Waste management in the city of Kristianstad

Johan Karlsvärd

Production- and development manager

Kristianstad waste management companyPart-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• Municipal company for waste in the city of Kristianstad. Established 1893.

• Staff of 55 employees, 14 in the office and 41 in the production.

• Serves 80 000 people in the city of Kristianstad. The population increase to 100 000 people during the summer.

• Collects approximately 40 000 ton of household waste every year.

Kristianstad waste management company

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• Political

Board for Kristianstad waste management company (Political members)

• Executive

Kristianstad waste management company

• Supervisory authority

Kristianstads regulatory agency for health and environmental questions

Responsibility

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• Collection of household waste and packages

• Five recycle centers in the city of Kristianstad

• Procurement

• Follow-up contracts

• Customer service

• Counselling

• Information

• Fees

• Invoicing

• Waste management planning and regulations

• Development projects

Kristianstad waste management company

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• All seat holder in Kristianstad sort out organic waste and combustible in two different bins

• The most common system of bins is that each seat holder has a:

- Bin for combustible waste

- Bin for organic waste

• Some block of apartment has

semi-underground container

- One for combustible waste

- One for organic waste

Sorting system for waste in bins

Part-financed by the European Union

(European Regional Development Fund)

• Kristianstad waste management company collect all waste in bins in Kristianstad

• Collection is mostly done with two-parted compressed garbage trucks (14 two-parted compressed garbage trucks, fuel biogas)

• Separate space for organic and combustible waste

• Semi-underground container is collected by crane truck

Collection of waste in bins

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• No own treatment plants

• Treatment for waste is done in procurement or sold to treatment plants

• Kristianstad waste management company have contract with six different companies for treatment of waste

Treatment

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• ÅVS-public recycling stations

• FNI-private recycling points in for example apartment buildings

• Kristianstad waste management company have a contract with FTIAB for collecting from public recycling stations

• Kristianstad waste management company also collect packages and paper from private recycling points (Others entrepreneur also do this in the city of Kristianstad)

• Kristianstad waste management company is responsible for information about packages and paper

Producer Responsibility(packages and paper)

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

• All costs coverd by waste fees for household waste

• Fees are divided into a regulary and a mobile fee

- Regulary fees

- Recycling centers (22 %)

- Administration, invoicing, development, office etc. (19 %)

- Mobile fees

- Collection (39 %)

- Treatment (20 %)

• Fees head for a increased sorting of organic waste and

packages and a better working environment• Four different of client categories

- Single family house - Holiday house

- Block of flat - Business

Fees for household waste

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

Thank you for listening!!

E-mail: Johan.karlsvard@kristianstad.se

Mobile phone: + 46 733 13 62 31

Website: www.renhallningen-kristainstad.se

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund)