Finland is a notable example of successful waste management, with 99% of waste being recycled and only 1% ending up in landfills.

The Netherlands has a well-developed waste management system, sorting and recycling waste, and incinerating the rest for energy.

Countries like Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium have exemplary waste sorting and recycling systems, including Sweden's pioneering automatic textile waste sorting facility.

Almaty, Kazakhstan has implemented a waste sorting system and plans to build a complex modeled after the Dutch experience.

The government promotes waste sorting and recycling, as seen in South Korea's waste reduction plan and Switzerland's garbage bag tax.

Public awareness and education are crucial for successful waste sorting and recycling systems.

Technology like automated sorting and computer vision can improve waste management efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.

International cooperation can help countries learn from each other's waste sorting and recycling best practices.

Strategies for promoting public participation in waste sorting and recycling include text messages, outdoor ads, and community engagement.

Switzerland's 'garbage bag tax' is an effective measure to reduce waste disposal quantities.

Korea's gradual approach to waste reduction, including garbage fees and limits on disposables, can be more effective than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The European Union has set a 55% recycling target for municipal waste and 65% for packaging waste.

Nine EU Member States are on track to meet the 2025 targets, while 18 are at risk of missing them.

The cost of implementing a waste sorting and recycling system can range from 8.4 billion rubles to 1.72 billion Egyptian pounds.

The benefits, including reduced waste and increased recycling, can outweigh the costs.

A combination of government support, public awareness, and technological innovation is necessary for successful waste sorting and recycling.

Finland is a notable example of successful waste management, with 99% of waste being recycled and only 1% ending up in landfills.

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Content: Ukraine will deepen cooperation with Finland in the direction of household waste management.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Regional Development, this was announced by the Minister of Communities and Territories Alexey Chernyshov during a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Ukraine Päivi Laine.
It is noted that in Finland, only 1% of waste ends up in landfills, the vast majority is recycled.
This is the result of the interaction of the central and local authorities, as well as the awareness of citizens
Ukraine is also planning to adopt this experience.
“Finland is a country that demonstrates high standards of environmental waste management.
Almost all the citizens of this country sort the garbage.
As a result, 99% of household waste is recycled.
This experience will be useful for Ukraine.
So, a similar process is already underway in hromadas - in 1725 settlements of our state, a separate collection of household waste has been introduced.
But it is necessary to scale this direction and introduce useful practices of international partners in the country, "Chernyshov said.
Read alsoIn the Odessa region on the Danube, the dam is destroyed - under it meter voids In the press service reminded that thanks to the implementation of separate collection of garbage in 2020, about 6.3% of household waste was recycled and disposed of in Ukraine.
In turn, Laine noted that Finland is ready to share experience and help Ukrainian communities to implement waste processing projects.
“We also have companies that recycle waste into energy.
In such a comprehensive way, we improve the ecology of our country, ” she added.
Waste recycling in Ukraine
As UNIAN reported, in July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law No. 2207-1-d “On waste management ”.
The document establishes the procedure for the collection, removal and treatment of waste, ensures the introduction of their separate collection and recycling, provides for the requirements for the quality of the provision of waste management services and the charging of fees for such a service.

The Netherlands has a well-developed waste management system, sorting and recycling waste, and incinerating the rest for energy.

Countries like Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium have exemplary waste sorting and recycling systems, including Sweden's pioneering automatic textile waste sorting facility.

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Every year, almost six million tons of textiles are thrown out in the European Union.
That's 11 pounds per person.
Many...
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Every year, almost six million tons of textiles are thrown out in the European Union.
That's 11 pounds per person.
Many things can be used as recyclables.
But this is where the difficulties begin.
Not everything is recyclable, so waste must be sorted.
At this level, it is too much of a task.
They found a way out in Sweden.
The Malmö processing plant operates the world ’ s first automatic textile sorting plant.
The machine evenly distributes the waste along the conveyor belts.
After that, things fall under the near-infrared radiation and undergo spectroscopic analysis.
[Anna Vilen, Sysav employee]:
“The same method is used to sort plastic.
Infrared rays shine through the fabric, and then the machine determines the composition of the fiber. ”
Then the compressed air blows the thing to the desired tape.
After sorting, the textiles are packed in bales and sent for processing.
A smart machine can recognize three types of fabric at the same time.
24 thousand tons of textiles are sorted here per year.
This is almost a third of what is thrown away in Sweden during the same period.
[Anna Vilen, Sysav employee]:
“This is the first such enterprise, but certainly not the last.
Europe will need a lot more factories with automated sorting. ”
In Europe, textile waste is mostly incinerated or sent to landfill.
Earlier, EU countries agreed to ban the destruction of unsold textile products.
Also, according to experts, it is necessary to abandon the so-called fast fashion.
[Else Skold, Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts]:
“Textile recycling is often equated with a circular economy.
But this requires high-quality textiles, high-quality products that can be repeatedly recycled, which we do not do.
Now we are recycling very low-quality textiles and turning it into a new low-quality fabric, and this is pointless. ”
Experts also say that mixed fabrics are not yet suitable for processing.
Usually cotton, linen, wool and polyester are used as recyclables.
The Swedish plant cooperates with IKEA and H & M, as well as with the network of sports goods stores Stadium.
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Almaty, Kazakhstan has implemented a waste sorting system and plans to build a complex modeled after the Dutch experience.

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New approaches to waste management have been developed in Almaty.
In the metropolis already conduct a separate collection of solid household waste.
BaigeNews.kz learned about the prospects of separate garbage collection and the goals of the Almaty authorities for waste management.
In Almaty, there are more and more people who consciously approach the emission of household waste, sort waste for further processing and even carry waste from cardboard, paper and plastic to special reception points.
Conscious citizens admit that when properly sorted, a bag of recyclable waste is most often larger than a bag of other waste that cannot yet be recycled in the country.
For example, today in Kazakhstan do not recycle tetrapacks, and they still go to the basket with non-recyclable garbage.
The Akimat of Almaty supports such initiatives in every possible way and has already put more than a thousand special containers on the sites in the yards next to ordinary tanks.
In appearance, they look like an iron mesh box, and here residents can put such waste that is already processed in the city - plastic, paper (waste paper), glass, metal, cellophane and rags.
In the near future, there will be another 454 such containers in the city.
In addition, Almaty residents have access to 37 waste collection points that can be recycled.
In particular, one of the plants in Almaty produces polyethylene granules and stretch film from secondary raw materials.
At the waste sorting complex in Almaty, everything that can be recycled is taken away and sent to production.
Now 13 organizations are cooperating with this complex to process the selected recyclables.
The remaining waste is removed for burial, taking into account the norms of environmental legislation, to the landfill located in the village of Aytey, Karaysai district, Almaty region.
According to the statistics of the akimat of Almaty, more than 1200 tons of solid household waste are processed in the metropolis per day, of which 17% are processed.
Ecologist Mels Eleusizov believes that landfills in the Almaty region and the whole country should be closed and reclaimed so as not to be a “time bomb ” for the ecology and health of the inhabitants of Kazakhstan.
And sorting household waste of the population, he proposes to carry out in the yards manually.
"Today Almaty" produces "waste containing about 40 types of materials that can be recycled.
I have long proposed to organize sorting points on garbage sites so that employees manually sort waste and then in this form would be sent for processing.
This would provide not only smart waste management, but also new jobs, ” says Mels Eleusizov.
In developed European countries, landfills have been forgotten for a long time.
Here, at the state level, a hierarchy of values in relation to waste is built.
The main principle is to reduce the volume of "production" of garbage.
Those waste that still remain, sort and only what is already impossible to recycle, safely burned, getting energy used in the city.
At a special waste sorting plant in the capital of the Netherlands - Amsterdam bring all the waste of citizens and enterprises.
Here, with the help of a new technology - infrared scanning, waste is automatically taken from a huge pile that can be recycled.
Suitable as a secondary raw material waste is sent with a pressed form for processing to other enterprises.
The rest of the waste will have to be burned here to get steam and send it to heat houses and heat hot water, as well as generate electricity.
Burning garbage occurs in compliance with all environmental standards, measurements are 24 / 7, and if the excess of safe concentrations of harmful substances is recorded, the entire complex is immediately stopped.
What comes out of the pipe, according to experts, you can breathe, in the Netherlands and the EU very strict requirements for emissions.
The remaining ash is not buried, but is completely used for asphalt production, another sludge is sent for burial in special underground mines in neighboring Germany.
Speaking about sorting garbage, employees of the waste sorting plant in Amsterdam (AEB) say that residents of apartment buildings in megacities, even in Europe, can not sort all the garbage, so in Amsterdam, residents throw away only plastic, paper (waste paper) separately.
All the rest of the garbage will be sorted out by the automatic garbage sorting system at the garbage sorting plant.
“There is an opinion that if people at home sort the garbage, then you can get more recyclables for recycling.
But we have seen in practice that new technologies make it possible to sort garbage collected in a heap at a factory even better than if people in apartment buildings sorted 100 percent of their waste.
But in private houses in Amsterdam, the tenants themselves completely sort the waste, and he does not even go to our garbage sorting complex, but goes straight to processing.
In principle, there are very few landfills for waste disposal in the country, and none of them are currently used for disposal of waste from households.
There are several mines for the disposal of waste such as ash, but their negligible amount, ” said the manager of the waste sorting plant Amsterdam (AEB) Cohen Bytink.
Almaty and Almaty region jointly plan to adopt best practices.
Similar to the Amsterdam garbage sorting complex is promised to be built on the existing garbage sorting complex in the Ili district.
In the next few years, they will not only select waste for usable and not recyclable, but also get biogas from them.
The expected capacity of the plant is 120 thousand tons per year, and the construction will be carried out by a Kazakh-Spanish company.
In addition, the city is beginning to collect food waste, and they are also promised to use it for the production of biogas, and this is in line with the plans of Amsterdam, where they do not yet do anything with food waste, and also, as in Almaty, they plan to produce biogas from them.
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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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Public awareness and education are crucial for successful waste sorting and recycling systems.

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Content: Correct: Recycling food waste is not good publicity is futile
October 30, 2022 00: 04
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The relationship between people and nature has always been regarded as a major issue. How to protect the environment and avoid the serious destruction of nature by human beings is a strange move for all countries in the world; among them, “waste reduction ” is an important part of protecting the environment.
In recent years, the Hong Kong Government has introduced and studied a number of measures, including green areas, the levy of plastic bag tax, waste levy, etc. The new policy address also proposes to launch a pilot scheme for the collection of food waste in public housing within this year.
However, no matter what the intentions of the Hong Kong Government are, the publicity is insufficient and the results are not good, and everything is in vain.
The Government ’ s 18-month pilot scheme for collecting food waste from public housing estates will involve 100 public housing estates in phases in the first year. The first phase includes Shek Pai Wan Est, Choi Tak Est, Sheung Tak Est, Kwun Lung Lau and Lin Tsui Est.
However, the reporter visited the site and found that many kaifong did not know the details of the plan at all, and some kaifong had never even heard of the plan being implemented in the estate, which is obviously a serious lack of government publicity.
A number of Members later met with the EPD, and the department said that in the first week after the implementation, it would send promotion ambassadors to teach residents about the use and classification of kitchen waste machines on a regular basis, so as to give people a feeling of "hindsight".
In fact, long before the Hong Kong Government put forward the plan, there were already environmental organizations and organizations in the private sector to voluntarily recycle kitchen waste. In many places in foreign countries, recycling of kitchen waste has been implemented for many years, and it has been effective.
Why not draw on the successful experience of foreign countries, introduce relevant systems and technologies, and then improve them to speed up the progress of implementation in Hong Kong? The most puzzling thing is that since recycling food waste is a good thing and enjoys the support and approval of the general public, why does the Hong Kong Government make such a low-grade mistake when implementing the relevant projects because of insufficient publicity?
Public participation is clearly the key to the success of the pilot scheme for food waste collection in public housing, and effective publicity will help to enhance public participation.
Apart from sending ambassadors to teach residents how to use kitchen waste machines, the Department has also added "Green Rewards" points for members of the public to exchange kitchen waste points for rewards. The purpose is obviously to attract members of the public to participate through small profits.
Unfortunately, many residents have criticized the reward process for being too complicated. When the final staff distributed the boxes used to contain food waste, only 100 of the 800 units in the building were willing to receive them, highlighting the ineffectiveness of the authorities' methods.
"Doing" and "effective" are very different; when the Chief Executive proposed that the new government would pay more attention to key performance indicators (KPIs), did he not clearly understand this?
It is true that the market is in the doldrums, and the general public has adopted the mentality of "saving one mosquito and one mosquito", and it is a good way to lure the public into action with small profits. However, most people in Hong Kong do not have the habit of recycling kitchen waste and garbage sorting, and they do not have a good environmental awareness.
In the minds of some people, sorting waste is a disaster, and they do not understand the meaning of recycling kitchen waste.
Therefore, the Hong Kong Government ’ s publicity strategy should start with promoting environmental awareness and promoting the importance of protecting the environment, turning waste into treasure and reducing waste.
When the general Hong Kong people ’ s awareness of environmental protection is raised and they truly understand the meaning of “protecting the earth, everyone has a responsibility ”, when the Hong Kong Government carries out relevant projects, it will be more beneficial to expand the project to the whole community.

Technology like automated sorting and computer vision can improve waste management efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.

International cooperation can help countries learn from each other's waste sorting and recycling best practices.

Strategies for promoting public participation in waste sorting and recycling include text messages, outdoor ads, and community engagement.

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Content: as part of its community campaign "Together towards zero"
Abu Dhabi: The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has launched an SMS campaign aimed at encouraging the Abu Dhabi community to become more aware of the harms of single-use plastics and promote a culture of recycling.
The text messages will target supermarkets, grocery stores, and catering companies, which serve labor camps as well as the general public.
The text message will be sent in several languages including Arabic, English, Hindi and Urdu, and there will be a series of seven messages for each target group.
The SMS is designed to raise awareness of the policy launched by TRA in March 2020 for single-use plastics, encourage members of the community to join the "Together towards Zero" campaign, and shift to sustainable alternatives, which is one of the main components of the policy. It includes organizing many activities and external advertisements to urge various segments of society to shift towards the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives.
Recipients will be directed to the policy page on the Authority ’ s website, where the public will have access to the educational toolkits.
The SMS will also provide tips and guidance on how to dispose of single-use plastics and encourage them to return water bottles to be recycled.
Ahmed Baharoun, Executive Director, Information, Science and Environmental Awareness Sector, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, said: “SMS communication is an effective way to raise awareness, and by implementing this campaign on mobile devices, we can engage and engage with consumers.
Usually people check their SMS messages several times a day, so we can communicate with them in this way to make a positive change by sending a series of consistent text messages. ”
“We hope that these SMS messages will be circulated among the public to expand awareness of this important topic, as our goal is to reach as many members of the community as possible to increase their awareness about the benefits of switching from disposable plastics to environmentally friendly alternatives. ”
“We will send an SMS once every two weeks, and there will be more than two million messages to the public, over two months, divided into four languages – English, Arabic, Urdu and Hindi.
“While SMS targeting grocery stores and workers will be in Urdu and Hindi only. ”
The Authority has recently launched the “Together Towards Zero ” campaign to achieve its ambitious long-term goal of achieving zero waste of single-use plastics and zero carbon emissions, with little impact on biodiversity.
ADIHEX highlighted the campaign during its participation in the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition to raise awareness of its objectives. ADIHEX also began implementing its plan to distribute Big Zero models throughout the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, serving as designated points for the public to place disposable plastic water bottles to be recycled. ADIHEX also placed advertisements on bridges and public transport buses.
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Switzerland's 'garbage bag tax' is an effective measure to reduce waste disposal quantities.

Korea's gradual approach to waste reduction, including garbage fees and limits on disposables, can be more effective than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The European Union has set a 55% recycling target for municipal waste and 65% for packaging waste.

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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.

Nine EU Member States are on track to meet the 2025 targets, while 18 are at risk of missing them.

The cost of implementing a waste sorting and recycling system can range from 8.4 billion rubles to 1.72 billion Egyptian pounds.

The benefits, including reduced waste and increased recycling, can outweigh the costs.

A combination of government support, public awareness, and technological innovation is necessary for successful waste sorting and recycling.

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Content: Sihui policy ｜ Waste reduction target not reached in ten years garbage levy or turnaround, but need a large amount of supporting
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Hong Kong was originally scheduled to implement the garbage levy from 1 April this year. The public had to use designated garbage bags to collect garbage. The government explained the garbage levy for days, but there are still many doubts and opinions about the implementation details, and even some people think that the garbage levy does not help to reduce waste.
Last week, the Secretary for the Environment and Ecology, Mr Daniel Tse, announced that the statutory effective date of the scheme would be extended to 1 August. Starting from 1 April, government departments and buildings will be tested first to show the actual operation to the public and help the public understand the details of waste charging through on-site publicity and education.
For the public to support the levy, the Government needs to make the public fully aware and actively participate. What is the current state of waste disposal in Hong Kong?
Why do we need to introduce a waste levy?
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Hong Kong still falls short of its target of 10 years ago
Waste is the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong. The government has been encouraging the community to work together to reduce waste and carbon emissions in response to climate change. However, Hong Kong still has not met the official waste reduction target of the Hong Kong Resource Cycle Blueprint 2013-2022, which was proposed in 2013 – that is, to reduce the per capita disposal of solid waste by 40% by 2022, that is 0.8 kg or less.
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) released the “Hong Kong Solid Waste Monitoring Report – Statistics 2022 ” last month, with a total disposal volume of 4.06 million tons of municipal solid waste, with a per capita disposal volume of 1.51 kg per day. The recovery rate of municipal solid waste is only 32%, and most of the waste is still dumped in landfills.
Due to changes in social conditions, the Government launched the “Hong Kong Resource Cycle Blueprint 2035 ” in 2021, setting an interim waste reduction target, hoping to gradually reduce the per capita disposal of municipal solid waste to about 0.85 kg, adopting the“ Universal Waste Reduction ” approach.
The resource cycle.
"Zero Waste Landfill".
Landfills will soon be full, facilities will be decommissioned
The three existing landfills in Hong Kong are expected to be saturated in the next few years. Even if the South East New Territories landfill is expanded, it is expected that the waste disposal needs of Hong Kong will only be met by the 2030s. scarce land resources.
In 2022, the EPD announced that it would develop waste-to-energy facilities to gradually replace landfills.
The Integrated Waste Management Facility (I.PARK), currently under construction near Shek Kwu Chau, is expected to be operational by 2025. It will be capable of handling up to 3,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day, which is about 27% of the current waste, and will be able to output 480 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually after full operation, equivalent to about 1% of the electricity consumption of Hong Kong.
In addition, incineration can significantly reduce the volume of waste and reduce the burden on landfills.
Waste incineration must comply with waste levies and recycling measures
Since the Government intends to incinerate waste, why does it still have to implement waste levies and recycling measures?
Up to 30% of municipal solid waste in Hong Kong is food waste, with more than 3,300 tonnes being disposed of daily in 2022, but the recovery rate of food waste is less than 6%.
If waste is treated by incineration in Hong Kong, the food waste is filled with water, which will consume a lot of extra energy during incineration. Therefore, waste separation and recycling can assist in incineration.
The Government launched the Pilot Scheme for the Collection of Food Waste in Public Housing Estates in 2022, and gradually installed smart recycling bins in all public housing estates in Hong Kong during this year. The Pilot Scheme for Smart Food Waste Recycling bins in Private Housing Estates was launched to provide free smart food waste recycling bins to private housing estates with a total household size of not less than 1,000 households and eligible for the specified application.
What ’ s more, turning waste into an energy facility is only the current way to dispose of waste, but it doesn ’ t really reduce waste.
In order to achieve sustainable development in Hong Kong, one of the important actions is to convert suitable waste into resources or energy as far as possible, and to develop a circular economy in line with global trends to create green business opportunities.
Waste charging is the cornerstone of the promotion of waste reduction and recycling, and many regions will increase recycling to reduce the amount of waste. For example, in Korea, urban solid waste charging has been implemented since 1995.
Between 1994 and 2004, waste disposal in Korea decreased by 24% from 58,118 tonnes per day to 50,007 tonnes, and the recovery rate increased from 29% to over 60%.
The implementation of the Hong Kong Garbage Levy is imminent. Previously, a number of "Green in the District" recycling stations were closed during the Christmas holidays, and a large number of recyclables were piled up, which shows that the demand for recycling has increased greatly.
However, at present, there are only 45 fixed recycling centres in the Green Area, with an average of about 170,000 people sharing a recycling point. Some of them are far from residential areas or are only serving during the day, which is not enough to meet the huge recycling demand.
The Government should, as soon as possible, expand the number and coverage of "Green in the District" collection points, and strengthen the collection service at night and on holidays to facilitate public use.
A three-pronged approach to finding best practices from practice to a zero-waste future
To achieve the interim goal of reducing the amount of municipal solid waste per capita by 40% to 45% and increasing the recycling rate to about 55%, Hong Kong must promote waste reduction and clean recycling through waste levies and the upgrading of recycling facilities, in addition to developing waste-to-energy facilities to deal with municipal solid waste.
If properly organized, the three can actually complement each other. Hong Kong can implement a waste treatment system with recycling and waste reduction as its core, and use waste conversion as an energy facility to treat waste that cannot be recycled.
A zero-waste future is not a one-off process, but rather a step-by-step process and constant revision in order to find the most appropriate local approach.
In order to make the public and the industry more aware of the levy scheme, the Government has postponed the scheme until August. Although there are still many questions about the waste levy, some people have criticized the guidelines for not being clear, and some people are worried about the increase of waste in the natural environment.
The Hong Kong Government should seize the opportunity to communicate directly with all sectors of the community to continuously publicize and implement public education to the public and the industrial and commercial sectors, especially the households of the three no buildings and ethnic minorities who currently lack support, so that the public can understand the reasons for the waste levy, the implementation details and the supporting measures; and on the other hand, understand the difficulties that front-line personnel in the cleaning and recycling industry may face.
In addition, the Government should seize the time to build supporting facilities as soon as possible to facilitate waste collection, sorting, recycling and conversion, so that the public can establish a recycling culture, and at the same time promote the sustainable development of the recycling industry and promote a circular economy.
In addition, although Hong Kong has implemented tricolor recycling measures for many years, the effectiveness of the measures has been questioned, and there are reports that some recyclables are eventually sent to landfills, which has dampened the public's willingness to recycle.
To reassure the public, the waste levy should establish a review mechanism to regularly announce the effectiveness of waste reduction and recycling, so that all sectors of the community can understand the benefits of implementing a waste treatment system, and help the government to improve policies and related measures to move towards a zero-waste future.
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Several countries have implemented successful waste sorting and recycling systems, with Finland being a notable example, where only 1% of waste ends up in landfills and 99% is recycled, due to the interaction between central and local authorities, as well as citizen awareness.

The Netherlands also has a well-developed waste management system, where waste is sorted and recycled, and only non-recyclable waste is incinerated to produce energy.

In addition, countries such as Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium have exemplary waste sorting and recycling systems, with Sweden having the world's first facility with automatic sorting of textile waste.

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan has implemented a waste sorting system, where residents can sort their waste into different categories, and plans to adopt the Dutch experience and build a similar waste sorting complex.

The government plays a crucial role in promoting and implementing waste sorting and recycling practices, with examples including South Korea's gradual implementation of a waste reduction plan and Switzerland's garbage bag tax.

Public awareness and education are essential for the successful implementation of waste sorting and recycling systems, as seen in various countries and regions, including Hong Kong, China, and Russia.

The use of technology, such as automated waste sorting and computer vision, can improve waste management efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.

International cooperation and knowledge-sharing can help countries learn from each other's experiences and best practices in implementing effective waste sorting and recycling systems.

Effective strategies for promoting public participation in waste sorting and recycling systems include using short text messages, outdoor advertisements, and community engagement activities to raise awareness and encourage people to take action.

The implementation of waste disposal fees, such as the 'garbage bag tax' in Switzerland, can be an effective measure to reduce waste disposal quantities.

A gradual approach to waste reduction, as seen in Korea's implementation of garbage collection fees and expansion to limiting disposable products and recycling food waste, can be more effective than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The European Union has set targets for preparing for re-use and recycling of municipal and all packaging waste, including a 55% recycling and preparing for reuse of municipal waste target and a 65% recycling target for total packaging waste.

Nine EU Member States, including Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands, are on track to meet the 2025 targets, while 18 EU Member States are at risk of missing one or both of the targets.

The cost of implementing a waste sorting and recycling system can be high, with estimates ranging from 8.4 billion rubles in the Vоронеж region to 1.72 billion Egyptian pounds in Egypt's provinces.

However, the benefits of implementing such systems, including reduced waste disposal quantities and increased recycling rates, can outweigh the costs.

Overall, a combination of government support, public awareness, and technological innovation is necessary for the successful implementation of waste sorting and recycling systems.

Several countries have implemented successful waste sorting and recycling systems, with Finland being a notable example, where only 1% of waste ends up in landfills and 99% is recycled, due to the interaction between central and local authorities, as well as citizen awareness.

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Content: Ukraine will deepen cooperation with Finland in the direction of household waste management.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Regional Development, this was announced by the Minister of Communities and Territories Alexey Chernyshov during a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Ukraine Päivi Laine.
It is noted that in Finland, only 1% of waste ends up in landfills, the vast majority is recycled.
This is the result of the interaction of the central and local authorities, as well as the awareness of citizens
Ukraine is also planning to adopt this experience.
“Finland is a country that demonstrates high standards of environmental waste management.
Almost all the citizens of this country sort the garbage.
As a result, 99% of household waste is recycled.
This experience will be useful for Ukraine.
So, a similar process is already underway in hromadas - in 1725 settlements of our state, a separate collection of household waste has been introduced.
But it is necessary to scale this direction and introduce useful practices of international partners in the country, "Chernyshov said.
Read alsoIn the Odessa region on the Danube, the dam is destroyed - under it meter voids In the press service reminded that thanks to the implementation of separate collection of garbage in 2020, about 6.3% of household waste was recycled and disposed of in Ukraine.
In turn, Laine noted that Finland is ready to share experience and help Ukrainian communities to implement waste processing projects.
“We also have companies that recycle waste into energy.
In such a comprehensive way, we improve the ecology of our country, ” she added.
Waste recycling in Ukraine
As UNIAN reported, in July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law No. 2207-1-d “On waste management ”.
The document establishes the procedure for the collection, removal and treatment of waste, ensures the introduction of their separate collection and recycling, provides for the requirements for the quality of the provision of waste management services and the charging of fees for such a service.

The Netherlands also has a well-developed waste management system, where waste is sorted and recycled, and only non-recyclable waste is incinerated to produce energy.

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New approaches to waste management developed in Almaty
New approaches to waste management have been developed in Almaty.
In the metropolis already conduct a separate collection of solid household waste.
BaigeNews.kz learned about the prospects of separate garbage collection and the goals of the Almaty authorities for waste management.
In Almaty, there are more and more people who consciously approach the emission of household waste, sort waste for further processing and even carry waste from cardboard, paper and plastic to special reception points.
Conscious citizens admit that when properly sorted, a bag of recyclable waste is most often larger than a bag of other waste that cannot yet be recycled in the country.
For example, today in Kazakhstan do not recycle tetrapacks, and they still go to the basket with non-recyclable garbage.
The Akimat of Almaty supports such initiatives in every possible way and has already put more than a thousand special containers on the sites in the yards next to ordinary tanks.
In appearance, they look like an iron mesh box, and here residents can put such waste that is already processed in the city - plastic, paper (waste paper), glass, metal, cellophane and rags.
In the near future, there will be another 454 such containers in the city.
In addition, Almaty residents have access to 37 waste collection points that can be recycled.
In particular, one of the plants in Almaty produces polyethylene granules and stretch film from secondary raw materials.
At the waste sorting complex in Almaty, everything that can be recycled is taken away and sent to production.
Now 13 organizations are cooperating with this complex to process the selected recyclables.
The remaining waste is removed for burial, taking into account the norms of environmental legislation, to the landfill located in the village of Aytey, Karaysai district, Almaty region.
According to the statistics of the akimat of Almaty, more than 1200 tons of solid household waste are processed in the metropolis per day, of which 17% are processed.
Ecologist Mels Eleusizov believes that landfills in the Almaty region and the whole country should be closed and reclaimed so as not to be a “time bomb ” for the ecology and health of the inhabitants of Kazakhstan.
And sorting household waste of the population, he proposes to carry out in the yards manually.
"Today Almaty" produces "waste containing about 40 types of materials that can be recycled.
I have long proposed to organize sorting points on garbage sites so that employees manually sort waste and then in this form would be sent for processing.
This would provide not only smart waste management, but also new jobs, ” says Mels Eleusizov.
In developed European countries, landfills have been forgotten for a long time.
Here, at the state level, a hierarchy of values in relation to waste is built.
The main principle is to reduce the volume of "production" of garbage.
Those waste that still remain, sort and only what is already impossible to recycle, safely burned, getting energy used in the city.
At a special waste sorting plant in the capital of the Netherlands - Amsterdam bring all the waste of citizens and enterprises.
Here, with the help of a new technology - infrared scanning, waste is automatically taken from a huge pile that can be recycled.
Suitable as a secondary raw material waste is sent with a pressed form for processing to other enterprises.
The rest of the waste will have to be burned here to get steam and send it to heat houses and heat hot water, as well as generate electricity.
Burning garbage occurs in compliance with all environmental standards, measurements are 24 / 7, and if the excess of safe concentrations of harmful substances is recorded, the entire complex is immediately stopped.
What comes out of the pipe, according to experts, you can breathe, in the Netherlands and the EU very strict requirements for emissions.
The remaining ash is not buried, but is completely used for asphalt production, another sludge is sent for burial in special underground mines in neighboring Germany.
Speaking about sorting garbage, employees of the waste sorting plant in Amsterdam (AEB) say that residents of apartment buildings in megacities, even in Europe, can not sort all the garbage, so in Amsterdam, residents throw away only plastic, paper (waste paper) separately.
All the rest of the garbage will be sorted out by the automatic garbage sorting system at the garbage sorting plant.
“There is an opinion that if people at home sort the garbage, then you can get more recyclables for recycling.
But we have seen in practice that new technologies make it possible to sort garbage collected in a heap at a factory even better than if people in apartment buildings sorted 100 percent of their waste.
But in private houses in Amsterdam, the tenants themselves completely sort the waste, and he does not even go to our garbage sorting complex, but goes straight to processing.
In principle, there are very few landfills for waste disposal in the country, and none of them are currently used for disposal of waste from households.
There are several mines for the disposal of waste such as ash, but their negligible amount, ” said the manager of the waste sorting plant Amsterdam (AEB) Cohen Bytink.
Almaty and Almaty region jointly plan to adopt best practices.
Similar to the Amsterdam garbage sorting complex is promised to be built on the existing garbage sorting complex in the Ili district.
In the next few years, they will not only select waste for usable and not recyclable, but also get biogas from them.
The expected capacity of the plant is 120 thousand tons per year, and the construction will be carried out by a Kazakh-Spanish company.
In addition, the city is beginning to collect food waste, and they are also promised to use it for the production of biogas, and this is in line with the plans of Amsterdam, where they do not yet do anything with food waste, and also, as in Almaty, they plan to produce biogas from them.
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In addition, countries such as Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium have exemplary waste sorting and recycling systems, with Sweden having the world's first facility with automatic sorting of textile waste.

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Content: Sweden has the world ’ s first automated textile waste sorting facility
Every year, almost six million tons of textiles are thrown out in the European Union.
That's 11 pounds per person.
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Every year, almost six million tons of textiles are thrown out in the European Union.
That's 11 pounds per person.
Many things can be used as recyclables.
But this is where the difficulties begin.
Not everything is recyclable, so waste must be sorted.
At this level, it is too much of a task.
They found a way out in Sweden.
The Malmö processing plant operates the world ’ s first automatic textile sorting plant.
The machine evenly distributes the waste along the conveyor belts.
After that, things fall under the near-infrared radiation and undergo spectroscopic analysis.
[Anna Vilen, Sysav employee]:
“The same method is used to sort plastic.
Infrared rays shine through the fabric, and then the machine determines the composition of the fiber. ”
Then the compressed air blows the thing to the desired tape.
After sorting, the textiles are packed in bales and sent for processing.
A smart machine can recognize three types of fabric at the same time.
24 thousand tons of textiles are sorted here per year.
This is almost a third of what is thrown away in Sweden during the same period.
[Anna Vilen, Sysav employee]:
“This is the first such enterprise, but certainly not the last.
Europe will need a lot more factories with automated sorting. ”
In Europe, textile waste is mostly incinerated or sent to landfill.
Earlier, EU countries agreed to ban the destruction of unsold textile products.
Also, according to experts, it is necessary to abandon the so-called fast fashion.
[Else Skold, Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts]:
“Textile recycling is often equated with a circular economy.
But this requires high-quality textiles, high-quality products that can be repeatedly recycled, which we do not do.
Now we are recycling very low-quality textiles and turning it into a new low-quality fabric, and this is pointless. ”
Experts also say that mixed fabrics are not yet suitable for processing.
Usually cotton, linen, wool and polyester are used as recyclables.
The Swedish plant cooperates with IKEA and H & M, as well as with the network of sports goods stores Stadium.
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The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan has implemented a waste sorting system, where residents can sort their waste into different categories, and plans to adopt the Dutch experience and build a similar waste sorting complex.

The government plays a crucial role in promoting and implementing waste sorting and recycling practices, with examples including South Korea's gradual implementation of a waste reduction plan and Switzerland's garbage bag tax.

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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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Public awareness and education are essential for the successful implementation of waste sorting and recycling systems, as seen in various countries and regions, including Hong Kong, China, and Russia.

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Content: Correct: Recycling food waste is not good publicity is futile
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The relationship between people and nature has always been regarded as a major issue. How to protect the environment and avoid the serious destruction of nature by human beings is a strange move for all countries in the world; among them, “waste reduction ” is an important part of protecting the environment.
In recent years, the Hong Kong Government has introduced and studied a number of measures, including green areas, the levy of plastic bag tax, waste levy, etc. The new policy address also proposes to launch a pilot scheme for the collection of food waste in public housing within this year.
However, no matter what the intentions of the Hong Kong Government are, the publicity is insufficient and the results are not good, and everything is in vain.
The Government ’ s 18-month pilot scheme for collecting food waste from public housing estates will involve 100 public housing estates in phases in the first year. The first phase includes Shek Pai Wan Est, Choi Tak Est, Sheung Tak Est, Kwun Lung Lau and Lin Tsui Est.
However, the reporter visited the site and found that many kaifong did not know the details of the plan at all, and some kaifong had never even heard of the plan being implemented in the estate, which is obviously a serious lack of government publicity.
A number of Members later met with the EPD, and the department said that in the first week after the implementation, it would send promotion ambassadors to teach residents about the use and classification of kitchen waste machines on a regular basis, so as to give people a feeling of "hindsight".
In fact, long before the Hong Kong Government put forward the plan, there were already environmental organizations and organizations in the private sector to voluntarily recycle kitchen waste. In many places in foreign countries, recycling of kitchen waste has been implemented for many years, and it has been effective.
Why not draw on the successful experience of foreign countries, introduce relevant systems and technologies, and then improve them to speed up the progress of implementation in Hong Kong? The most puzzling thing is that since recycling food waste is a good thing and enjoys the support and approval of the general public, why does the Hong Kong Government make such a low-grade mistake when implementing the relevant projects because of insufficient publicity?
Public participation is clearly the key to the success of the pilot scheme for food waste collection in public housing, and effective publicity will help to enhance public participation.
Apart from sending ambassadors to teach residents how to use kitchen waste machines, the Department has also added "Green Rewards" points for members of the public to exchange kitchen waste points for rewards. The purpose is obviously to attract members of the public to participate through small profits.
Unfortunately, many residents have criticized the reward process for being too complicated. When the final staff distributed the boxes used to contain food waste, only 100 of the 800 units in the building were willing to receive them, highlighting the ineffectiveness of the authorities' methods.
"Doing" and "effective" are very different; when the Chief Executive proposed that the new government would pay more attention to key performance indicators (KPIs), did he not clearly understand this?
It is true that the market is in the doldrums, and the general public has adopted the mentality of "saving one mosquito and one mosquito", and it is a good way to lure the public into action with small profits. However, most people in Hong Kong do not have the habit of recycling kitchen waste and garbage sorting, and they do not have a good environmental awareness.
In the minds of some people, sorting waste is a disaster, and they do not understand the meaning of recycling kitchen waste.
Therefore, the Hong Kong Government ’ s publicity strategy should start with promoting environmental awareness and promoting the importance of protecting the environment, turning waste into treasure and reducing waste.
When the general Hong Kong people ’ s awareness of environmental protection is raised and they truly understand the meaning of “protecting the earth, everyone has a responsibility ”, when the Hong Kong Government carries out relevant projects, it will be more beneficial to expand the project to the whole community.

The use of technology, such as automated waste sorting and computer vision, can improve waste management efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.

International cooperation and knowledge-sharing can help countries learn from each other's experiences and best practices in implementing effective waste sorting and recycling systems.

Effective strategies for promoting public participation in waste sorting and recycling systems include using short text messages, outdoor advertisements, and community engagement activities to raise awareness and encourage people to take action.

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Content: as part of its community campaign "Together towards zero"
Abu Dhabi: The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has launched an SMS campaign aimed at encouraging the Abu Dhabi community to become more aware of the harms of single-use plastics and promote a culture of recycling.
The text messages will target supermarkets, grocery stores, and catering companies, which serve labor camps as well as the general public.
The text message will be sent in several languages including Arabic, English, Hindi and Urdu, and there will be a series of seven messages for each target group.
The SMS is designed to raise awareness of the policy launched by TRA in March 2020 for single-use plastics, encourage members of the community to join the "Together towards Zero" campaign, and shift to sustainable alternatives, which is one of the main components of the policy. It includes organizing many activities and external advertisements to urge various segments of society to shift towards the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives.
Recipients will be directed to the policy page on the Authority ’ s website, where the public will have access to the educational toolkits.
The SMS will also provide tips and guidance on how to dispose of single-use plastics and encourage them to return water bottles to be recycled.
Ahmed Baharoun, Executive Director, Information, Science and Environmental Awareness Sector, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, said: “SMS communication is an effective way to raise awareness, and by implementing this campaign on mobile devices, we can engage and engage with consumers.
Usually people check their SMS messages several times a day, so we can communicate with them in this way to make a positive change by sending a series of consistent text messages. ”
“We hope that these SMS messages will be circulated among the public to expand awareness of this important topic, as our goal is to reach as many members of the community as possible to increase their awareness about the benefits of switching from disposable plastics to environmentally friendly alternatives. ”
“We will send an SMS once every two weeks, and there will be more than two million messages to the public, over two months, divided into four languages – English, Arabic, Urdu and Hindi.
“While SMS targeting grocery stores and workers will be in Urdu and Hindi only. ”
The Authority has recently launched the “Together Towards Zero ” campaign to achieve its ambitious long-term goal of achieving zero waste of single-use plastics and zero carbon emissions, with little impact on biodiversity.
ADIHEX highlighted the campaign during its participation in the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition to raise awareness of its objectives. ADIHEX also began implementing its plan to distribute Big Zero models throughout the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, serving as designated points for the public to place disposable plastic water bottles to be recycled. ADIHEX also placed advertisements on bridges and public transport buses.
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The implementation of waste disposal fees, such as the 'garbage bag tax' in Switzerland, can be an effective measure to reduce waste disposal quantities.

A gradual approach to waste reduction, as seen in Korea's implementation of garbage collection fees and expansion to limiting disposable products and recycling food waste, can be more effective than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The European Union has set targets for preparing for re-use and recycling of municipal and all packaging waste, including a 55% recycling and preparing for reuse of municipal waste target and a 65% recycling target for total packaging waste.

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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.

Nine EU Member States, including Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands, are on track to meet the 2025 targets, while 18 EU Member States are at risk of missing one or both of the targets.

The cost of implementing a waste sorting and recycling system can be high, with estimates ranging from 8.4 billion rubles in the Vоронеж region to 1.72 billion Egyptian pounds in Egypt's provinces.

However, the benefits of implementing such systems, including reduced waste disposal quantities and increased recycling rates, can outweigh the costs.

Overall, a combination of government support, public awareness, and technological innovation is necessary for the successful implementation of waste sorting and recycling systems.

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Content: Medenine: ERADA and Mawatin launches its new project "Local Environmental Governance" for the benefit of 9 municipalities in various regions
ERADA launched on Thursday its new project "Local Environmental Governance", which will run for two years in partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy, to improve the waste removal system in Tunisia, improve the environmental governance of the nine municipalities covered by the project, including the state of Medenine, the municipality of Djerba Midoun, and a number of associations supporting the process of improving the waste collection system.
Within the framework of this project, the concerned municipalities will be accompanied in the preparation of reports on the improvement of the waste removal system and the preparation of a waste management plan that improves the performance of the municipality and gives its work its strategic dimension for 5 years, with the help of experts in the environment and finance and in several other areas put by the organization This is according to the coordinator of the program in the organization Mohammed Aljeraidi.
The launch of this project came within the framework of a seminar organized by the organization in Djerba island on decentralization: local policy for solid waste management in Tunisia in the presence of the concerned departments and a number of municipalities and civil society components supporting the process of improving the waste removal system.
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The seminar was an opportunity to provide interventions on decentralization and local policy for solid waste management in Tunisia, which concluded the need to develop a national plan for sustainable and integrated waste management that would solve the difficult environmental situation, as well as a reading in the environmental magazine, which has not been approved and has remained a project since 2020.
The seminar was also an opportunity to review experiences in the field of waste management system development, and pilot experiments of sorting from the source, some of which stopped once foreign support through partner organizations ended in the experiment, which prompted the participants to recognize the importance of the experience, which requires resources, support, follow-up and a lot of patience, according to their opinion.
They stressed the need to improve the environmental situation, live in a sound environment, abandon the backward policy of dealing with waste by landfill or other, and move towards sorting from the source, valuation and green economy, and provide the necessary material resources.