Swedish Waste Management
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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:
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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
Annual meeting
(General
meeting)
Board
CEO
Working groups
Office
Guidance
committee
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:
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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)
Avfall Sverige’s vision
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
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
Municipalities:
• Collection and treatment of
municipal waste
• Information to households
• Waste prevention
Parliament/
Government
Authorities
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
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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