The Umbria Region is painstakingly carrying onits commitment ttoo aacchhiieevvee tthhee 6655%% rraattee ooff ssoorrtteeddwwaassttee ccoolllleeccttiioonn, expected by the new RegionalPlan regarding the waste disposal. The regional Committee has, as a matter of fact,approved the new supporting plan to the sortedcollection of waste services to be implementedby the Municipalities in compliance with the in-structions established by the Regional Plan. The total assets made available by the Region inorder to achieve this goal, which represent thepivotal aspect of the new waste managementplan, amount to 4 million euros, so far. The earlyresults coming from important Umbrian towns,such as, CCiittttàà ddii CCaasstteelllloo,, GGuubbbbiioo,, MMaaggiioonnee,, CCoorr--cciiaannoo - which have already switched to the “door-to-door” system also inside the old towns - provethat, through the extension of the household ser-vices to the whole regional territory, it is possibleto achieve, in a few years time, a twofold in-crease of the sorted waste amount collected.AUR is in contact with several Municipalities inUmbria in order to select the most interesting ini-tiatives to be supported in the framework of WA-SMAN project

Also the MMuunniicciippaalliittyy ooff PPeerruuggiiaa - the capitaltown and the most populated council of the Um-bria Region - has approved in 2010 a radicalchange in matter of city hygiene services, thanks

to an ongoing spread of the “door-to-door” sor-ted waste collection and the gradual eliminationof the garbage bins on the road. The timetableestablishes three different time phases, so iden-tifying from time to time the involved areas on aterritory plan basis and on the present waste col-lection management. From the target of 45% of sorted collection in2009 (by “door-to.-door” service covering 30% ofresidents) we will switch to the 2010 target of55% (with the door-to-door service extended to50% of the city dwellers), and in 2012 to the tar-get of 65% (with the “door-to-door” on 70% ofthe resident population). In the 2013-2014 pe-riod, the services will be at full speed.

''''AA mmoonntthh ffoorr tthhee EEnnvviirroonnmmeenntt'''' is the title of afull event calendar that the Environment LocalAuthority of the Perugia Municipality has sche-duled together with the ATI Nr. 2, with the pur-pose to show and promote the city hygieneservices provided in the new waste managementcontract. Moreover, other events are in progress,concerning an EEccoo--ffrriieennddllyy CCaarrnniivvaall, with showsof costumes made out of recycled materials andat the ecological stations. There will be properposts by which to propel the sorted waste col-lection and there will be public meetings aimedto explain the “door-to-door” collection serviceoperation to the city dwellers.

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“Door-to-door” “Door-to-door” sorted waste sorted waste collection in Umbriacollection in Umbria

- Interview to the Mayor of the Municipality of Trikalapage 3

- New landfills and transit pointfor integrated management of solid wastepage 6

- Waste management in the region of Aragon page 4- A good step for MCA analysispage 5

- Learning the separate collection- Say goodbye to the plastic bagspage 2

INDEXINDEX

ITALY- Umbria Research Agency - Gal Genovese Development Agency

FRANCEArmines EMA-LG12P

SPAIN- Aragonese Federation of Municipalities,Regions and Provinces- Alcalá la Real Local Council

GREECETrikala’s Municipal Enterprise for Social Development

CYPRUSLarnaca District Development Agency

SLOVENIARegional Development Agency of Inner-Karst Region

PARTNERSPARTNERS

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The goal is to achieve the 65% rateThe goal is to achieve the 65% rate

In Spain 10.500 millions of plastic bags are distributed every year, some-thing like 250 bags per inhabitant per year. Only the 10% of plastic bags are collected for recycling processes in orderto produce new objects and materials. So the most of plastic bags collec-tion is not differentiated with obvious negative consequences for the en-vironment.Moreover the plastic bag manufacture emits every year 441.000 tons ofCO2 in the atmosphere.The local council of Alcalá la Real is realizing a series of workshops allaround the city and villages and the campaign “Unbag yourself” (leave pla-stic bags), whose objective is the reduction of plastic bags using in twoways:

11.. RReeuuttiilliizzaattiioonn ooff ppllaassttiicc bbaaggss;;22.. DDiissttrriibbuuttiioonn ooff ccllootthh sshhooppppiinngg bbaaggss aanndd aa bbrroocchhuurreess ccoonnttaaiinniinngg aallll nnee--cceessssaarryy iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn ttoo aavvooiidd oorr mmiinniimmiizzee tthhee iinnddiissccrriimmiinnaattee uussee ooff ppllaassttiicc..

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The Municipality of Cogoleto, the pilot area cho-sen by the Development Agency Gal Genovesefor WASMAN Project activities, promoted somecommunication and education activities foryoung people in accordance with the aim to de-liver to new generations an integral territorywhere development and environment protectionare positively linked together. In particular in November 2009 started aa pprroojjeeccttooff eennvviirroonnmmeennttaall eedduuccaattiioonn ffoorr sseeccoonnddaarryysscchhooooll. The project, concerted with the headma-ster, has the aim to raise young’s awareness andpositive attitudes towards environment.Thanks to the collaboration with SATER S.p.A.the project called ““TTrraasshhffoorrmmeerrss”” has been pre-sented with success to several secondary institu-tes. With “Trashformers” ssttuuddeennttss lleeaarrnn,, eennjjooyyiinnggtthheemmsseellvveess,, tthhee iimmppoorrttaannccee ooff sseeppaarraattee ccoolllleecc--ttiioonn aanndd tthhee vvaalluuee ooff rreeuussiinngg. A team of professional educators, through anaanniimmaatteedd sshhooww, has remarked the importance ofthe link between waste management and envi-ronment’s quality.Some of the future activities of the project willbe: the organisation of meetings the Environ-ment Council and with the utility company tobetter understand their role and responsibility,mapping the areas dedicated to waste disposal,questionnaires and interviews conducted by chil-

dren and young people to survey attitudes andknowledge of adults on waste management.Next April will be organised a guided visit to theeco-centre and the landfill of Scarpino. The pro-

ject will finish with an exhibition prepared by stu-dents about their obtained knowledge with theaim to give back to adults their enriched aware-ness.

LLeeaarrnniinngg tthhee LLeeaarrnniinngg tthhee sseeppaarraattee ccoolllleeccttiioonnsseeppaarraattee ccoolllleeccttiioonnwwiitthh wwiitthh TrashformersTrashformersA project of environmental education for secondary schoolA project of environmental education for secondary school

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Say goodbye to Say goodbye to the plastic bagsthe plastic bags

Sensitization Campaign in Alcalá la Real

Mr. Mayor what is your opinion about the cur-rent Municipal Waste Management?

Greek economy has been one of the fastest gro-wing economies within EU the last thirty years.Production of waste is the inevitable measure-ment of the socioeconomic development. As a result, large amounts of garbage are pro-duced daily in Greece and of course in our Muni-cipality.European Union has developed the legislativeframework for the management of waste whichits top priorities are prevention, reuse and recy-cling. The member states are free to decide howthey will meet EU requirements. In this framework the Municipality of Trikala hasimplemented actions, based on the integratedwaste management under the concept of sustai-nability. Our Municipal waste management system is anoutcome of the Regional Solid Waste PlanningManagement of Thessaly, which was based onthe National Solid Waste Management Planning.One of most important actions in the MunicipalWaste Management is the function of Waste Sa-nitary Landfilling in the begging of 2009, withthe participation of 47 Municipalities and the re-storation of the Spaces of Uncontrollable LitterDisposal.Moreover a system for the recycling of packagematerials has been developed and functions inthe Municipality. The system includes blue recy-cling buckets, vehicles and the Recycling SortingPlant (R.S.P.) where the sorting of the materialsand their package takes place according to thematerial.

The recycling rates have been improved signifi-cantly the last years.Responsible for the Landfilling and recycling sy-stem is the “Environmental Development of WestThessaly S.A. (P.A.DY.TH.)”.

According to your opinion, which are the im-portant issues for a successful Municipal wastemanagement system?

Waste is an issue that all countries are concernedabout. The new European Union policy for thewaste sets new standards for an integratedwaste management. There are techniques andtreatment methods with both strong and weakpoints. Some of them are inadequate for economic ortechnological reasons. Thus an important issue isto identify a suitable solid waste treatment me-thod for the region, addressing socioeconomicand environmental aspects, taking into conside-ration the needs of the area, EU legislation andthe method’s efficiency and performance.Another important issue is the citizen’s aware-ness. Today it is not so difficult to install really compli-cated mechanical separating mechanisms, butthe problem remains that the citizens must knowhow they work, how they should be operatedand why it is good to separate waste, of course. I would say that without a push from the side ofgovernment, from the authorities, without in-centives for the citizens to do this and that, no-thing will happen. And the answer is that we are doing this for theenvironment; we are doing this for ourselves, tosave resources, but also due to climate change.

What do you expect from Trikala’s participationin WASMAN project?

We consider that our participation will benefit usmutually and we will gain more experience andknowledge on new recycling methods, aware-ness raising, promotion of civic mentality and po-pulation consensus for active environmentalprotection. WASMAN project can contribute tothe interregional exchange in order to identifykey-aspects among the partner regions relevantto waste management and best practices accor-ding to (a) content, collection, transportation ofthe waste, (b) waste-management technology,(c) cost of waste management and (d) regionaldevelopment priorities and waste managementplans; methods for “design for environment”. We expect that the Waste Management Par-tnership, the Municipal Solid Waste Manage-ment Plan, the Model Community Programme,the realization of pilot actions will help us to or-ganize more efficiently our methods of wastemanagement giving us the opportunity to studyand apply new methods of waste management.

Recycling is a necessary waste management acti-vity. Companies and local authorities can achievessuubbssttaannttiiaall eenneerrggyy ssaavviinnggss aanndd ccoonnsseerrvvee nnaattuurraallrreessoouurrcceess at the same time by rreeccyycclliinngg ppaappeerr,, ccaarr--ddbbooaarrdd,, mmeettaallss,, ggllaassss aanndd ppllaassttiicc. Recycling can offer true Greenhouse gases emis-sions savings and it is placed high in the waste hie-rarchies.There are different technologies available for solidwaste recycling, based on the relevant materials;metals, paper, plastic and glass. Material separation for recycling may take placeat source or after collection in centralised facilities. Any assessment of a recycling operation must ac-count for material loss in the process, the marketacceptance of the recycled product and theenergy required to recycle compared with manu-facture of new products from raw materials. The Waste management system of Trikala’s Mu-nicipality is been operated by the EnvironmentalDevelopment Agency of Western Thessaly(PA.DY.TH.) S.A. successfully. PA.DY.TH S.A is a

municipal enterprise where Municipalities of Tri-kala and Karditsa Prefectures (West Thessaly) par-ticipate with a population of about 280.000inhabitants. The system uses the source collectionprocess and includes: bblluuee rreeccyycclliinngg bbiinnss wwhhiicchhhhaavvee bbeeeenn ppuutt tthhrroouugghhoouutt tthhee MMuunniicciippaalliittyy. Recycling items (Paper, Glass, Plastic, Metal) need

not be placed in bags before being deposited inthese bins, while packaging waste, e.g. cardboardboxes, must be compressed so that they do nottake up extra space. Recycled materials are col-lected from these bins twice per day for the towncentre and twice per week for the town surroun-dings. The materials are collected to the Recycling Sor-ting Plant (R.S.P.), where they are sorted, loadedand transported to recyclers as primary material.The special recyclable materials are collected byprivate companies for recycling (like battery recy-cling systems, recycling of oil products and usedtires of vehicles). The dangerous wa-stes from hospitalare collected by a pri-vate company once aweek, are sterilized(in Larissa) and inci-nerated (in Athens).

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New issues forNew issues forwaste managementwaste management

Interview to Mr. Michalis Tamilos, Mayor of the Municipality of Trikala & President of D.E.K.A. TrikalonInterview to Mr. Michalis Tamilos, Mayor of the Municipality of Trikala & President of D.E.K.A. Trikalon

The rules of good recyclingThe rules of good recycling

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The Aragonese Federation of Municipalities, Re-gions and Provinces (FAMCP) has recently ela-borated aa tteecchhnniiccaall rreeppoorrtt oonn wwaasstteemmaannaaggeemmeenntt iinn tthhee rreeggiioonn ooff AArraaggoonn, with sup-port and technical assistance from the Institutode Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (i3A,-Aragon Institute for Engineering Research-) be-longing to the Universidad de Zaragoza. Thewaste management in the region of Aragon isruled by the GIRA Plan (which stands for “Ge-stión Integral de Residuos de Aragón” -integralwaste management plan in Aragon-). The firststage of the plan comprised the period among2005 and 2008. Currently, the GIRA Plan is onits second stage, in the period from 2009through 2015. The GIRA Plan is based on a set

of rules, principles and fundamentals dictatedby the European Union, following the Europeanpolicy 2008/98/CE. The GIRA Plan 2009 – 2015is available online on pdf format (in spa-nish):(http://portal.aragon.es/portal/page/por-tal/MEDIOAMBIENTE/CALIDAD_AMBIENTAL/RESIDUOS2/PLANIN/GIRA) The report describesthe current waste management situation in theregion of Aragon, being structured in two mainschemes, corresponding to the waste manage-ment in the metropolitan area of Zaragoza (thecapital), and in the rest of the region. This struc-ture was proposed taking into consideration thedemographic and socioeconomic characteristicsand peculiarities of the region. Nevertheless,both routes for waste management observe the

criteria, principles and guidelines established inthe GIRA Plan. The structure of the flowsheetchart has been divided into blocks, clearly iden-tifying three main parts in the diagram, whichare the type of residue, the intermediate ma-nagement operations and the final destinationor application of each waste. The main catego-ries established for the different types of wastesexisting are the following: wastes gathered atthe collecting centres, wastes from selective re-covery, oil, residual organic matter (MOR, whichcomprises municipal solid wastes (MSW), se-wage sludge and manure), used tyres, and sa-nitary and biohazardous wastes andmedicaments.

Waste managementWaste managementin the region in the region of Aragonof Aragon

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On December 17th a meeting was held, establi-shing waste management partnership in Inner-Karst region. At the meeting the representativesof the following stakeholders in the region par-ticipated: municipalities, municipal companies,chamber of commerce and industry, non-gover-nmental organizations, educational and other ex-pert institutions.The Inter-municipalities contract for establi-

shment of association for common waste mana-gement and for setting up a Centre for wasteprocessing and disposal was signed by ten muni-cipalities, three of whom are from outside of re-gion and were additionally involved in theproject.

Project Wasman was presented at the meeting,along with its main activities, our expectationsfrom partnership members and project outputs.We also represented current state of waste andother activities on waste management issues inall participating municipalities.

Establishing the waste managementEstablishing the waste managementpartnership in Ineer-Karst regionpartnership in Ineer-Karst region

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When evaluating a waste management situa-tion, one of the most important criteria is costs.It is difficult to measure exactly expenditures ofwaste management because they are ventila-ted through many sub-costs. Beyond that, moststudies, activity reports and other documenta-tion are giving approximate costs per ton. Fewof them contain more details. The SITOM Sud Gard & Nîmes Métropole areactually carrying on a huge study on householdsolid wastes and sorting centers. The conclusionof this study will take place in our state of artand MCA analysis.

Here is an extract of data that can be used intoboth analysis, which gives an advantageousexample of data to be collected:

TThhee wwaassttee ttrreeaattmmeenntt

The waste produced by the SITOM Sud Gardmunicipalities were disposed at the Lauzières’landfill. The landfilling costs are of 52,60 Euro +9,15 Euro of State taxes per ton, so 61,75Euro/ton. This cost includes the burying opera-tion of the landfill and remediation of the site.At the opening of the incinerator, the averageprice guaranteed by the operator for the follo-wing 20 years, were of Euro 48 per processedton.

TThhee ssoorrtteedd wwaassttee ttrreeaattmmeenntt

It has a different mode of funding. The costsare mainly financed by Eco-Emballages, whichafter collected the tax on packages (0,006Euro), reverses it to the collectivity in charge of

sorted waste treatment.This system, “polluter-pays”, funds the recyclingactivities trough consumers and not by the tax-payer. Effectively, manufacturers make affordthe amount of tax to the consumers. For exam-ple, if someone buy bottled water, this personpays the tax, if one drink tap water, one do notpay the treatment bottles as a taxpayer.The activity of sorting recyclable waste is bene-ficial from an environmental point of view andin the other hand it generates a significantnumber of employment (for example, 30 peo-ple are employed at the sorting center ofNimes).

CCoommppoossttiinngg yyaarrdd wwaassttee

Composting yard waste cost is 35,07Euro perton, it is below of landfilling cost and less pol-luting, mostly when compared to burning.

TThhee ccoolllleeccttiioonn ccoossttss

The collection costs enclose: the trucks, thestaff and the energyThese costs are variable according to the com-munities and depend on:- The frequency of collection- The distance covered to collect the whole ofthe population- The distance between the places of collectionand of treatmentBut some examples of prices enable to evaluatethe collection costs:

- Cost for one hour of collection with 1 lorry, 1driver and 2 pickers: about 80 Euro- Average cost per year and per inhabitant fora collection with 2 garbage days for the house-hold refuse and 1 for the selective collection:between 27 and 40 Euro- Cost of collection for a skip of wastes withtransportation to the place of treatment: bet-ween 70 and 80 Euro- Cost of collection for a column (for glass or forpaper): between 27 and 30 Euro

TThhee ccoonnttaaiinneerriizzaattiioonn ccoossttss

Average price in Euro for the purchase of con-tainers:Tub of 120 liters: from 15 to 25 EuroTub of 660 Liters: from 200 to 250 EuroColumn for glass or for paper: from 680 to 1200EuroWaste trams: Rental: 60 Euro per month / Pur-chase: from 2280 to 3000 Euro

The interesting thing with those data is thatthey allow to make an optimization study ofwaste treatment channels and their relativecosts. This kind of optimization studies can bevery useful, and it raised the interest of SITOMSud Gard. Under the Waste Management Par-tnership tasks, Stefan Janaqi accepted to pro-cess a study to optimize the waste collectionNîmes Agglomération. The aim is to achieve acost’s reduction and a less polluting waste col-lection.

A good step A good step for MCA analysis for MCA analysis Study and optimization of waste treatment costsStudy and optimization of waste treatment costs

In a few months in the Districts of Larnaca-Famagusta a new landfill andtransit point will start its operation targeting to an integrated manage-ment of the solid waste of the region. The serviced resident population ofthe area is 200,000 inhabitants. The area is very touristic and final annualproduction of waste is 167,000 tones per year. The total budget of the lan-dfill is ¤ 50 million and is in accordance with the requirements and thestandards of the European Union. The new landfill has all the latest technology equipment and among otherit has: • a Host Unit• a Unit of Mechanical Sorting and Processing of mixed manufacturedwaste of total capacity of 160,000 tonnes per year, • a Composting Unit of vegetable waste and organic materials that comefrom the screening program at the source, with a total capacity of 16,000tonnes per year. • a Recycle unit with capacity of 20,000 tonnes per year for the recoveryof recycled materials sorting at source, also there will be a sorting by handunit.The project also involved the construction of two (2) waste transfer sta-tions for solid waste with a total capacity of 100,00 tons per year, whichwill operate safely for the transport needs of the waste produced by mu-nicipalities in the Districts of Larnaca-Famagusta who are long distancesfrom the waste treatment and disposal facilities.

The treatment plants and waste disposal referred to above are found inthe "Nafkias" area in the community of Kochi and the trans-shipment sta-tions at the at the "Xylofagou" and "Skarinou” communities.

New landfills and transit pointNew landfills and transit pointfor integrated management for integrated management of solid wasteof solid wasteIn the Districts of Larnaca-Famagusta (Cyprus)

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The next SC & PB meetingwill take place in Genoa /Italy on the 23- 24 March,hosted by LAG partner.

Agenda:

23rd March, h. 14.00 Steering Committee meeting

24th March Partner Board meeting

25th MarchTraining session

Next meeting

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