Waste management on export
A new Swedish platform
Updated nov 2012
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 - a resource
Treatment of household waste 2011 (%)
Landfill
Energy recovery
Biological treatment
Recycling (material)
A strategy based on cooperation
Swedish waste management
- municipalities
- municipal companies
- private companies (technology suppliers and knowledge suppliers)
One strong platform with a unique combination of competences
Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Management
 Avfall Sverige - Swedish Waste Management is an
organisation in the Waste Management and Recycling
Sector
 400 members, primarily within the public sector, but
also private enterprises
 Through the members, 99,9 % of the Swedish
population is represented
Our primary task is to represent and develop members
by
– creating networks,
– providing information and training,
– and influencing decision-makers
 Member of Cewep, ECN, ISWA and Municipal Waste
Europe
 New established Working Group on Export
What we are doing
 Defining offers to form a product catalogue
 Making an inventory of resources matching the
offers
 Developing business models for co-operation
between municipalities and companies in order
to be able to form the strongest offer
 Preparing a routine for canalize and asset
incoming requests
 Taking part in pilot projects in different
countries to be able to further develop our
models and routines
Offers
Questions
1.
2.
Matching offers
”How do we find the form/organisation to
achieve what we want with our waste
management system?”
Management on local, regional
and cluster level:
”How should we form our waste
management system on an overview
level?”
Waste management in
sustainable urban
development:
Co-operation, organization, waste economy,
tax fee construction, etc
System design, waste planning, solutions for
collection- and sorting systems
3.
”We are in the need of treatment capacity,
but we do not have the funds or time to
prioritize to build up all capacity right now”
Providing treatment capacity
(incluing solutions for logistics)
as a transfer solution.
Offers
Questions
4.
”We know what we want to build,
but we need support in setting up
the plant/facility.”
Matching offers
 Setting up different waste
facilities: Financing possibilities,
feasibility studies, procurement,
construction, etc
5.
”We have got a plant/ facility. But
we want to improve in running
and maintain it, and get the most
out of it.”
 Operation, support and
optimization of different
waste facilities
6.
”We want to reach the public, the
decision makers or other
stakeholders with our message.”
 Communication and
campaigns (raise
awareness)
7.
”We want to train our personnel.”
 Training courses overseas
or in Sweden, offer
internship possibilities.
Contact and information
Project leader:
Jenny Åström
jenny.astrom@avfallsverige.se
+46-70-5136612
Working group chair:
Thomas Nylund
thomas.nylund@gastrikeatervinnare.se
+46-26-178489
www.avfallsverige.se/in-english/wastemanagement-on-export/