Estonian Waste Recycling Cluster

Margit Rüütelmann

Managing Director

Tallinn

June 17th, 2013

WASTE IN GENERAL

Waste generation (2011)

Number of inhabitants: 1,3 million (01.01.2010)

Total amount of waste generated 21,7 million tons

16,66 tons/person

Generation of municipal waste 417 014 tons –

320 kg/person

Average in EU 514,0 kg/person

Generation of C&D waste 1,45 million tons

Waste generation

The dominating waste sources in Estonia are:

oil shale mining

oil shale chemistry

power production

Municipal waste forms about 3% of the total amount of

waste.

Municipal Solid WasteYear Total amount Recycled Landfilled Recycling %

2006 593 267 179 703 373 270 30,3%

2007 644 881 120 466 390 122 18,7%

2008 502 540 113 393 333 130 22,6%

2009 441 326 97 861 287 062 22,2%

2010 409 429 88 295 267 364 21,6%

2011 417 014 145 655 239 008 35%

Composition of MSW

18,6

8,3

2,6

0,4

36,7

4,4

17,5

0,3 0,66,3

4,3 Plastic

Glass

Metal

Wood

Biowaste

Clothes and textiles

Paper & cardboard

Hazardous waste

WEEE

Other combustible waste

Other non-combustible waste

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

Cluster development

1. Dec, 2009 – Nov, 2010

Preliminary projects – Compost production and

production of recycled aggregates from C&D waste.

2. Jan.01, 2011 – Dec.31, 2013

Waste Recycling Cluster

Co-financed by the European Regional Development

Fund through Enterprise Estonia.

Main objectives of WRC

1. To increase the amounts of waste recycled in Estonia.

2. To produce from waste products

compliant to quality standards and sertified.

3. To increase

production capacity and volumes, joint marketing;

sales of the products-services and export.

international competitiveness.

Waste Recycling Cluster as competence center.

Project partners18 companies

16 waste management/recycling companies

road construction company, Lemminkäinen Eesti AS

cement company – Kunda Nordic Cement AS

3 research and educational institutions

Estonian University of Life Sciences – quality and use

of compost

Tallinn Technical University - long lasting experiences

in testing road construction materials and technologies

Central Estonian Education and Competence Center

Waste hierarchy

Prevention

Preparing for re-use

Recycling

Energy recovery

Disposal

Most favoured option

Least favoured option

Waste to products

Compost

Recovered fuels

Recycled aggregates

Production process

WASTE

biodegradable waste

C&D waste

mixed municipal waste

TREATMENTsorting,crushing, shredd

ing,screening

PRODUCTS

compost

recycled aggregates recovered fuels

RECYCELED AGGREGATES

Estonian Waste Recycling Cluster

Construction &Demolition Waste

Quarries in Tallinn and in its surroundings are in 5-6

years perspective empty, diffuculties in opening new

quarries.

Solution - > use of recycled aggregates.

Recycled aggregates in road construction works ->

high quality standards and sertified products.

Production of recycled aggregates

Concrete

Sertified products – different fractions of cruched

concrete.

Asphalt concrete

Soil and stones

Plastics, paper&cardbord, wood - > production recovered fuels.

Construction of a test road, 2011

In co-operartion with

Estonian Road Authority

425m in length

Used material – Crushed

concrete 0/32 mm

Monitored by Tallinn

Technical University

Construction of the test road, Oct. 11

Test road today

Test Road Monitoring

1. Bearing capacity

measurements

2. Installation of

Percostation in June 2012

Percostation is a system for

continuous monitoring

of dielectric constant,

electrical conductivity and

temperature of materials.

RECOVERED FUELS

Waste Recycling Cluster

Recovered fuels

Mixed municipal waste

Waste plastics and paper

Light fraction of ELV

Solid and liquid hazardous waste (waste oils, paints etc)

Calorific value

Recovered fuels from 16 MJ/kg

Oil shale 8-10 MJ/kg

Production of recovered fuels

Producers in Estonia

1. Tallinn Waste Recycling Center (plant was opened in

May 2011)

Capacity – 120 000 tons of MSW

2. Ragn-Sells Ltd (plant opened in Oct.2011)

Capacity – 120 000 tons of MSW

3. Smaller producers – waste management centers

Treatment of MSW

Use of recovered fuels

High quality recovered fuels - > cement industry

Kunda Nordic Cement

Export - > Cemex in Latvia, Finnsementti Oy in Finland

Negotations with Finnsementti Oy in Finland and cement

industry in Sweden

Lower quality recovered fuels -> production of heat and

power

Production of recovered fuels

COMPOST

Estonian Waste Recycling Cluster

Production of compost

Biodegradable waste

Separately collected kitchen waste

Garden and park waste

High quality compost -> in agriculture, horticulture,

maintenance of green areas as fertilizer

Low quality compost (from MBT process) ->

land reclamation, construction purposes, not to be

use in agriculture

Production of compost

Production of compost

Main Problems

Recycling companies produce compost of different

quality

Compost as fertilizer.

Poor image, no market.

Requirements for production of compost from

biodegradable waste, April, 2013

TRAINING PROGRAM

Estonian Waste Recycling Cluster

Training program

Training program was work out in autumn 2011 by the

representatives of:

Waste recycling companies

Ministry of Environment

Environmental Board

Enivronmental Inspectorate

Central Estonian Education and Competence Center

8 modules

1. module – Waste Management in gereal.

2. module – Treatment of municipal solid waste.

3. module – Production and use of compost.

4. module – Landfills and waste recycling centers.

5. module – Recycling of construction and demolition waste.

6. module – Hazardous waste.

7. module – Extended producere responsibility.

8. module – Production and use of recovered fuels.

April – December 2012 - first training as a pilot project.

RESULTS

Estonian Waste Recycling Cluster

Increase of recycling in 2010 - 2012

2010 2011 2012

Total amount of waste taken

to waste recyling centers 353 518 336 914 337 925

Incl. MSW268 938 257 740 220 708

Landfilled MSW

246 851 213 874 115 901

Landfilled in total286 475 255 439 171 865

Recycling67 043 81 475 166 060

In 2010 the recycling rate was 19%, in 2011 24% and in 2012

already 49%. Recycling has increased 2,5 times to compare the

years 2010 and 2012.

Sertified products

Demo-sertification in 2012

In co-operation with European Compost Network and

compost expert Florian Amlinger from Austria.

Also represetatives from Ministry of Environment, Waste

Department took part.

2 day event in Tallinn – July 26 -27, 2012

July 26 - overview of the legal documents regulating treatment of

biodegradable waste and compost production

July 27 – assessment of compost analyses and plant inspection in

Tallinn Waste Recycling Center

Seminar in August 2012

August 28 - 29, 2012

Project partners:

• evaluted the results of the activities of Waste Recycling

Cluster.

• updated the strategy and action plan.

Way to the top

International co-operation

• European Compost Network

• FiBL – Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

• Norwegian Road Authority

European Recovered Fuel Organisation

European Recycling Industry of Construction & Demolition

Waste

• Tokyo Super Eco Town

• Waste Management and Recycling Association of

Singapore

Benefits for the companies

Competitors round one table.

Reseach work.

Co-operation with research and educational institutions ->

product quality assessment, improvement of production

processes, instruction manuals, qualified empolyees etc.

International know-how -> co-operation with other clusters,

networks and associtions.

Conferences and seminars -> overview of the activites and

results of Waste Recyling Cluster and waste management

companies.

Pilot projects – construction of test roads, demonstrations

fields etc.

Thank you for your attention!