Twinning Project PHARE RO/06/IB/EN/06 Romania – North Eastern Region Practical support and current problems in the field of domestic waste management in Romania Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Galicia, Spain Holland Bacău, Romania Twinning REPA Bac ă u Dr. Iulian Movila – BC Project Leader Mihaela Ambarus – RTA Counterpart Dr. César Seoánez – RTA
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Outline Web Twinning Bacău activities Study visits Materials / documents Brief overview: current situation Weaknesses Seminars & Workshops
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Overview: current situation Deadlines adaptation to EU acquis too ambitious Master Plans Integrated Waste Management Systems Compatible with other previous projects Closure of unclomplying landfills and dumpsites, opening of complying… Landfills, sorting & composting plants, transfer stations Selective collection (urban & rural), home composting in rural areas Creation of associations 1 per county
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Involvement of population awareness Weaknesses Lack of communication between some stakeholders Lack of information about waste amount & composition Financing of investments and maintainance... Deadlines uncoordinated implementation Monitoring of waste flows
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Twinning Bacău Spain (Leader MS) SOGAMA (Galician Environmental Agency) SenterNovem Waste Management Department (WMD) Holland (Junior Partner) + Focussed on domestic waste Partners:
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Project – Activities, Materials Domestic Waste Twinning Activities: Website
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Project – Activities, Materials
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Project – Activities, Materials
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Project – Activities, Materials
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Domestic Waste
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Domestic Waste
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 - Romania - North East Region Domestic Waste
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Twinning Activities: Study Visits - Meetings with institutional stakeholders: municipalities, associations of municipalities, operators, regional government, economy promoters… The Netherlands (march 2009) - Multiple facilities for waste processing (several financed with EU Funds) Galicia (september 2008)
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Outline Web Twinning Bacău activities Study visits Materials / documents Brief overview: current situation Weaknesses Seminars & Workshops
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Technical, financial, social aspects Involving more stakeholders Twinning Activities: Seminars & Workshops 4 groups: Act. 3.3: Waste policy (2 seminars) Addressing key topics related to weaknesses Act. 4.3: Legislative issues (1 seminar) Act. 4.2: Management of biodegradable waste (3 seminars) Municipalities, County Councils, operators, NGOs, schools… Act. 4.1: Implementation of IWMS (5 seminars)
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Benchmarking: share, compare, learn Act. 3.3: Waste policy DONE: a (july 2008) & b (jan 2009): Public pools + documents… Role of municipalities. Associations Producers responsibility schemes Littering WEEE, ELVs Twinning Activities: Seminars & Workshops
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Act. 4.1: Implementation of IWMS DONE: 4.1.a (october 2008) & 4.1.b (nov 2008): Steps for a correct planning and dimensioning Analysis of diverse waste treatment plants: tech & costs Monitoring information systems Costs (initial invest. + maintainance), and financing means Kinds of collection systems: pros and cons, local conditions Logistics and costs Twinning Activities: Seminars & Workshops
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Act. 4.2: Management of biodegradable waste DONE: 4.2.a (october 2008) & 4.2.b (feb 2009): Minimization and prevention strategies Basics of composting: key factors for good quality Composting at different scales (home, farm, industrial) Awareness through school composting Uses and markets for compost Case studies: several countries + documents… Twinning Activities: Seminars & Workshops
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Twinning Activities: Seminars & Workshops COMING NOW: Act. 4.3 (1-2 jun): EU, national & local legislation related to domestic waste 4.1.e (21-22 may): WM projects financed by EU Funds. Examples 4.1.c (9-11 mar): Landfill closure, degasification & energy, sanitary control. Admisibility procedures, information management. 4.1.d (17-18 mar): Financing systems for waste management. Canon, tariffs, taxes, responsibility schemes (green dot). Act. 4.1: Implementation of IWMS: 4.2.c (11-15 may): Spread training material (DVDs). Schools. Compost quality. Awareness: coord & collab EPAs – NGOs - municipalities. Act. 4.2: Management of biodegradable waste
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Outline Web Twinning Bacău activities Study visits Materials / documents Brief overview: current situation Weaknesses Seminars & Workshops
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Twinning Activities: Materials & Documents i. Section “Domestic Waste” of webpage ii.Guide estatutes intermunicipal associations iii.Monitoring at municipal level iv.Landfill location: public benefit schemes v.DVD home composting: trainers, examples vi.DVD school composting vii.Compost quality & marketing viii.Life-cycle approach policy ix.x, xi, xii... It’s your turn!
Twinning project - RO/2006/IB/EN06 – Romania -North East Region Twinning Activities: Materials & Documents Activity 4.1: Guidelines concerning classification plants: investment & maintainance costs, common problems and solutions, production data from real examples, conditions established in contracts with operators to guarantee good performance Activity 4.3: Guidelines (for the correction of existing legislative gaps with respect to EU legislation), specially in relation with recently modified Directives and Regulations
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