Sweden 9,4 million inhabitants 450 000 km 2 Public responsibility for household waste Reduction fo climat gases Material for recycling Energy.

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

[email protected]

www.avfallsverige.se

www.minskaavfallet.se

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