Finland successfully manages waste, recycling 99% of its municipal solid waste, thanks to automated sorting and collection systems like MetroTaifun.

The country's waste management success is due to citizen awareness and automated sorting and collection systems with sensors that detect full containers.

Sweden aims to sort 90% of its garbage, with residents paying 500 euros per ton for collection.

Japan has a complex waste sorting system with five categories and a 20% recycling rate, managed by local governments.

China has implemented a waste classification system covering 86.6% of residential areas, aiming to reach 700,000 tons/day by 2025.

The European Union aims to recycle 55% of municipal waste and 65% of packaging waste by 2025.

South Korea has reduced waste disposal by 40% since 1995, achieving a recycling rate of over 60% through a garbage charging system.

Taiwan implemented a waste levy policy, raising Taipei's recycling rate to 61%, and aims for zero waste by 2025.

Germany has a recycling rate of over 65% due to its advanced waste treatment technology and recycling systems.

Tokyo has an integrated waste recycling approach, while Oslo has achieved zero waste disposal through recycling.

Government plays a crucial role in promoting waste sorting and recycling through supportive policies and regulations.

Countries like Finland, Sweden, and Japan offer valuable lessons for U.S. counties on improving waste management through automation, waste-to-energy, and education.

Public education and community engagement are essential for successful waste sorting and recycling.

The "polluter pays" principle reduces waste and encourages recycling, and proper recycling facilities and education are crucial for public cooperation with waste levy policies.

Expanding the recycling network and using fixed stations can increase recycling participation and the types and quantities of items recovered.

Finland successfully manages waste, recycling 99% of its municipal solid waste, thanks to automated sorting and collection systems like MetroTaifun.

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Content: Finland is the European leader in municipal solid waste recycling
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It took a little more than 20 years for Finland to almost completely abandon the landfill of solid municipal waste.
At the same time, giant landfills, even if they are closed, are not reclaimed here, in the Russian sense of the word, but turned into a source of income.
Currently, 99% of the country ’ s garbage is sorted and recycled.
Only 1% of the total amount of MSW produced has a chance to end up in a landfill.
One of the largest closed landfills is located in the satellite city of Helsinki – Espoo.
Its area is comparable to 280 football fields and is almost 200 hectares.
It is not surprising that after the closure, an industrial center was formed on its territory, in which enterprises for the generation of electricity and heat from landfill gas, as well as enterprises engaged in the processing of certain types of secondary raw materials (waste paper and glass) are concentrated.
In Ekpoo is the headquarters of the famous Finnish energy company Fortum.
It occupies a special place in the circular economy of waste.
In particular, it is engaged in the processing of plastic.
Up to 95% of the plastic in the waste generated by the Finns goes to its plant in another satellite city of Helsinki, Riihimäki.
Here, in automated production, plastic is sorted, cleaned, crushed and granulated.
According to experts, about 22 percent of all plastic waste is recycled in Finland.
The maximum percentage of plastic that can be recycled reaches about 80 percent, and they are striving to come to this figure in the coming years.
Non-recyclable plastic waste enters the furnace, where during combustion, heat is released, which, thanks to turbines and a water heating system, becomes electricity and hot water.
Containers without garbage trucks and five containers on chips
One often hears the astonished stories of relatives and friends living in St. Petersburg about how separate garbage collection is organized in Helsinki.
Visiting the Finnish capital in recent years has not been difficult.
Of course, a simple tourist is not up to landfills and thoughts about where and who takes waste, but there is something that will not remain without the attention of travelers.
A resident of St. Petersburg, Alexander often went on business trips to the capital of Finland, Helsinki.
He says that in some neighborhoods of the city there are containers that are not serviced by garbage trucks.
Our company for business trips often rented apartments, garbage from them had to be taken out by yourself.
You know, it is very unusual, not only to sort waste into five types (biomass, paper, mixed waste, cardboard and plastic), how much to understand that the containers are equipped with sensors that, when filled, report this to the waste control panel and the garbage is pumped out of the container via a pneumatic pipe, immediately getting to the recycling point.
Not everyone has access to such containers, but only residents of the microdistrict, since a special key-chip is needed to open it, - Alexander.
Such a waste sorting and collection system has been developed and implemented by the Finnish company Marimatic.
The technology is called MetroTaifun.
So far, it is only available in one suburb of the capital.
As its developers write, the entire system is automated, from each container its own pneumatic pipe delivers waste directly to the plant, where when raw materials arrive, its processing begins (additional sorting, grinding, pressing, etc.).
Perhaps, this will look like in the future the treatment of municipal waste in large megacities.
It's tomorrow's business.
What's today?
Large metropolis surrounded by recycling facilities
The peculiarity of the “garbage reform ” in Finland is that the country started it later than other European countries, so it could take advantage of other people ’ s experience and avoid mistakes.
The main thing on which the bet was made was to find ways to prevent waste from reaching landfills.
To do this, a separate collection of waste was introduced, which captured not only container sites and households, but also stores, as well as the manufacturers of goods themselves.
In cities, waste-free fast food and restaurants are not uncommon, hundreds of entrepreneurs find new niches for the use of secondary resources (for example, they produce fabrics from threads of previously used things), open second-hand and much more.
In almost every shopping center there are vending machines for receiving containers.
Around Helsinki, in its cities satellites built a network of sorting stations.
They specialize in certain types of waste.
All stations are located almost within the city limits.
Organic waste, which is usually the source of the garbage smell, is immediately taken to the plant for composting.
The whole process here is automated and produced in containers isolated from the environment.
Residents of neighboring high-rise buildings do not even think about what kind of object for sorting, recycling or recycling is located nearby.
The strict sanitary and environmental standards adopted in the country do not give any chance for environmental pollution.
Unsorted waste and so-called "tails" in the metropolitan area are taken to the incinerator in Vantaa.
There, the first incineration line was launched in 2014, the second in 2020.
The construction was not cheap - 300 million euros.
The plant is operated by Vantaan Energia.
Every day it receives up to 150 tons of waste.
According to the company on the website, the plant can burn up to 400 cubic meters of waste per second.
Every five seconds, he burns the annual volume of garbage produced by a Finnish family of three.
The German technology known as the Düsseldorf System is used here: the combustion temperature is about 1000 degrees Celsius, from the waste receiving bin it enters the rolls, where it is crushed and gradually lowered into the combustion chamber.
Thus, the filtration system eliminates harmful emissions.
Every year about 700 tons of various materials, mostly heavy metals, are extracted from flue gases and disposed of by Ekokem in Riihimäki (another suburb of Helsenki).
Slag is exported to the Emmassuo landfill, and gravel bottom slag is used in earthworks.
Now the company is testing a technology that allows the use of the ash formed.
The main difference from the German analogue - ignition is made by gas, not fuel oil.
The plant has built a bunker that allows you to store waste in reserve so that the technological process does not stop.
After all, the incinerator is also a thermal power plant, which produces 920 gigawatt hours of district heating per year, which is almost half of the needs of the city of Vantaa, and 600 gigawatt hours of electricity, which is 30% of the needs of Vantaa per year.
According to environmentalists, such production is more economical refers to resources, since fossil fuels are practically not used here.
The combined effect of producing such a volume of heat and electricity allows us to talk about a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 20%, compared with the fact that the TPP operated on traditional fuels.
The reasons for this success were commented by the co-chairman of the Green Shield environmental society, editor-in-chief of the Ural Meridian news agency Alexander Anikin.
The main distinguishing feature of Finnish reform is the correct emphasis.
Garbage was immediately considered as a source of energy.
Therefore, energy companies have joined the recycling process, which are used to being responsible for both the quality of services and environmental friendliness.
The tasks were immediately global - to sort and return to circulation secondary resources, as well as to prevent the simple storage of waste at landfills.
It is this approach that radically changed the industry, making it strategic from purely communal.
Innovation and technology can and should be adopted, as our northern neighbor does.
It ’ s also a lesson we need to learn.
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The country's waste management success is due to citizen awareness and automated sorting and collection systems with sensors that detect full containers.

Sweden aims to sort 90% of its garbage, with residents paying 500 euros per ton for collection.

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Content: Moscow 24
Ecology
August 18, 2015, 11: 00
The city will close all incinerators in 5-10 years - Kulbachevsky
Photo: TASS / Olga Ratkova
Waste incineration plants will no longer be built in Moscow.
This was announced in an interview with m24.ru by the head of the Department of nature management Anton Kulbachevsky.
According to him, the three existing plants will work for another five to ten years - until the resource is developed.
After that, they are repurposed.
"According to the decision of the mayor, no new waste incineration facilities will be built in Moscow.
Three existing incineration plants will work until the resource is developed - another five to ten years, and then they will be repurposed, "Kulbachevsky said.
At the end of June, the mayor banned the construction of a waste incinerator in the Dmitrov district in the north of Moscow.
At the beginning of the year, he also banned the construction of a waste heat treatment complex and Ugresh treatment facilities in the South-Eastern Administrative District.
There are currently three waste incinerators in the city.
They are located on the Altufievsky highway, Podolsky Cadets street and in the industrial zone "Rudnevo".
Kulbachevsky noted that, according to the environmental strategy until 2030, which the government should adopt in the fall, in 15 years 35% of garbage will be sorted.
In autumn, the department will open an interactive map of points for separate waste collection and reception of recyclables.
"For a large metropolis, sorting 35% of garbage is a good average," Kulbachevsky explained. - The Swedes have reached 90% in 12 years.
But their population pays for garbage collection – a ton costs 500 euros.
Our population pays almost nothing, there are subsidies from the budget.
Therefore, sharply introduce a separate collection of garbage will not work.
We are currently conducting experiments in different districts, and in parallel we are starting to develop a recycling system.
Without recycling facilities, separate waste collection makes no sense. ”
He stressed that the main problem is the disposal of packaging, as it accounts for 90% of Moscow garbage.
Packaging is usually not environmentally friendly - it is made of plastic, polyethylene, aluminum.
After the city will have a full-fledged infrastructure for garbage processing, it will be possible to massively put in the capital fandomats, collect waste paper.
“Fandomats now have competitors – people without a certain place of residence.
There is a lot of vandalism against fandom.
But when we have a civilized market for processing, this shadow business will go away by itself, "the source told m24.ru.
Recall that the authorities have been engaged in the reform of the waste collection system for two years.
The essence of the reform is to ensure a full cycle of garbage disposal: removal, sorting, recycling.
For the first time, the city is entering into contracts with one operator company per district, which will serve it for 10 years and begin to carry out the entire cycle of work with garbage.
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Japan has a complex waste sorting system with five categories and a 20% recycling rate, managed by local governments.

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China News Agency Beijing, April 21 / Net Review: The Problem of Garbage Charging Will Be Researched Again
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Garbage charging policy "first try", which is a serious and responsible practice, accumulation of experience, but also to learn from the experience of the outside world, into their own process.
Takung newspaper reporters recently visited Japan, known as "environmental model students", to understand the operation of its waste collection, the real sense of Japan's success, the most important is long-term education, local conditions, perfect supporting.
In the final analysis, the key to implementing environmental protection is to change living habits. Garbage charging is a process of changing customs and habits, and it is only by gradual and orderly progress that the desired results can be achieved.
Japan's "garbage charges" are not one-size-fits-all, and are not required to be implemented nationally at a specific time.
On the contrary, Japan ’ s waste disposal is the responsibility of local governments, and the standards for waste management, recycling and levying are different, so it can be called “every village has its own rules ”.
In many places, garbage classification is very detailed, divided into combustible waste, non-combustible waste, dangerous waste, resource waste, large garbage and other five categories, and metal, plastic, glass, broken goods, paper, etc., also need to be treated separately.
Local regulations on what time, what kinds of garbage to drop, and the time to drop garbage to be appropriate, not sooner or later.
For large garbage such as furniture and electrical appliances, you need to buy stickers at convenience stores, and electric recalls.
However, in Osaka and other places, garbage does not need to be sorted and packaged in designated plastic bags, and some garbage disposal is free of charge.
Therefore, if the Japanese move to other places in the country, they need to adapt to the local garbage disposal methods.
Statistics show that as of 2019, a total of 1,094 garbage charges have been implemented in 1,741 cities, towns and villages across Japan, with an implementation rate of about 62%, of which the implementation rate of rural areas is higher than that of cities.
The reason is related to the limited space in the city and the lack of supporting facilities for waste disposal. Therefore, the requirements for classification and charging are relatively relaxed.
In fact, Japan has a recycling rate of 20%, which means that a lot of waste, including some food waste, ends up in landfills or incinerators, whether sorted or not.
It has taken Japan almost 60 years to get to where it is today in terms of waste disposal.
In the 1960s, when the Japanese economy took off, the amount of waste produced increased, and the phenomenon of littering was everywhere, the Japanese government launched a campaign to beautify the capital.
However, the Japanese did not buy the bill at that time, and the public protested because of the landfill site selection, which is similar to what happened in Hong Kong later.
It was not until the 1980s that Japan began to promote simple waste separation, and after decades of development, a standardized waste disposal system was formed.
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China has implemented a waste classification system covering 86.6% of residential areas, aiming to reach 700,000 tons/day by 2025.

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The domestic waste classification system in 46 key cities was basically completed, and the coverage rate of residential areas reached 86.6%.
Garbage sorting, more sense of participation
Our reporter Peng Xunwen
January 24, 2022 08: 42 Source: People 's Daily Overseas Edition
At 19: 00 every night, Zhang Hong, a resident of Huiwen Building, Baoshan Road, Jing 'an District, Shanghai, carries a good class of garbage at the door of the district. In Huixingyuan District, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Ms. Wang was stopped by her daughter when she threw garbage. The habit has been maintained for more than three years … Nowadays, garbage sorting is changing the lives of Chinese people a little bit.
In 2019, nine departments, including the Ministry of Housing and Construction and the National Development and Reform Commission, issued the Notice on the Comprehensive Implementation of Domestic Waste Classification in Cities at the Prefectural Level and Above.
With the implementation of domestic waste classification in the country's prefecture-level and above cities, residents' garbage classification habits have been accelerated.
Experts said that the classification and treatment capacity of urban and rural domestic waste should be further improved, and more cities should basically build a domestic waste classification and treatment system, and continue to increase the participation and sense of access of residents.
"Although the garbage classification is small, it must be persisted for a long time to do a good job."
Ms. Wang, who lives in Huixingyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, is changing her living habits over the years: every morning at 8 a.m., she pulls the canvas car for shopping, which contains several bags, and carries the kitchen waste and other garbage that has been divided into good categories.
Since the implementation of the new rules on garbage classification in Beijing on May 1, 2020, many changes have occurred around people.
Ms. Wang lives in the community downstairs there is a group of trash cans station, clearly marked with the name of the garbage classification and transportation company, contact person, supervision telephone, etc., a pull up the top of the bucket lid, you can throw garbage into the corresponding bucket.
In the vegetable market, merchants no longer provide disposable plastic bags for free.
"Although the garbage classification is very small, it must be persisted for a long time to do a good job, and now it really does not have a heavy burden."
The living environment has improved, and I think it is worth it, "said Ms. Wang.
With the in-depth development of garbage classification in the country, the coverage rate of domestic garbage classification communities in the first batch of 46 key cities has reached 86.6%.
In Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities, residents' awareness and participation rate of garbage classification have reached more than 90%.
Behind the achievements is the initiative of the residents.
At 7 a.m., Zhang Yan, a 72-year-old resident of Huize Community in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and other volunteers showed up at the garbage can station in the district on time.
They wore red sleeves on their arms, saw that someone came with a garbage bag, went forward to look, and tactfully "nagged" a few words with residents who were not properly classified, and then began to help classify them.
This community with a permanent population of more than 23,000 people is a newly merged community, and waste management was once a big problem. In 2019, Zhang Yan and several neighbors, who have retired for many years, set up an environmental volunteer team with the support of the community.
"Some residents called us dirty and stinky, and everyone encouraged each other, 'We are hands stinky heart does not stink.'"
Slowly, residents no longer ridicule, self-consciously classified more, "Zhang Yan said.
Door-to-door promotion of garbage classification knowledge, the implementation of bucket duty, the monthly organization of "community cleaning days"... volunteers do not take wages, no pay, driven by Zhang Yan, the activities are more and more, the number of people also increased to more than 50.
Due to the different degree of participation of residents, many models have been formed in the classification of garbage in various places.
Some places implement the "three fixed and one governor" mode, through regular fixed points, supervisors and volunteers to guide residents to separate garbage, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, etc. Some places apply a variety of classification models according to the different characteristics of each region, such as Suzhou...
"In recent years, China has accelerated the implementation of the garbage classification system, and initially formed a garbage classification system based on the rule of law, government promotion, national participation, urban and rural planning, and adapted to local conditions." Xu Haiyun, chief engineer of China Urban Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd., said.
“Let residents see the effectiveness of waste sorting in real time ”
Waste classification is a system engineering, involving the delivery, collection, transportation, disposal and other links.
After the current terminal consciously classifies, how to ensure that the back end is also classified and shipped and disposed of?
Shanghai Rixu Environmental Cleaning Service Co., Ltd. Xujiahui operation team takes on the task of sorting and transporting garbage in Xujiahui area. "Not sorting, not collecting" is the standard for the team 's staff to collect and transport garbage.
On the mobile phone of He Jun, assistant to Xu Jiahui ’ s team leader, an APP called “Shanghai Classification Quality Online ” can see all the data at all points.
He said that when collecting garbage, once the quality of garbage is found to be unqualified, the receiving personnel will take photos and report to the platform.
APP and street, property, urban management, greening and other departments linkage and push the unqualified report, the community 7 consecutive times, the unit 3 consecutive times unqualified, the sanitation will issue a denial of clearance notice, and stop its operation.
The team also installed a vehicle-mounted metering system on the garbage truck, and the weight of the garbage collected by the vehicle can be synchronously fed back to the smart display of the garbage compartment in the community. "This is to let the residents see the garbage classification results in real time." He Jun said.
Different types of garbage are different, and the methods of collection and disposal are also different.
In Shanghai, dry garbage is transported directly, compressed trucks collect and transfer, and small pressure stations collect and transfer; wet garbage is collected in barrels for barrels and compressed trucks for direct transport or transfer; recyclables are collected through service points; and hazardous garbage is first placed in temporary storage yards and then transported to sorting centers.
According to the strategy of "big diversion and fine classification", large and relatively concentrated quantities of kitchen waste, fruit and vegetable waste, and greening waste generated by residents are divided into small categories, and special transportation is carried out to deal with household kitchen waste, waste furniture, waste fabrics and harmful waste.
When the various links of garbage classification are smoothly connected in series, the results are initially apparent.
Statistics show that the current national domestic waste sorting and transportation capacity is about 500,000 tons / day, and the average recycling rate of domestic waste in 46 key cities is 30.4%.
However, in the process of garbage classification, some problems still exist.
For example, how to adapt garbage classification to local conditions, how to avoid rushing to success, how to solve the cost problem and so on need to continue to explore.
Xu Haiyun believes that the first 46 key cities to try out, although only about 7% of the number of cities in the country, but its driving role and demonstration significance is very strong.
"From the current practice of garbage classification in various places, the focus is to improve the collection and utilization of recyclables, the difficulty is to improve the collection and utilization of kitchen waste, and the blocking point is to improve the collection and treatment of harmful waste."
The classification of recyclables and recycling of renewable resources should fully consider the costs and costs; the separation of kitchen waste collection and the utilization of biomass resources should consider the market demand; the separation of hazardous waste collection and hazardous waste treatment should be precise and efficient. "Xu Haiyun said.
Some people in the industry believe that the current garbage classification in rural areas needs to be deepened, and the supervision of some cities in all aspects of garbage classification needs to be strengthened.
“Achieving self-management in community governance through consultation and sharing ”
On January 15, more than 100 students from Chengyang District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, visited the community kitchen waste composting training and promotion center in Shundeju District.
According to Xu Jin, director of the community kitchen waste composting center, “kitchen waste plus broken green waste composting is a process that mimics the green cycle of nature, and the organic matter of kitchen waste is decomposed by magical microorganisms and turned into soil. ”
Driving community composting is not easy.
According to the director of the Chengyang District Waste Classification Office, the district invited environmental composting experts and Qingdao You and I social work organization to guide and formulate a scientific raw material matching plan, which was eventually successfully promoted by the property company. Ningsih said.
According to the relevant planning, by 2025, the scope of building a domestic waste classification and treatment system should be expanded from the current 46 key cities to the national prefecture-level and above cities, and the domestic waste classification and transportation capacity should be increased from about 500,000 tons / day to about 700,000 tons / day.
The higher goals for the classification and treatment of domestic waste require more innovative practices by all parties.
Social organizations have a unique role to play in mobilizing public participation in garbage sorting.
Tao Chuanjin, a professor at the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University, said that the community can support social organizations to carry out activities such as community composting, building balcony gardens, and forming volunteer teams.
Some people who are enthusiastic about reducing waste advocate a healthier and environmentally friendly lifestyle.
Every weekend, the organic farmers' market in Sanyuanqiao, Beijing, is bustling.
In addition, the market also carries out activities such as exchange of idle items, recycling of recyclables, "rebirth of old things", and online training on vegetable planting.
"We want to promote a more environmentally friendly way of life, which requires more people to participate, change and act," said Tara, a worker at the Organic Farmers Market in Beijing.
(Editor: Qiao Yiqiong, Yang Di)
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The European Union aims to recycle 55% of municipal waste and 65% of packaging waste by 2025.

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Content: Circular Economy : 18 EU Member States at risk of missing waste targets

Which countries are at risk of missing the 2025 targets for preparing for re-use and recycling of municipal and all packaging waste and the 2035 landfill target? The European Commission answered this question in a recently published early warning report. But first the good news. Nine Member States are on track to meet the 2025 targets: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

And just as a reminder, these are the targets set out in the Waste Framework Directive and the Directive on packaging and packaging waste we are talking about:

  • 55% recycling and preparing for reuse of municipal waste;
  • 65% recycling for total packaging waste;
  • and material-specific packaging waste recycling targets (75% for paper and cardboard, 70% for glass, 70% for ferrous metals packaging, 50% for aluminium, 50% for plastic and 25% for wood).

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Bad news for some countries

And now the bad news: 18 Member States are at serious risk of missing one or both of the 2025 targets.

Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Spain and Sweden are at risk of missing the municipal waste target.

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia are at risk of missing both the municipal waste and the total packaging waste targets for 2025.

In addition, some countries continue to landfill most of their municipal waste and are likely to miss the 2035 landfill target. The Commission is making recommendations to these Member States, building on the ongoing financial and technical support provided to improve waste management performance. These recommendations cover a wide range of actions: reducing non-recyclable waste, increasing re-use, promoting separate collection, developing treatment capacity for sorting and recycling, improving governance, using economic instruments and raising awareness.

"Implementing waste reduction and recycling measures on the ground is key for our circular economy transition. Turning waste into resources helps us on the way to climate neutrality, increases the security of supply of energy and raw materials, and creates local jobs and innovation opportunities. The early warning report allows us, in close cooperation with the Member States, to detect shortcomings, take action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets, and share best practices in sound waste management," said Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Waste generation on the rise

On average, Europeans generate 530 kg of municipal waste per person per year (waste from households and similar waste from businesses). Although it is increasingly recycled and less landfilled, municipal waste (MSW) is still one of the most complex waste streams to manage. In the EU, about 50% of MSW is recycled or composted and 23% is landfilled. The amount of packaging waste generated is constantly increasing. Between 2013 and 2020, the amount of packaging waste generated in the EU will increase by 15% to almost 80 million tonnes. Around 64% of packaging waste is now recycled, although this varies by material. More than 75% of paper, cardboard and metal packaging is recycled, but less than 40% of plastic packaging - a problem in most EU countries, many of which are at risk of missing the material-specific target for plastic packaging waste recycling.

The early warning report allows us, in close cooperation with the Member States, to detect shortcomings, take action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets, and share best practices in sound waste management.
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Significant differences between Member States

Looking at the report, one thing is clear: There are considerable differences in waste management performance across the EU. Some countries still have a long way to go to meet the targets agreed in EU legislation and further reforms are needed, in particular to ensure the treatment of biowaste, which accounts for a third of municipal waste, to ensure separate collection of waste - a prerequisite for recycling - and to improve data quality. However, most EU countries have introduced or are in the process of introducing waste reforms to improve recycling rates, some of which are expected to bear fruit in the coming years.

The results were also influenced by external factors, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced or stopped separate collection in some countries. The recent rise in energy prices is also having a negative impact on recycling activities.

The early warning report builds on the Environmental Implementation Review, which had already identified problems with the implementation of EU waste legislation. In particular, almost 2000 illegal or substandard landfills are still operating in the EU, representing a significant source of pollution and greenhouse gases and a missed opportunity for the recovery of secondary raw materials.

South Korea has reduced waste disposal by 40% since 1995, achieving a recycling rate of over 60% through a garbage charging system.

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Swiss garbage smugglers evade high charges in France
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Beijing, April 23 (Xinhua) -- According to a report by the British environmental consultancy Eunomia, the global recycling rate ranking in 2017, Hong Kong ranked 24th, and Switzerland ranked 9th.
Since 2012, the Swiss government has introduced a tax on garbage bags to subsidize waste disposal costs, but the high fees have led some Swiss to leave their waste in neighboring France.
To this end, the French government cracked down on "smuggling" garbage, blocking nearly 10 tons of garbage from Switzerland, and fined 150 euros each.
South Korea has implemented garbage charging since 1995, and the overall waste disposal volume has been greatly reduced by 40%, and the recycling rate has reached more than 60%.
Compared to “one size fits all ” measures, the Korean government implemented the waste reduction plan in a step-by-step manner.
Waste charging is carried out in the form of bag charging, and then gradually expanded to restrict the use of disposable products, recycling of kitchen waste, etc., to deal with waste in a multi-pronged manner.
The environmental equation “3R ” has a priority: reduce waste, reuse, and recycle. Lisa Ramsden, a member of Greenpeace America, pointed out that large food and daily necessities companies have been promoting recycling for many years, but the results have not been good, so the“ naked buy ” consumption model of Reuse and Refill, that is, self-purchased containers. Buy the required items to really reduce waste at the source.
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Taiwan implemented a waste levy policy, raising Taipei's recycling rate to 61%, and aims for zero waste by 2025.

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Wong Woon-chung
Wong Woon-chung: Reflections on Hong Kong Garbage Levy
The waste levy is an economic measure of waste management that is effective all over the world.
In fact, the waste levy is not a new issue in Hong Kong. As early as the 2005 Policy Commitments on the Management of Municipal Solid Waste (2005-2014), the Government has proposed legislation to implement waste charging in 2007.
After more than 10 years of repeated research and consultation, the Municipal Solid Waste Charges (Waste Levy) Bill was passed in the Third Reading of the Legislative Council on 26 August 2021 and is scheduled to be implemented by the end of 2023.
Levy scheme is not equivalent to designated garbage bags
Garbage Levy In the media, the focus of public attention is on the price and quality of garbage bags, and how to use designated garbage bags.
Some waste larger than the designated garbage bag, such as the ground mop, has become the protagonist of the discussion from the supporting role, causing public concern.
In fact, more than 90% of the garbage in each household can be placed in the designated garbage bag, and the ground mop only accounts for a small part of the garbage.
Therefore, in the first stage, the Government should concentrate on educating the public about the meaning behind the refuse levy.
The waste levy is an economic incentive to encourage the public to reduce the generation of unnecessary waste from the source, and to recycle recyclables including kitchen waste as far as possible. In fact, the amount of waste left to be discarded should be much less than before the levy, so that the waste levy can be reduced and the waste can be reduced.
There is no one-step measure.
As policy implementers, we all hope that the measures proposed can be watertight.
However, there are many types of household waste, and there are always exceptions.
In fact, the waste classification policies of all countries and regions are constantly revised and improved with the actual implementation.
For example, Taiwan's implementation of the "garbage does not land" policy, requiring residents to regularly dump garbage on garbage trucks; but in the implementation process, according to the size and conditions of the city, counties and villages to adopt different programs and implementation time, after more than 20 years to make the public to litter to reach a consensus and habit.
The local government has stimulated the public to actively cooperate by setting up "gold collection points" and sending garbage bag vouchers, and promoting the collection of garbage charges with bags in combination with laws and regulations.
Therefore, when implementing the garbage levy, you cannot expect a solution and achieve the ideal goal.
The government needs to clarify the difficulties and pain points in the implementation of Hong Kong's policies, to support the first step, to speed up the improvement of relevant supporting facilities, expand the recycling network, and then improve law enforcement, and establish classification laws or regulations to urge and regulate law enforcement.
From the law enforcement point of view, in the early implementation of measures, should be lenient and exhorting methods.
Take Taipei City as an example, on the first day of implementation, the utilization rate of dedicated garbage bags has reached 97%.
Therefore, the Government of Hong Kong should have confidence in the public and wait for the public to adapt for a period of time before taking stringent enforcement action.
Garbage collection is mandatory.
Based on monitoring data from the 1980s to 2017, Hong Kong ’ s air, seawater, river water, noise and waste environment have continued to improve over the past 30 years, according to the “Environmental Protection and Ecological Conservation ” volume of Hong Kong Journal of Nature.
Since the implementation of the waste levy in Taipei, the recycling rate of resources has continued to increase from 24% before the implementation of the waste levy to 61%.
So, garbage levy as an effective way, such as arrows at the string, is bound to do.
There are still several months from August 1, the government should grasp the time, rationalize the recycling supporting facilities, and do a good job of demonstration publicity and education to the public to encourage waste reduction and resource recovery at source.
The author gave eight words to the responsible officials. The first four words are “simple and clear ” waste recovery guidelines.
In fact, the public only need to put large categories such as plastic, metal, paper and kitchen waste into their respective recycling bins. After different types of plastic are basically recycled, recyclers can use advanced screening systems to re-classify them, so that the public will be happy to sort them at source and reduce waste.
The other four words are the measures of "actual landing". I hope that the responsible officials and the EPD's outreach team will really observe the actual situation and understand the difficulties and doubts of the residents, and then work out a more feasible plan.
The Government, as an advocate of the waste levy scheme, is duty-bound, but stakeholders such as the public, property management and the business sector must also work together to take their own responsibility. The levy is a “deliberate ” action – the Government is committed to helping the public solve the problem, and stakeholders are committed to working together to improve the implementation of the levy.
The author is Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, and one of the authors of "Hong Kong Journal of Nature"
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Germany has a recycling rate of over 65% due to its advanced waste treatment technology and recycling systems.

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Advanced waste treatment technology Zhang Lishan led a delegation to Germany for 11 days
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Taipei, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Yunlin County Mayor Chang Li-shan led officials from the Environmental Protection Bureau, the Agriculture Department, the Cultural and Cultural Affairs Office and the Education Department to visit Germany for 11 days, returning to Taiwan on May 7, the longest overseas visit since her tenure.
Zhang Lishan said that Germany has obvious results in carbon reduction. In response to the 2050 net-zero carbon emission policy, the Yun County Government must improve waste treatment. She will visit Germany's domestic waste treatment plants and environmental recycling parks.
According to the China Times News Network, Zhang Li-shan flew to Ba Xin County, Mavo, Germany, late night on the 27th to visit and exchange. The trip originated from last year when Ba Xin County Mayor Stenberg and County Council President Stenberg led a delegation to Yunlin County.
Zhang Li-shan said that Germany's Baxin County visited the smart agricultural field last year, and praised the farmers and fishermen for applying AI wisdom and big data to reduce the human burden and improve efficiency. The delegation will also take the scientific and technological agriculture of Baxin County as well as the educational practices of cultivating scientific and technological talents.
She said that one of the key projects of the visit is the carbon reduction performance of Germany. Yunlin County government has actively promoted the conversion of waste into solid renewable fuel (SRF) for many years, and sold it to operators to replace the burning of raw coal. Although the benefits of reducing air pollution, carbon emissions and reducing fossil fuel extraction have been achieved, she hopes to improve efficiency.
The county government pointed out that Germany's low-carbon power source accounted for 61.4% in 2023, indicating that the country has achieved obvious results in reducing carbon, which is worth taking as a reference for Yunlin County's strategy to promote environmental sustainable development and resource circular economy.
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Tokyo has an integrated waste recycling approach, while Oslo has achieved zero waste disposal through recycling.

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Film-research "Rubbish" will be shown on September 12 on the TV channel Russia 24
The joint project of RT-Invest and the film company Masterskaya calls to think about the problem of waste processing
Ksenia BOGDANOVA
Today, Russia generates more than 60 million tons of municipal solid waste, 93% of which is sent to landfills or illegal landfills.
Photo: frame video.
On the TV channel Russia 24 on Sunday, September 12, a loud premiere is expected: a new film-study “Trash ” offers viewers to think about the scale of the global problem of waste recycling.
The authors of the documentary traveled to ten countries and regions, studying and comparing advanced technologies for garbage disposal.
The lenses of their cameras included both overcrowded landfills and landfills, as well as the most modern enterprises that made the disposal of garbage environmentally friendly and safe.
Humanity consumes more and more goods every day - which means that more and more garbage is sent to the garbage every day.
This is a global challenge that all countries face today.
Together with leading domestic and world experts, the authors of the film “Trash ” investigated the path of waste in Russia, Europe and Asia.
The film was made by the film crew of the film company Masterskaya, a recognized Russian leader in the field of documentary films and popular science films.
The audience is already familiar with their works “President ”,“ The Great Game ”, “Secrets of Death ”,“ Mold ”, “The Death of the Empire ” and many others.
The films of the film company “Masterskaya ” have repeatedly won awards at Russian and foreign festivals.
Assistance in the filming was provided by the company "RT-Invest", founded by the State Corporation Rostec to create in Russia a comprehensive system of solid municipal waste management.
The work of the film crew lasted more than a year.
The authors of the film studied new technologies for recycling garbage in Sweden, France, the UK, China and, of course, in Russia.
- Today, more than 60 million tons of solid municipal waste are generated in Russia, 93% of them are sent to landfills or illegal landfills, - said RT-Invest CEO Andrey Shipelov. - We have a national goal - to reduce the volume of burial by half by 2030.
For the development of the industry, this can be an intermediate goal.
We must strive to build a sustainable MSW management system that will enable us to achieve zero disposal in major cities.
There are already examples in the world.
Eleven of the world ’ s megacities – Singapore, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin, Brussels, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Zurich and Oslo – have completely abandoned waste disposal through the introduction of an integrated approach and the use of two types of recycling: material and energy.
More than thirty experts took part in the filming of the picture - scientists, environmentalists, activists, representatives of processing companies.
One of the experts, a leading researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Yamskov suggests that the future generation will judge us by monstrous deposits of garbage.
Rubbish is the key to knowing the past.
It reconstructs the entire material component of life.
If in 100-150 years people unearth any of the modern landfills, they will understand that we, their ancestors, were monstrously wasteful, - says Yamskov.
The authors of the film remind: every minute people around the world buy about two tons of new clothes.
At the same time, 60 trucks with the old one are sent to the dump every minute.
Every second, consumers open 4,000 cans, and at the same time throw away 12,000 empty bottles.
The movie “Trash ” makes you wonder: where will all this waste go?
Which of these can be recycled and used again?
Recall that the company "RT-Invest" was established in 2012 with the participation of the state corporation Rostec.
The company invests in the sectors of advanced industrial technologies in Russia and abroad.
The main task of RT-Invest is to create a comprehensive waste management system in our country based on leading Russian and foreign practices.
Within the framework of the project "Energy from Waste", RT-Invest is building four modern enterprises for thermal processing of waste into energy in the Moscow region and one plant in Tatarstan.
Trailer of the documentary film “Rubbish ”
Russia 24.
Journalistic investigation of waste processing problems
Watch the film "Rubbish" on the TV channel Russia 24 on Sunday, September 12.

Government plays a crucial role in promoting waste sorting and recycling through supportive policies and regulations.

Countries like Finland, Sweden, and Japan offer valuable lessons for U.S. counties on improving waste management through automation, waste-to-energy, and education.

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Content: Waste Levy ｜ Japan has been a model for decades, Okinawa Hong Kong families share the key to success
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“I remember the first time we dropped garbage out of the streets in Japan, our family watched the whole process to see if our garbage was successfully handled, and finally the garbage truck was recycled. We clapped our hands, ” Oki-Family, a Hong Kong resident in Okinawa, told reporters.
Japan's waste levy and recycling has been implemented for many years, and the local domestic waste treatment, recycling and classification are very perfect, and recycling accounts for 20%.
It can be said that the relevant policies have long been integrated into the ordinary life of the Japanese people and become the local way of life.
If Hong Kong is about to introduce a waste levy, what can we learn from Japan?
This is part of the "Garbage Levy, How to Do It in a Foreign Country?" series.
Oki-Family, a family of three who have lived in Japan for eight years, now lives in Toyomi City, Okinawa Prefecture. The couple, Leung Sheng and Leung, recently shared with Hong Kong 01 the situation of local waste levies and recycling.
“There are many cities in Okinawa, and each city has its own system, so every time you move, you have to adapt and get used to it. ”
At present, our family mainly uses the largest garbage bag, which costs about 20 yen (more than HK $1.03) a.
The average monthly amount spent on waste collection and recycling is about 300 yen (over HK $16), "he said.
There are different waste management and recycling regulations in Japan. Levy standards vary from prefecture to city. According to Leung, Japan ’ s waste classification is much more complex than Hong Kong ’ s. It is divided into general waste, large waste and kitchen waste. newspaper and cardboard separately), etc.
For large garbage, such as mattresses and other items that cannot be placed in garbage bags, you need to purchase a sticker of about 300 yen (about HK $15.5) at a convenience store and paste it on the garbage that needs to be disposed of.
Other cities have the same treatment, but the amount may vary.
Oki-Family, a Hong Kong resident family in Okinawa, shared with reporters the complicated garbage sorting situation in Japan. (Provided by respondents)
Since most places implement self-paid waste levies, sorting and recycling has long been a “compulsory lesson ” for Japanese residents.
Every night, after dinner, their family will take the garbage outside the back door of the home, where a can be put on the garbage can; they also placed a large plastic box there to store the recycling garbage, such as fork batteries, glass bottles, soda cans, plastic bottles, etc., stored enough will be taken out.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, combustible waste is collected, soda cans are collected on Wednesdays, glass bottles and newspapers are collected on Saturdays.
Although the combustible waste contained in kitchen waste is collected only twice a week, there are few cases in the area where it stinks and affects environmental hygiene. “There are scents on the garbage cans in Japan that can suppress the smell, and I did try to have a slight effect, ” Leung explained.
And my own method is to put it outside the back door, because the position has been blowing for a long time, and it is almost impossible to smell without opening the lid. "
Over 70 years of off-the-shelf garbage sorting
In the 1950s, Japan entered a period of rapid economic growth, people's living standards have been significantly improved, and the amount of garbage has also increased sharply, and the phenomenon of littering can be seen everywhere, and environmental problems have become severe.
Later, the Japanese government took advantage of the opportunity of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games to launch a "capital beautification campaign" to awaken the people's awareness of environmental protection.
However, in the 1970s, local citizens protested the landfill site selection, and began to take actions to stop garbage trucks, and the protest lasted for eight years.
Until the 1980s, Japan began to carry out simple garbage sorting, and after decades of development, garbage sorting has become a standardized, systematic way of life.
As for the garbage levy scheme, Japan was introduced in the 1970s. In 2019, a total of 1,094 garbage charges were implemented in 1,741 cities, towns and villages across the country, with an implementation rate of 62.8%; among them, the urban rate was lower, only 56.2%.
However, Japan's domestic waste recycling is basically the responsibility of local governments, so different cities in the waste separation and treatment charges are not the same.
For example, in order to reduce and recycle the amount of garbage increasing year by year, local garbage is divided into five categories: "combustible garbage", "non-combustible garbage", "hazardous garbage", "resource garbage" and "large garbage". The first four categories have designated garbage bags, and large garbage has related "treatment coupons", which can be purchased at general convenience stores.
All kinds of paper (newspapers, magazines, cardboard, milk cartons) need to be tied into a cross shape with a paper rope.
All refuse should be disposed of by members of the public before 8.30 am on a specified date.
If the Government wants the public to follow suit, the most important thing is to make things convenient for them, and everything should be convenient.
Oki-Family
Japan ’ s waste classification was first seen in the 1980s, and has developed over the decades to form a standardized and systematic way of life.
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Fear of animals, care for neighbors, and...?
When she first arrived in Guijing, Liang Sheng said that she had long known that Japan had a policy of collecting and sorting garbage, so she was prepared psychologically.
When they first moved to Hong Kong to report to the local government department, they had received a relevant garbage instruction notice, "The average family will stick it in a prominent place, such as a refrigerator door or next to it, which is convenient to check when handling garbage daily."
After doing more, you will remember that you don ’ t have to look at it every time.
They added that the circular will also clearly state the arrangements for zoning, public holidays, special weather, special items, etc., which are basically very clear, and you can consult friends and neighbors if you do not understand.
They said that the charts provided by the authorities are detailed and clear, and it is not really difficult to follow them. "But the pictures may indicate that it is a certain type of garbage, but the details may indicate that some special circumstances will not be recycled."
The careful classification of this aspect, we still feel very troublesome at first. "
On the other hand, due to the different living environment and culture in Japan, there are other additional concerns about daily garbage disposal.
They remember the first time they dropped garbage out of the street, they heard friends say not to fall out of the street the night before, because there may be stray cats, crows and other garbage, there may be a chance to dirty the environment.
There is also garbage can not be taken out too early to remove, otherwise it may be scolded by neighbors. Liang Sheng Liang Tai admitted: "So in Japan, we have to be afraid of animals, we have to take care of our neighbors, and whether the garbage truck can finally be recycled after the garbage is sorted."
Japan is regarded as one of the most successful countries in the world in waste levying and recycling, winning in a zero-waste town. (Getty)
The best way to deal with batteries, soda cans and paper skins?
In addition, they also have to face the problem of garbage that can not be dropped.
They said: "The most troublesome is the battery, although some local appliance stores can recycle, but not all types, mainly the recycling of disposable batteries, but not the charging type.
In the end, they found information online, and learned that only a few electrical appliances stores in Naha can be recycled, but it is very inconvenient to drive to them, so they have been unable to abandon them for years, so they have to slowly store them at home and drive to a certain number of cars to deal with them.
What also makes them feel very annoying and very disturbing is the soda can and the paper skin. "In Hong Kong, these two kinds of waste are considered more valuable, and can be sold for a few pennies."
But in Japan, if you put a soda can in a plastic bag, they will not accept it, you have to buy a government-designated plastic bag.
They said: “The irony is that if you put it in a transparent plastic bag, there will be scavengers who will take it and sell it. ”
The Government will also appeal to households not to let waste pickers take them, as this is part of the income of waste collectors. "
Japanese newspapers and paper should be tied, even if only one piece, and tied with a paper rope, otherwise the workers will not recycle.
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They continued: "From our point of view, why buy a plastic bag for garbage collectors, instead of having a plastic bag left in the home before, no more money to waste, and it is not better to help the environment and someone to recycle?"
"If the paper is put out, it will not be collected if it is not tied up, and if it is scattered, it will not be collected, but even if it is placed in a paper bag, they will say that it is not tied up."
Even if it is not a piece of paper, it will not be taken, and every time I hear it, it is very important. "
Keyword Success: Convenient
Although there are no penalties for garbage disposal in Japan, if garbage is not handled in accordance with the relevant guidelines, the relevant departments will not recycle the household's garbage and will indicate what is wrong on the household's garbage.
They said, "Not recycling is already a punishment, because you have to find a place to put this waste for another week."
However, they stressed, "Although the levies and recycling of local refuse may cause some inconvenience and trouble in daily life, environmental protection will be a blessing to the public if the Government is really able to do enough in handling waste from the environmental point of view."
After years of living in Japan, Oki-Family believes that the work of collecting and recycling waste is successful: “The most important thing is the education of the whole nation. They are supported by the government, businesses, and many large circles. ” Convenient."
Education is equally important, Mrs Leung added: “To make people feel that recycling from their urine is something they need to do and is part of their lives.
Naturally, more and more people will accept this. ” For example, their daughters will be taught classification from kindergarten, and simulation learning, teaching how to classify things, slowly making sorting garbage their instinct.
Liang Sheng-Liang of Oki-Family, a Japanese Hong Kong family, stressed that the policy focus is to enable every household to be hygienic when handling garbage, because the relevant garbage levy and recycling involve more than the purchase of plastic bags.
(courtesy of interviewees)
It's not about plastic bags. It's about hygiene.
On Hong Kong ’ s imminent introduction of a waste levy, Mrs Leung said: “The biggest resistance is that the Hong Kong government is too weak at present, and even if they do well or not, the public may not like it. ”
The second is the habit of the public, who stressed the need for the government to give the public a sufficient period of adaptation.
They cited Japan ’ s policy as an example. “The Japanese authorities generally give a relatively long period of adaptation, for example, we will later change to electronic signatures, and the government will give the public two years to get used to it. The transition period in Hong Kong may be relatively short in years. ”
Garbage levy is actually a big thing, including the promotion of education, the awareness of the public is very important, if they lack awareness, they will not follow suit.
But this is a work that takes a long time to do, and it is not possible to do it in a moment or three.
They believe that the Hong Kong government should provide some further information, such as tips, such as how to dispose of garbage at home will be more hygienic and save space, so that the public can understand the specific situation facing the actual operation.
In addition, it can also provide various types of garbage disposal equipment on the market, such as deodorants and scents that can be attached to garbage cans of various sizes.
Finally, they reiterate, “It ’ s important for every household to be hygienic when it comes to waste levies and recycling, which involves more than just buying plastic bags. ”
This may also be one of the reasons why many people are dissatisfied or worried about the proposed waste levy. "

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Waste Energy Cloud County Purchases “All-Mobile Garbage Machinery Sorting System ”
▲ Yunlin County Mayor Zhang Li-shan went to inspect the "all-mobile garbage sorting system". (Photo by reporter Cai Pei-min)
Journalist Tsai Pei-min / reporting from Yunlin
In order to improve the county ’ s independent garbage disposal capacity, Yunlin County government has obtained central subsidies for the purchase of new equipment from the “All-Mobile Garbage Machinery Sorting System ”, including single-shaft crushing machine from Austria, drum screening machine from Sweden and packaging machine from Sweden.
Chang Li-shan, mayor of Yunlin County, explains that the county government uses mobile equipment to treat temporary garbage and fresh garbage at various landfills in the county.
▲ Yunlin County will launch the "all-mobile garbage machinery sorting system" to fully upgrade the energy of its waste.
(Photo by reporter Cai Pei-min)
After the complete equipment is assembled and put on line, it is expected that 200 tons of household waste can be treated every day. After opening bags, screening and other procedures, about 120 tons of SRF (Solid Regenerative Fuel) raw materials can be produced.
In addition to increasing the waste disposal capacity of Yunlin County and reducing the amount of landfill, the full mobile garbage sorting system has the greatest benefits to improve fuel quality and stabilize fuel production, further increasing the proportion of waste derived fuel blending in power generation boilers, reducing coal consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, creating a win-win situation for both the international situation and the central government waste resources. The goal of a circular economy.
▲ Yunlin County will launch the "all-mobile garbage machinery sorting system" to fully upgrade the energy of its waste.
(Photo by reporter Cai Pei-min)
Zhang Qiaowei pointed out that at present, household waste in Yunlin County still needs to rely on the help of incinerators in other counties and cities. Therefore, it is urgent to build independent waste treatment capacity. From 2020 “Zero Waste Resource System ” (Z.W.S) to 2022“ Full Mobile Waste Mechanical Sorting System ”, Yunlin County will not be effectively utilized. The conversion of waste into fuel gives waste energy value and creates another type of circular economy.
▲ Yunlin County will launch the "all-mobile garbage machinery sorting system" to fully upgrade the energy of its waste.
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Support should be done to cultivate public awareness of recycling
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Beijing, April 23 / According to the Ta Kung Pao report, to do a good job of source waste reduction, sorting and recycling need to have relevant supporting support.
Wong Chun-yin, Deputy Director of Project Planning of the World Green Organisation, said that to effectively implement the waste levy, there needs to be sufficient recycling packages for the public and a public awareness that is willing to participate in recycling to reduce the amount of waste.
He believes that the government should continue to expand and improve the coverage of recycling facilities before and after the implementation of waste collection charges, so that “the public will fall down and be recyclable ” is the most ideal, and set up kitchen waste recycling machines in more public housing estates to improve the recycling rate and achieve effective waste reduction.
Wong Chun-yin said that the public generally agree with waste recycling, but the pace of life is fast and the work pressure is high, it is difficult to recycle regularly in daily life, and even to develop the habit of actively recycling.
He believes that in addition to continuously expanding the convenient recycling points and providing rewards for recycling points, the Government must strengthen public education, such as publicizing recycling knowledge and related measures through Internet influencers: “Let the public participate in garbage sorting step by step, and develop the habit of recycling and waste reduction at source, so as to achieve the goal of effectively reducing the amount of municipal solid waste disposal. ”
In the meantime, many residents in the vicinity of Po Lam Station are willing to take the sorted garbage to the recycling station. However, there is no recycling station in Hong Kong City, which is very different from the environmental protection effect. In the medium and long term, as in the case of Po Lam Station, "Green in Po Lam" should be set up in Hong Kong City, so that a fixed recycling station can attract more residents to do a good job of sorting garbage and recycling.
Mr Cheung suggested that the Government should launch the "Food Waste Recycling Machine Scheme" at Sunrise, so that all housing estates will have food waste recycling machines so that residents can recycle their food waste properly. "
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The "polluter pays" principle reduces waste and encourages recycling, and proper recycling facilities and education are crucial for public cooperation with waste levy policies.

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Lin Hsiao-lu
Lin Xiaolu: Garbage levy can not be shelved 3 points of improvement can be repaired and reconstructed
[Ming Pao Article] The Government explained the future direction of the waste levy policy at the joint meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs and the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene earlier. It is not easy to take the first step, but it is even more difficult to forge ahead.
Although there is no hope of introducing the garbage levy on 1 August this year, the Government continues to send bags and sign a contract to help all sectors of the community gradually adapt to the policy.
Since this year, the publicity surrounding the waste levy has become popular, especially on how to use designated plastic bags and labels, how to recycle and classify, etc., which has sparked a wave of heated debate.
Behind the heated discussion, people from all walks of life are not only thinking, but also willing to take action.
It is not difficult to see from the results of the "first try" scheme submitted by the Government to the Legislative Council that there is a higher demand for additional recycling packages from various pilot stakeholders.
A serious “try first ” approach is a safe step to explore and deal with problems.
If "disturbing the people" is turned into "convenient people", the government should worry that all sectors of society are unwilling to cooperate with the implementation of the policy.
In this regard, I would like to make the following three suggestions.
The core of the policy is to reduce waste for all.
First, return to the original heart, reduce the waste.
Waste reduction and recycling are global trends and national goals.
Hong Kong is in line with the trend of environmental protection, and it is fair to follow suit.
Explain that the policy should not deviate from the goal, the core of the municipal solid waste charging policy is not the word "charging", but the reduction of waste by the whole people.
The society adheres to the "polluter pays" principle, reducing waste from the source and encouraging recycling.
The Government should continue to explain its policies to all sectors, answer questions and answer doubts, allay public concerns, provide clear training and work guidance for the frontline and the industry, and help the public understand the operation of the policy and its legal responsibilities.
Behavioral psychology often says that it takes only 21 days to form or change a habit.
In many places, garbage is classified very carefully, and there are dry and wet, combustible and non-combustible.
The classification of plastics in Hong Kong is very complicated for many citizens and discourages those who come into contact with recycling for the first time.
Therefore, continuing education for waste separation and recycling is crucial to waste reduction policies.
The Government should liaise with local authorities to encourage the public to adopt a habit of sorting waste into their daily lives, so as to reduce the burden on frontline staff.
Second, cherish the time, check and fill the gaps.
Implementation of environmental protection policies, or experiencing the "981 difficulties", one by one to overcome the difficulties, can achieve positive results.
Practice is the only standard for testing the truth, and there are always omissions and deficiencies in the process of supporting the first step.
The public will gradually cooperate with the laying of recycling facilities.
Changing customs and expanding the recycling network are difficult to achieve overnight.
The successful implementation of waste levies has taken decades of hard work to bear fruit.
Korea and Taiwan have implemented garbage levies for generations, and the problems encountered along the way are not less than those in Hong Kong, nor can they be comprehensively solved.
In the 14 pilot sites of the "first try first" scheme in Hong Kong, all the stakeholders actively collected the designated bags, but the overall utilization rate and disposal volume were not satisfactory.
However, at locations with relatively complete recycling facilities and services, the use of designated bags is relatively satisfactory, and the types and quantities of items recovered have also increased.
It can be seen that as long as the Government properly lays out recycling facilities, the public will gradually cooperate.
Expand the recycling network, like a spider web, from point to line and surface.
In the coming year, the Government should formulate a timetable and roadmap to promote recycling, increase the number of recycling convenience points and recycling mobile points, adjust the density of collection facilities, extend and unify the service hours of collection points and public refuse collection points, and strengthen mobile recycling services in areas where there are no owners' corporations, residents' organizations and management companies.
Government must keep track of progress
Third, open and honest, accurate policy.
The Government should be realistic and strive for time so that all sectors of the community can understand the details of the policy more clearly.
The results of the "Try first" project have exposed many difficulties and pain points. The Government must continue to account for the progress of its work in the coming year, so that the community can feel the sincerity and determination of the Government to solve the problem.
With feedback from different stakeholders, the Government can understand the difficulties and challenges faced in different scenarios and formulate specific action plans and guidelines for households, businesses and the industry.
The waste levy policy is an important part of promoting waste reduction and emission reduction. If you successfully change the habits of the public and establish a deep environmental culture, it is not inevitable to withdraw the levy; but if you delay indefinitely or even shelve it at the initial stage, it is a "self-waste martial arts".
The author hopes that the government will seize the time to implement the garbage levy policy to stabilize the orientation, uphold the "results as the goal" policy philosophy, repair policy omissions, and transform into energy to promote the progress of society.
The author is a legislator.
(Criticism of current affairs articles published by this website is aimed at pointing out errors or deficiencies in relevant systems, policies or measures, with the aim of correcting or eliminating such errors or deficiencies, and improving them through lawful means, with no intention of inciting hatred, dissatisfaction or hostility towards the Government or other communities)
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