even gender distribution as possible”.

  10. Workinggroups • Public procurement & legislation • Biological recycling • Landfill • Energy recovery • Export • Hazardouswaste • Communication • Logistics • Material recycling • Recycling centers

  11. www.avfallsverige.se

  12. Communication Trademagazine 5 issues/year Newsletterpublishedwhenneeded, about 20 issues/year, alsopublishedelectronically

  13. Communication • Joint communication2006 – 2012: • Hazardouswaste • Material recycling • Waste-to-Energy • Biogas, bio-fertilizer and compost • The roles and responsibilitiesofmunicipalities • Keyobjectives: • toincrease the knowledgeabout Swedish waste management • toincrease the knowledgeaboutthe roles and responsibilitiesofmunicipalities

  14. Education • Extensive trainingprogrammetoincrease the levelofknowledge and competence • In total 2,500 peopletakepart in about 40 trainingprogrammeseveryyear • Qualitycertifiedsince 2009 • Online trainingprogrammeAvfallsakademin (Waste Academy)

  15. Avfall Sverige’s vision Zerowaste! • Longtermgoals 2020: • Decouplingamount of waste – growth rates •  Strong upwardmovement in wastehierarchy • - Municipalities, theircompaniesare the engine and the guarantorof the transition GDP BNP Amount of waste Avfallsmängd

  16. Waste hierarcy

  17. Swedish Waste Management • Municipalitiesareresponsible for the collection and treatmentofhouseholdwaste, exclproducerresponsibility material • The responsibility and the performance is organized in several different ways • Municipalities and theircompaniesarealsohandling commercialwaste

  18. Clear division of responsibilities Producers: • Collection and treatmentofwastewithproducersresponsibility • Municipalities: • Collection and treatmentof municipal waste • Information to households • Waste prevention • Parliament/ • Government • Authorities Waste generator: • Private persons/households: Sort and leavewasteat indicatedcollectionpoints • Companies/Industries: Handling ofowngeneratedwaste

  19. Waste trend 2008 - 2012

  20. Swedish householdwaste

  21. Waste management is a public service Clear division of roles and responsibilitiesthatenablenecessaryinvestments Long-term regulations and economicalsteering instruments Co-operation betweenmunicipalities Collaborationbetween public and private sectors Focus on communication and public engagement Importantsuccessfactors

  22. Contact WeineWiqvist Prostgatan 2, S-211 25 Malmö +46 40 35 66 05 +46 70 893 15 99 weine.wiqvist@avfallsverige.se www.avfallsverige.se www.minskaavfallet.se twitter.com/#!/avfallsverige facebook.com/sveriges.storsta.miljororelse

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