A Zero Waste Vision for Europe: management of resources and the key role of biowaste

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1 A Zero Waste Vision for Europe: management of resources and the key role of biowaste Enzo Favoino Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Chair, Scientific Committee, Zero Waste Europe 1

2 Overview What is Zero Waste, why it s getting on top of the Waste (& Resources!) Agenda The EU waste policy and related drivers The pivotal role of biowaste in waste management The tools: Importance of separate collection 2 2

3 Tiny tweets, big steps forward

4 A historical track record Bellusco (1993): first curbside scheme with separation of organics 65% Carnate (1995): transparent bag to collect residuals 70-75% Torre Boldone (1997): PAYT 80% ZW Municipalities: continued re-design of the system - hitting the high 80 s, 90% in some cases

5 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Zero waste is more the journey, than the destination

6 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza The principles of Zero Waste: Reduce the 5 R s Reuse Recycle Rot (make compost!) Re-design

7 Separate collection rates in the Waste Management Districts Priula and Treviso3 (50 Municipalities, pop ) 80% FONTE: dati Contarina 2012, Ispra dati 2010, Arpav Rapporto rifiuti urbani 2011

Specific residual waste (kgs*person/year) 58 55 80 * dal 2011 i rifiuti da spazzamento delle strade vengono avviati a

8 Specific residual waste (kgs*person/year) * dal 2011 i rifiuti da spazzamento delle strade vengono avviati a recupero e quindi conteggiati tra i rifiuti riciclabili FONTE: dati Contarina 2012, Ispra dati 2010, Regione Veneto 2011

9 The regulatory context: drivers from EU env policy Revised Waste Framework Directive waste hierarchy Recycling/reuse targets prevention programmes Landfill Directive diversion targets for biodeg waste obligation for pretreatment EU Climate Change Programme EU Soil Strategy

11 Why a material recycling society? Environmental benefits Local economic benefits Occupational implications (green jobs) Supply of raw materials

12 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza The Resource scarcity crisis

13 EP resolution of 20 April priorities for 7th EAP (the EP) Takes the view that the 7th EAP should provide for full implementation of waste legislation, including compliance with the waste treatment hierarchy while ensuring coherence with other EU policies; considers that it should set more ambitious prevention, re-use and recycling targets, including a net decrease in waste generation

14 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza What does it take to get there? Intensive kerbside incl. food waste + PAYT Intensive kerbside, incl. food waste separation Road containers + kerbside (doorstep) for a few dry recyclables (paper) bring systems, organics included trhough containers on the road bring systems, containers on the road for dry recyclables > 80 % 70 % 50 % 40 % 20 %

15 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

16 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

17 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Captures (kgs/person.wk) 2 1,5 1,46 1,59 1,66 1,46 1,49 1,80 1,68 1,75 1,82 1 1,08 0,5 0 26/11-2/12 3/12-9/12 10/12-16/12 17/12-23/12 24/12-30/12 31/12-6/1 07/01-13/1 14/01-20/1 21/01-27/1 28/01-03/2 KG/abitante

18 Euro/person Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Cost optimisation (Lombardy, 1500 Cost of collection (green bars) and cost of Municipalities) treatment/disposal (blue bars)

19 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% DE NL AT SE BE DK LU FR FI UK IT SI ES PT IE CZ HU PL EE SK GR MT Source: Eurostat 2012 CY LV LT RO BG EU 27 Landfill Incineration Recycling Com posting Source: Eurostat 2012

Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Planning in a changing context Increasing importance of secondary raw materials resource scarcity crisis Drivers and directions coming from the EU context Increasing

20 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Planning in a changing context Increasing importance of secondary raw materials resource scarcity crisis Drivers and directions coming from the EU context Increasing importance of reduction/recycling Increased targets? Ever decreasing marginal value of WtE From 0,6 kg CO 2 -eq/kwh towards zero ever decreasing amounts of residual waste Keep material recovery at the core of global/local strategies!

21 Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Thanks for your attention Enzo Favoino Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza

Enzo Favoino. Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza. Chair, Scientific Committee, ZWE

Enzo Favoino. Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza. Chair, Scientific Committee, ZWE Going Towards Zero The Zero Waste vision and local practice: case studies, approaches, and operational results in the European context Enzo Favoino Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza Chair, Scientific Committee,