Waste Prevention Projects and Methods by HSY

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1 Waste Prevention Projects and Methods by HSY Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

2 Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

3 What is HSY? Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen Federation of municipalities Organization started its operations Sphere of responsibilities Water management Waste management Air quality monitoring Research and studies supporting region s development Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

4 Organization 2010 General Meeting Executive Board Executive Director Raimo Inkinen Division of Waste Management Director Petri Kouvo Division of Water supply and sanitation Director Jukka Piekkari Department of Regional and Environmental Information Director Irma Karjalainen Administrative Service Center, department Director Matti Hilli Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

5 Helsinki Region Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa 1 million inhabitants jobs 745 km2 Oslo Copenhagen Stockholm Helsinki Tallinn Moscow London Paris Berlin Warszawa Wien Kirkkonummi Espoo Vantaa Helsinki Madrid Roma Kauniainen Athens Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

6 The Main Activities of HSY Waste Management Arranging the collection and transportation of the waste from household and public facilities Managing (collecting and composting) of source separated biowaste Collection of hazardous and recycled waste Landfilling of the municipal solid waste After care of the closed landfills, biogas collection and utilization Waste advisory services Passing regional waste regulations Key numbers (2010) Number of employees: 136 Estimated income in 2010: 92 Million euros Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

7 Waste Prevention Projects by HSY WM Advisory Unit the first five-year project was carried out YTV s board accepted the Strategy on Waste Prevention (1/2002) during 1/05-2/08 (WastePrevKit), supported by the EU s Life Environment funding, 0,5 M (total 1,7 M ) project JESSE Costs ca. 1,1 M, the report in English 12/2012 KUKKO 2012 (EU s ERDF funding), Co-operation with projects Material Efficient Waste Management (EU s ERDF funding) by HSY WM JULIA 2030 Climate Change in Helsinki Region (EU s Life +) by HSY Draivi by Sykli Environmental School of Finland (EU s ESF funding) Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

8 HSY s It s smart with less waste was selected as a best practice by EU One of the 30 best practices in waste prevention EU guidelines for the national waste prevention programmes By the end of 2013 waste prevention program established in the member states Revised Directive environment/waste/ prevention/practices.htm Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

9 Head of the Unit Riitta-Liisa Hahtala the Advisory Unit Advisory Secretary Service Secretary Marja-Riitta Autere Liisa Majanen Senior Environmental Specialist Sari Kemppainen Environmental Specialist Elina Karhu Environmental Specialist Seppo Kajaste Environmental Specialist Minna Partti Environmental Specialist Päivi Vaisto Projektityöntekijä Projektityöntekijä Environmental Specialist Plus outsourced advisory services approx. one (1) working year/year Saara Valtonen Lotta Toivonen Mia Tarvainen Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

10 Project Material Efficient Waste Management European Regional Development Fund project Partners: Aalto University, Turku Region Waste Management and Päijät- Häme Waste Management Budget alltogether 1,5 M, Project Manager Reetta Anderson Goals Promotion of the waste prevention Increasing the waste recycling Promotion of the material efficient and environmentally responsible waste management solutions Target groups Households, house managers, educational institutes, public administration, public and private services, sm-enterprises Future innovations and possibilities: Real-date data and reporting system of the waste amounts (comp. to energy or water comsumption) Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

11 Education sector Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

12 Teaching Material for the General Education Teaching materials were produced during : Smart Primary School-Kid for the pre-primary (2006) Smart Pupil for the comprehensive schools (2005) and Smart Student for the upper secondary school level (2004, updated in 2009, together with 20 teachers) Planned together with the teachers of the area 2011 all the materials have been updated Free of charge in the web Next step: 2012 taking the materials into the new electronic teaching environments (Fronter etc) Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

13 Example of an excercise Article or causerie, course (ÄI4) Exercise: Write an article stating your own opinion or a causerie and use the given background material in the composition. Approach the subject from the following angles: the throwaway characteristics of things, reducing waste, owning, riches and happiness. Material 1, 3, 10, 11 or 58. Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

14 Smart Pre-Primary An electronic puzzle Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

15 Marketing and cooperation Target group ca. 990 day-care centres, with teachers 390 general educational institutes (330 comprehensive schools and 60 upper secondary education) with pupils, teachers Electronic newsletters The teacher training events using eco-support training and outsourced advisory services Advisory service for the schools and day-care centres, financed by HSY and implemented by the Environmental School of the Reuse Centre Participating the Educa fair yearly (the biggest educational event in Finland) Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

16 Monitoring of the waste amounts Monitoring of the waste amounts generated by the schools of the cities Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa the schools in the city of Helsinki in 2010, together in collaboration with the City of Helsinki 2011 and 2013 HSY will coordinate the waste monitoring, partners are the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kirkkonummi Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

17 31 % of Teachers Have Used HSY Materials in their Own Teaching 2007 every fourth (26 %) teacher Remarkably well (42-60 %) were reached class teachers teachers for environmental education personnel in pre-primary and initial teaching Source: Taloustutkimus Oy Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

18 Friendship School Program HSY Waste Management finances a friendship school program for the comprehensive schools in the Metropolitan area Environmental education and consulting for the schools during the school year: a lecture for the teachers, lessons for the pupils, materials, telephone help-desk Implementation by the Recycling Centre In eight schools in the program, new schools are chosen every year Feedback is collected every year Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

19 Developing the Friendship School Program Support from the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF Budget , 70 % ERDF funding Program period Tasks in the Project Plan To diverse the program Program structure, a new Mobile exhibition, Toolkit for the pupils To intensify the collection of feedback and networking between the teachers Electronic feedback questionnaires yearly etc. Networking meetings for the teachers Improving the visibility and communication: school, parents, inhabitants Pilot year also for the upper grades of comprehensive school. Encourage for the waste amounts benchmarking Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

20 The network meeting for the teachers of the friendship schools 2011 Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

21 Poster and Folder Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

22 Dismantle the Waste Bomb the pupil s workshop An interactive workshop (45 min), for the 3-6 grades of comprehensive schools Includes a story with a powerpoint-presentation, cards for waste prevention, cards for sorting waste Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

23 Vocational Institutes Teaching materials (Smart Professional) were produced during : techniques and mechanics, (motor vehicles and transportation, graphic industry, machine and metal industries, building trade, electrical engineering) food and nutrition industries and institutional catering, welfare and health care. (For ex. hair care and hairdressing) About 300 excercises The materials were created together with teachers from vocational institutes, experts of the fields and working life new learning entities were prepared (altogether 41) The excercises follow the demands of the national curricula Co-operation in the ESR-funded project Draivi, environmental issues in the transportation sector (Suomen ympäristöopisto) Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

24 Every Third Teacher Has Used the Teaching Material Vocational education: Waste prevention or material efficiency has been included in the curriculum of the institute: 35% (2003) 53% (2007) 2010: 35 % of the teachers at the vocational schools has used the materials provided by HSY in their teaching Source: Taloustutkimus Oy, 2007 and 2010 Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

25 Dismantle the Waste Bomb for the Vocational Institutes An interactive workshop (45 min) Visits the vocational institutes in the Helsinki capital region Includes calculating the natural recource demand of a cell phone, voting, cards to sorti waste etc Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

26 Web site, Cooperation and Conclutions Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

27 It s Smart with Less Waste Website In 2008: downloaded pages, 80 % of the downloads at the site which were aimed towards the teaching sector User surveys 2008 and 2010 Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

28 Cooperation Cooperation with several organisations, examples: EU level HSY participated in the workshop organised by the European Commission in October 2009, which collected information and examples for a handbook on waste prevention at source HSY participated in the cooperation meetings organised by the ELY centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment), in conjunction with the waste plan for Southern and Western Finland until Climate Info, started 2010, coordinated by the Environment Centre of the City of Helsinki, HSY is one of the main partners RCE (Regional Centres of Expertise) Espoo network, started 2011, the central theme is sustainable development education, HSY is a partner Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

29 Measuring the Effectiveness Results The actual amount of unsorted waste per inhabitant (target was set at 172 kg per inhabitant) year kg/inhabitant The share of those who sought information concerning reasonable consumption or reduction of the waste amount year % of respondents Better indicators, which would help to evaluate the actions in an easier and more reliable way, are however required to measure the results of the waste prevention at source. Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

30 Total Household Waste Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

31 Conclusions from the project The project (JESSE ) achieved numerous successes By accessing those forums in which the potential customers already are, savings can be made in marketing. An effective example was the Kotikokki service utilised in the project. The experiences from the food waste project were encouraging. Food waste proved to be a topical theme. HSY s study on food waste in Finland was groundbreaking and served as a stimulant for the work of other operators. Cooperation with cities expanded further Methods were developed further. The Dismantle the Waste Bomb workshop successfully utilises electronic media and interactive methods. And challenges Measuring of the waste minimization needs new tools Genuine cooperation is not always granted Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management

32 Contact information Sari Kemppainen senior environmental specialist tel GSM Sari Kemppainen/ Waste Management