Recycling in the IVAR - region Sibiu, november 2009 Tron Ree, Chief engineer IVAR IKS

IVAR IKS - Company owned by 11 municipalities Our basic services are delivery of water, sewage treatment and solid waste handling on behalf of the municipalities. We also deliver additional services within maintenance and planning

Divided responsibility Waste from households collected by 11 municipalities All the household waste is delivered to IVAR IKS IVAR IKS decides treatment for all the waste Commercial waste is generally handled by private companies

Economy The municipalities pays IVAR for delivered quantities Price per fraction (selfcost) Exception –Hazardous waste is priced per inhabitant –Deficit on running recycling stations is paid by the communities

Economy (continue) Municipalities is paid by the inhabitants (tax/duty) Payment cover all the waste handling 300 EUR/ year pr household Exception: A small fee at the man run recycling stations for each visit

Recycling of domestic waste (from households) tons/year for material recovery (64%) tons/ year for energy recovery (25%) tons/ year for landfill (11%) Total = tons household waste Total = 415 kg / inhabitant

Collection system domestic waste Collection from households (3-bin-system) Underground collection stations Recycling points Recycling stations

Collection from households Bin - organic waste (brown bin) Bin - paper / cardboard / carton drinking package (green bin) Bin – hazardous waste (red bin) Bag - plastic package Bin for residual waste (grey bin)

Recycling points (bringing system) Glass Metal package Plastic package Clothes and textiles

Underground collection stations Central parts of Sandnes / Stavanger Appartments Substitutes 3-bin-system Saves space Visual improvement in centre of the cities Efficient collection

Facilities run by IVAR IKS Two recycling stations for bulky waste Composting plant Incineration plant (share owner) Landfill (closed 2009) Treatment for other waste fractions (waste delivered to different contractors)

Recycling station for bulky domerstic waste (bringing by car)

Recycling stations for bulky domestic waste (Sele and Forus) All waste fractions we sort for recycling Organic waste Paper / cartons / cardboard Glass Assorted metal Plastic package Demolition wood

Recycling stations for bulky domestic waste (continue ) Impregnated wood EE-waste (electronic / electric products) Hazardous waste Textiles Garden waste Residual waste Total tons/year

Incineration plant Forus (Sandnes) Residual waste for energy recovery Total tons/year of residual waste Domestic waste ( tons) Private sector ( tons) Energy recovery (electric power and heated water)

tons/ year of residual domestic waste deposed at landfill Landfill residual waste

Landfill run by IVAR IKS at Sele is closing this year ( ) m 2 agricultured land is delivered back to the owners (farmers)

Organic (bio-) waste tons/ year 100 kg/ inhabitant

Composting plant organic waste Hogstad (IVAR IKS)

Illustration composting process Hogstad

Compost product for gardening and agricultural use

Paper / cardboard / carton/ drinking package tons/ year 77 kg / inhabitant Sorting plant, raw material for paper production

Glass / metal package tons/ year 10 kg / inhabitant Sorting plant, raw material for new products

Plastic package tons/ year 5 kg / inhabitant Sorting plant, raw material for new products

Demolition wood tons/ year 30 kg / inhabitant Grinded, incinerated / energy recovery in Sweden Additional tons/year to IVAR IKS from industry / construction sites

Impregnated wood tons/ year 4 kg / inhabitant Grinded, incinerated (high temperature)

Assorted metals 2000 tons/ year 7 kg / inhabitant Grinded, melted, raw material for new products

EE-waste (electronic / electrical) tons/ year 18 kg / inhabitants Demounted, raw material for new products or for destruction

Hazardous waste 400 tons/ year 1,5 kg / inhabitant Sorting Sent to private companies for destruction

Clothes/ textiles tons/ year 6,5 kg / inhabitant Sold as used clothes in Salvation Army Shops, sent unsorted abroad, grinded raw material for producing blankets (used at catastrophy areas around the world)

Gardening waste tons/ year 11 kg / inhabitant Composted

Her kom er overskrift Our mission is to ensure that the region benefits from the market’s most competitive services for water treatment and supply, sewage transport and treatment, and solid waste handling. Thank you for your attention!