The evaluation of waste streams

The knowledge Waste management plans start from the

knowledge of the local situation For waste management knowledge means:

Production Management

Production: Kind of producer:

Household Industrial waste

Quantity of waste Composition of waste Collection system

An example: the waste management plant in Veneto

The plan is divided in two main chapters: Urban waste

State of the art Evaluation of needs Proposal

Industrial waste State of the art Evaluation of needs Proposals

The urban waste: which data?

Total urban waste production District/Provinces Production Geographical effects (tourism

and economy) Level of separate collection Production of separated waste

(paper, plastic, metals…) Composition of residual waste

Who collect these data? Urban waste production data are

collected by waste management company

ARPAV is the webmaster of the collection system and use these data to draft the regional plan and check its enforcement

ARPAV calculate also the official level of separate collection for each municipality. The landfill tax is based on the achievement of SC targets

Right knowledge = right planning

Based on waste production trends it possible to foresee the lifetime of disposal plant as landfills

Based on waste composition it is possible to foresee the production of secondary raw material from separate collection and the installation required to the treat these streams.

Geographical knowledge of production site allow to reduce the distance between production and treatment

Some kinds of plants (composting, Anaerobic Digestion, WtE plants) have minimum sizes below which the maintenance costs are unbalanced

The role of national law In Italy data collection on waste production and waste management is

mandatory since 1997 The national law on waste in Montenegro it was adopted in 2011

The national law define only the main target The specific systems are defined in some administrative acts