Waste Management on Export - new Swedish platform

Nordic-Russian Green Growth Arena Malmö, April 18, 2012

Jenny Åström Sustainable Business Hub / Swedish Waste Management

Aim with the new platform To facilitate the export of • Swedish knowledge about waste management, • products and services within the waste sector, through cooperation among municipalities, municipal companies and the private sector.

WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SWEDEN 1999 - 2009 3,7 Mton Material recycling Composting/digestion Waste-to-energy 27.7% 8.6% Landfill 1999 38.6% 24.6% 4,4 Mton 36.9% 13.5% 2010 48.7% 1%

Waste management knowledge and technology on export:

A strategy based on co-operation

Swedish waste management • municipalities, • municipal companies, • private companies – technology suppliers – knowledge suppliers

One strong platform with a unique combination of competences

AVFALL SVERIGE - SWEDISH WASTE MANAGEMENT • Avfall Sverige - Swedish Waste Management is a trade organisation in Waste Management and Recycling • 400 members, primarily within the public sector, and associated members from the private sector • Through our members, we represent 98 % of the Swedish population Waste collection, Lund

On-going actvities  We are defining offers that will form a product catalogue  We are making an inventory of resources available within the municipalities and companies matching the different offers  We are developing business models for co-operation between municipalities and companies in order to be able to create the strongest offer  We are preparing a routine for canalize and asset incoming requests on studyvisits, need of support, etc, from different countries in order to prioritize in a systematic way  We will identify and connect to different financial opportunities for international projects

Offers we are working on -

preliminary

Question: 1. ”How should we form our waste management system on an overview level?” 2. ”We know what we want to achieve with our waste management system, but how do we find the form/organisation to reach there?” 3. ”We know what we want to build, but we need support in setting up the plant/facility” 4. ”We have got a plant/ facility. But we want to improve in running and maintain it, and get the most out of it” 5. ”We want to reach the public, the descision makers or other stakeholders with our message” 6. ”We want to train our personnel Matching offer: 1. Waste management” in sustainable urban development: - System design, waste planning, solutions for collection and sorting systems 2. Management on local, regional and cluster level: - Co-operation, organization, waste economy, tax fee construction, etc 3. Setting up different waste facilities: - Financing possibilities, feasibility studies, procurement, construction, etc 4. Operation, support and optimization of different waste facilities 5. Communication and campaigns (raise awareness) 6. Training courses overseas or in Sweden, offer intership possibilities.

Thank you for your attention! We are looking forward to future swedish-russian cooperation!

Jenny Åström Project Manager Export Swedish Waste Management [email protected]

www.avfallsverige.se