Sustainable Waste Management in the Baltic Sea Region: the RECO Baltic 21 Project Prof. Walter Leal HAW Hamburg, Germany

Outline Waste management: a challenge for sustainable development The project RECO Baltic 21 Tech The goal and the activities The partnership Conclusions Invitation!

Walter – at a glance Professor at HAW Hamburg (DE), London Metropolitan University (UK) and visiting at Uppsala University (SE) Head of the Research and Transfer Centre „Applications of Life Sciences“ at HAW Hamburg Coordinator or partner in a number of international projects Cooperate with MESI in Summer Courses and seminars, as well as with some planned projects.

Waste Management: challenge for sustainable development- The hierarchy at a glance

The need for sustainable waste management Apart from the fact that many European countries have no space for landfills, sustainable waste management makes eco-financial sense “Traditional” waste disposal is a costly exercise Good news: changes in legislation are now largely against conventional means of waste disposal Technological developments mean that waste can be turned into a resource There is a pressing need to use and develop further technologies and intelligent ways to manage the waste problems seen today.

The project RECO Baltic 21 Tech

It is an Interreg IVB (Baltic Sea) project, running from November 2010 to October 2013 It congregates academic partners, municipalities, waste management enterprises and NGOs interested in sustainable waste management from across the Baltic It has a budget of Euro 2,3m Its activities entail research, analysis of case studies and the preparation of concrete waste management plans for the partner cities.

THE GOAL To improve the local and regional capacity to apply the process of implementing sustainable WM that catalyse the execution of the EU directives and supports the region to climb in the waste hierarchy.

THE ACTIVITIES Pilot projects with an emphasis on: –Technical elements –Environmental aspects –Investment potentials SME improvement MEDA cooperation WM Institution

The Toolbox WP 2 – promotion.- dissemination-networking WP 3 – decision making tool procurement WMPs feasability studies WP 4 – procurement business plan investors WP 5 – database tech suppliers expert pool financing sources Study-tours (products) Training programmes

The expected results The target for RECO Baltic 21 Tech is to generate investments of 20 MEURO. The investments will make the BSR region more competitive by catalysing waste management investments and attracting more investors and funds to the region. Together with its planned Joint Strategy, including the Investment Model and accompanied by a waste management institution, it will create a good basis for increasing the Competitiveness of the Region but also for boosting the transferability of the results on all levels within the BSR, but also throughout Europe.

The partnership

Conclusions

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INVITATION! "Waste management technologies in the Baltic" St. Petersburg, Russia, June 22, 2011 at the Department of Information and Telecommunications. The seminar is chaired by: Prof. Walter Leal, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Prof. Irina Butorina, Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University The seminar will focus on the organizational, technical and legal issues of waste management in the Baltic countries. Participation in the seminar is free for invited lecturers and guests. Travel and accommodation are not covered by the organisers. Information on the conference and on the terms of participation will be sent to interested delegates. Further details from:

AND ONE MORE INVITATION!

The Summer Course consists of seven Modules: Module I: Overview of the Climate Change Challenges in River Basin Management in the Baltic Sea Module II: Putting in a legal frame: towards climate change policies in the Baltic Module III: Common property and open access regimes in the context of water management and good governance Module IV: The European Water Framework Directive - Implications on river management in the Baltic Module V: New Scientific and Technological Basis for Assessing Climate Change and Land-Use Impacts on Groundwater Module VI: Environmental management and legislation Module VII: Approaches, methods and case studies on sustainable river basin management in the Baltic Sea