Presentation by Andrzej Tonderski et al. from Gdańsk University of Technology on ISWA meeting in Brussells

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
How to move up the EU Waste Hierarchy
- difficulties, challenges, efforts,
successes
Dr inż. Andrzej Tonderski, M.Sc. Wojciech Winiecki, GUT/POMCERT
Prof. Jan Hupka, M.Sc. Andreas Haenel, GUT
ISWA European Group Meeting in Brussels
3 - 4 September 2013

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Presentation structure:
• Country description;
• Challenges;
• Efforts;
• Successes:
• Investment Concept;
• Conclusions
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STRUCTURE

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Driving force:
• Poland undertook a number of commitments in
the field of waste management (environmental
protection) while ratifying the Accession Treaty in
2003.
– Reduction of landfill municipal wastes;
– Increase of recycling levels;
– Reuse of certain selected waste fractions;
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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
The main targets:
• achievements of minimum 60% recovery level
and 55% recycling of packaging waste by 31
December 2014,
• reduction of stored biodegradable municipal
waste by 2010 to 75%, by 2013 to 50% and by
2020 to 35%, relating to the mass of waste
generated in 1995,
• collecting by 2012 of 25 % and by 2016 of 45%
used batteries and accumulators,
• collecting 4kg/ inhabitant of used electric and
electronic equipments from households per a year
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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Development of Waste Treatment in Poland
(Source: GUS – Central Statistical Office Poland www.gus.gov.pl)
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Treatment:
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Number of waste management facilities
between 2005 and 2009
Legal
landfill
Composting of
selective
collected waste
Digestion
Mechanical
biological
treatment
Sorting of
selectively
collected waste
Sorting of
mixed waste
Sorting of mixed
and segregated
waste
Incineration
2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009 2005 2009
762 520 58 90 6 3 20 11 19 86 25 36 59 51 1 1
Infrastructure:
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Waste utilization facilities in Poland in 2011
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[National Waste management Plan 2014]
Location of facilties:
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
European Perspective:
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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
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European Perspective:
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Organisation:
• Legislation
– Law on environmental
protection,
– Act on municipal
government,
– Act on municipal services,
– Act on waste,
– Act on maintaining
cleanliness and order in
municipalities,
– Act on packaging and
packaging waste
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• Planning
– National Plan on Waste
Management,
– Provincial Plan on Waste
Management,
– Municipal Plan on Waste
Management,
• Funding
– National & Local Funding,
– International & European
Funding,
– PPP;
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

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the European Union (European Regional
Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Challenges:
• Inadequate ownership of waste streams (system is
in transformation process);
• Inadequate financial incentives (taxes, fees);
• Poor public awareness / participation;
• Inadequate number of collection points
• Unreliable data due to complex system;
• Poor administrative capacity for adopting EU funds
• Lack of Public-private partnerships.
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CHALLENGES

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Efforts:
• Municipalities owe and organize waste collection
– Tenders,
– PPP,
• Organisation of waste management regions
– Public awareness actions,
– Funding,
– Economy of scale
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EFFORTS

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Results:
POSITIVE:
•Full coverage of waste
collection;
•Increased rate of source
separation;
•Increased public
awareness;
• NEGATIVE:
• Centralisation of the
WM system;
• Price increase of the
service;
• Lack of system
solution for
multiapartment
houses
SUCCESSES

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Investment Concept
version 3.0
Cycle of Continuous Improvement

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Development Fund and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
Conclusions:
1. WM in Poland that developed between 1990-
2012 could be characterised as liberal;
2. The achievements in climbing waste
management hierarchy (reuse/recycling) were
inadequate;
3. WM revolution in 2013, despite many
shortcomings gives hope for better reuse and
recycling and climbing in waste hierarchy;
4. There is development of a tool (BWIM) to
support appropriate planning & implementation
CONCLUSIONS

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Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
Dr inż. Andrzej Tonderski
b21t@pomcert.pl
+48 661 360170