biowaste management in the balkan countries the cases of romania, slovenia, greece & bulgaria

Organic Resources in the Carbon Economy - 30 June 2010

LIFE07 ENV/RO/000686

BIOWASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE BALKAN COUNTRIESThe cases of Romania, Slovenia, Greece & Bulgaria

Christos Venetis Waste Management Engineer



The BALKWASTE Project

• LIFE07 ENV/RO/000686

• Total Budget: 869.452 € (50% co-funded)

• Duration: January 2009 – December 2011

• Participating CountriesGreece, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria

• Sustainable Waste Management Planning in the Balkan Region




• 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




• The software will guide the user to formulate and compare alternative integrated waste management scenarios

• It will be applied and validated in the two case studies area (Razlog and North-East Region)

• The validation will be performed using actual collected data (sampling results and existing infrastructure)



Project Partners

• 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)



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



Chania MBT 75.000 tn/year

Kefallonia MBT 25.000 tn/yearHeraklion MBT 75.000 tn/year

Athens MBT 300.000 tn/year



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



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)



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



ROMANIAThe Piatra – Neamt Composting Facility

- 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

- Compost market is underdeveloped. In 2008 compost quantities from 2007 remained unsold



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



SORTING ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY

1st step sorting rest; the half after 1st

cutting

Recyclable fractions after 1st step sorting

sorting

1st step sorting rest; the half

after 1st cuttingthe half after 2nd cutting

2. step sorting

The sample The fractions



The samples…



The sorting…



The fractions after the 1st step sorting

• 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



The recyclable materials



The rest after 1st step sorting



The fractions after the 2nd step sorting

Sorting of the rest after the 1st step sorting. Small pieces of (in practice) non-

recyclable materials, contaminated with organic waste.

• 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.)



Results in Romania

Region North-East (Ro) Dec. 2009 May 2010

Plastic: 12,5% 14,2%Paper: 11,1% 15,7%

Metals: 1,1% 1,9%Glass: 3,5% 4,9%

Textile: 3,0% 2,3%Wood: 0,8% 0,4%

Construction/Ceramic: 8,6% 0,8%WEEE: 0,2% 0%

Organic (Rest): 59,2% 59,9%

• Area with family houses and block settlements• Random selected containers from households



Results in Romania



Results in Bulgaria

Razlog (Bg) Nov. 2009 May 2010

Plastic: 9,2% 10,6%Paper: 7,3% 6,2%

Metals: 0,8% 0,7%Glass: 4,4% 2,8%

Textile: 2,7% 3,1%Wood: 1,6% 1,5%

Construction: 15,8% 13,6%Organic (Rest): 58,3% 61,6%

• Area with family houses and block settlements• Random selected containers from households



Results in Bulgaria



EN Standards and technical reports

• 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



EN Standards and technical reports

• 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



Results Reliability

• Reliability of 75%

• The reliability interval has been justified through an official letter to the EU Commission by SUROVINA

• Effort was made to achieve the high degree of reliability always taking the project budget into consideration



THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!

For more information check:

www.balkwaste.eu

Contact:Dipl.-Ing. Christos Venetis

[email protected]

The authors would like to thank the LIFE+ Programme of the

European Commission for financing the BALKWASTE project

biowaste management in the balkan countries the cases of romania, slovenia, greece & bulgaria

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