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Social Acceptance of Waste
Management Facilities
A real challenge
Experience from Tunisia
Waste Management in Tunisia – Key Elements
(international and local)
Sector Development
Solid waste program PRONGID 2008
Basic solid waste infrastructure implemented
Clear
political
will
Regional
concept
Sustainable
financing
instruments
National
utility
for central
facilities
ANGed
Private
sector
involvement
Broad
donor
support
Solid waste act 1996
Solid Waste Management Program PRONAGDES 1993
Tunisian Constitution 2014
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Waste Management in Tunisia – Infrastructure
in operation
10 regional landfills
around 43 transfer stations
Planned / under construction
5 regional landfills
around 45 transfer stations
Under preparation
3 regional landfills
around 45 transfer stations
No sanitary landfill planned
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Situation after the revolution
• Rejection of waste management facilities
(i.e. sanitary landfills) by the neighborhood population
• Negative perception and information in the media
• Blockage of existing and planned waste management
facilities (construction sites)
• Risk of emergency situation due to lack of disposal
facilities (wild dumping of waste)
• Irony: the rejection of the current facilities leads to a
situation that is even worse
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Potential Explanations
• Post revolution effects
• NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) and unrealistic
expectations (zero waste, miracle technologies)
• Lack of information and participation during the
implementation of the facilities
• No procedures and practice and culture for structured
public consultation processes in the different project
stages
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Ways to overcome the crisis I
An approach/ procedures for improvement of the public
acceptance needs to be developed and implemented
Technical assistance for ANGed (supported by KfW):
• Neighborhood population needs to be integrated and
adequately informed (not only) during the consultation in
the frame of the EIA
• Establishment of a complaint management system
• Creation of benefits/ compensation for the affected
population (i.e. employment opportunities)
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Ways to overcome the crisis II
The acceptance of the population can only be achieved if
all efforts to minimize the required landfill capacity and the
nuisance of the facilities have been undertaken:
• Separation of recyclable waste fractions at the source
via a collection system
- conduction of pilot tests (supported by KfW)
• Reduction of required landfill volume and landfill gas/
leachate generation through biological-mechanical
waste treatment prior to landfilling
- pre treatment strategy (supported by KfW)
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Thank you for your attention.