LIFE07 ENV/RO/000686
BIOWASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE BALKAN
COUNTRIES
The cases of Romania, Slovenia, Greece &
Bulgaria
Christos Venetis
Waste Management Engineer
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The BALKWASTE Project
• LIFE07 ENV/RO/000686
• Total Budget: 869.452 € (50% co-funded)
• Duration: January 2009 – December 2011
• Participating Countries
Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria
• Sustainable Waste Management Planning in the Balkan Region
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The BALKWASTE Project
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Main objective of the Balkwaste Project is to deliver a decision
support software in order to:
1. Provide a multidisciplinary (environmental, economic, social)
comparison of different waste management technologies
2. Identify how the most appropriate technologies can be implemented
within an integrated waste management framework
3. Support competent authorities in developing sustainable waste
management strategy
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The BALKWASTE Project
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The software will guide the user to formulate and compare
alternative integrated waste management scenarios
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It will be applied and validated in the two case studies area (Razlog
and North-East Region)
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The validation will be performed using actual collected data
(sampling results and existing infrastructure)
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Project Partners
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REPA Bacau, Romania
Euroconsultants S.A., Greece
NTUA Athens, Greece
Technical University Crete, Greece
NGO CSDCS, Bulgaria
EFCon, Romania
Surovina, Slovenia
Epta Ltd., Greece (Subcontractor)
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GREECE
- 5,6 mio. Tones of MSW per year
- Around 44% is organic waste showing decreasing trends
- Currently no separation at source schemes are active
- MBT is the only mean of diversion
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Chania MBT 75.000 tn/year
Kefallonia MBT 25.000 tn/year
Athens MBT 300.000 tn/year
Heraklion MBT 75.000 tn/year
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SLOVENIA
- 855.595 Tones of MSW (2007)
- Around 39% is organic waste
- Small quantities are collected through separation at source
schemes (16.568 tones in 2006)
- 8 composting facilities and 2 anaerobic digestion facilities
treating organic fraction of msw
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BULGARIA
- 3.103.000 Tones of MSW (2006)
- Around 57,7% is biodegradable
- No separation at source schemes are active
- Home composting in single municipalities (around 5.500
households)
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ROMANIA
- 12.375.890 Tones of MSW (2007)
- Around 46% is organic waste
- Small quantities are collected through separation at source
schemes
- 5 composting facilities operating and 2 under construction
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ROMANIA
The Piatra – Neamt Composting Facility
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Capacity of 25.000 tons
Only a reduced number of citizens participate to the separate collection
system
Collected quantities are low from both qualitative and quantitative points of
view
In 2007
 13.132 tons processed
 3.468 tons composted
 9.664 tons landfilled
 1.599 tons of compost produced
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Compost market is underdeveloped. In 2008 compost quantities from 2007
remained unsold
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SAMPLING ANALYSIS IN ROMANIA AND BULGARIA
- On site sorting analysis & laboratory tests
- Romania during Dec. 2009 and May 2010 in 6 counties
- Bulgaria during Nov. 2009 and May 2010 in 1 region
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SORTING ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
Recyclable
fractions after 1st
step sorting
the half after
2nd cutting
1st step sorting
rest; the half after
1st cutting
1st step
sorting rest;
the half after
1st cutting
sorting
2. step
sorting
The sample
The fractions
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The samples…
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The sorting…
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The fractions after the 1st step sorting
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recyclable materials
– a subjective aspect
– depends on known and common technologies
– depends on the samplers skills and knowledge
– common materials (paper, plastic, metals, glass, wood etc.)
– “clean” – non-contaminated, non-composite
Non-recyclable materials
– combustible (composites: plastic-paper-alu-foil); contaminated, small
pieces etc.
– wood, rubber, mixed plastic …
inert and other materials
– ceramic
– glass
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The recyclable materials
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The rest after 1st step sorting
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The fractions after the 2nd step sorting
Sorting of the rest after the 1st step sorting. Small pieces of (in practice) nonrecyclable materials, contaminated with organic waste.
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common materials
– paper, plastic, metals, glass, wood
– only in gross
the rest was noticed as biological
– no method (on site) to determine the biological
part of waste and inert (soil, chippings, debris
from demolition etc.)
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Results in Romania
Region North-East (Ro)
Plastic:
Paper:
Metals:
Glass:
Textile:
Wood:
Construction/Ceramic:
WEEE:
Organic (Rest):
Dec. 2009
May 2010
12,5%
11,1%
1,1%
3,5%
3,0%
0,8%
8,6%
0,2%
59,2%
14,2%
15,7%
1,9%
4,9%
2,3%
0,4%
0,8%
0%
59,9%
• Area with family houses and block settlements
• Random selected containers from households
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Results in Romania
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Results in Bulgaria
Razlog (Bg)
Plastic:
Paper:
Metals:
Glass:
Textile:
Wood:
Construction:
Organic (Rest):
Nov. 2009
May 2010
9,2%
7,3%
0,8%
4,4%
2,7%
1,6%
15,8%
58,3%
10,6%
6,2%
0,7%
2,8%
3,1%
1,5%
13,6%
61,6%
• Area with family houses and block settlements
• Random selected containers from households
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Results in Bulgaria
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EN Standards and technical reports
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EN 14899:2006; Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste materials Framework for the preparation and application of a Sampling Plan
EN 15002:2006; Characterization of waste - Preparation of test portions
from the laboratory sample
CEN/TR 15310-1:2007; Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste
materials - Part 1: Guidance on selection and application of criteria for
sampling under various conditions
CEN/TR 15310-2:2007; Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste
materials - Part 2: Guidance on sampling techniques
TP CEN/TR 15310-3:2007; Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste
materials - Part 3: Guidance on procedures for sub-sampling in the field
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EN Standards and technical reports
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CEN/TR 15310-4:2007; Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste
materials - Part 4: Guidance on procedures for sample packaging, storage,
preservation, transport and delivery
CEN/TR 15310-5:2007; Characterization of waste - Sampling of waste
materials - Part 5: Guidance on the process of defining the sampling plan
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Results Reliability
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Reliability of 75%
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The reliability interval has been justified through an official letter to the EU
Commission by SUROVINA
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Effort was made to achieve the high degree of reliability always taking the
project budget into consideration
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!
For more information check:
www.balkwaste.eu
Contact:
Dipl.-Ing. Christos Venetis
chvenetis@gmail.com
The authors would like to thank the LIFE+ Programme of the
European Commission for financing the BALKWASTE project
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