zero waste europe joan marc simon [email protected] gaia coordinator in europe
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Zero Waste Europe
Joan Marc [email protected]
GAIA Coordinator in Europe
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
gaiaGlobal Anti-Incinerator Alliance
Why Zero Waste in Europe now?
1- Climate change - emissions2- Resource scarcity – higher prices 3- Economic crisis – unemployment4- Urban ecological security5- Sustainability6- From combustion to digestion7- Change of paradigm – do more with less8- Communication – new goals for new century
Changing the paradigm in Europe:From Recycling to Zero Waste
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DenmarkIrelandCyprus
LuxembourgMalta
NetherlandsAustria
SpainUK
GermanyItaly
FranceEstonia
EU27SwedenFinland
BelgiumPortugalBulgariaHungaryGreece
Slovenia*LithuaniaRomania
LatviaPoland
SlovakiaCzech Rep
Landfilled
Incinerated
Recycled
Composted
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DenmarkIrelandCyprus
LuxembourgMalta
NetherlandsAustria
SpainUK
GermanyItaly
FranceEstonia
EU27SwedenFinland
BelgiumPortugalBulgariaHungaryGreece
Slovenia*LithuaniaRomania
LatviaPoland
SlovakiaCzech Rep
Landfilled
Incinerated
Recycled
Composted
If we look at recycling rates (2007)
Denmark Czech Republic0
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DisposalRecycling
But if we bring in waste generation(2007) (pounds/cap/year)
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DisposalRecycling
As important as building a circular economy is to reduce the materials use
Resource use in Europe has grown 34% between 2000 and 2007
Work on all levels of waste hierarchyReduce disposal + increase collection and
recycling + stabilise waste generation...
Flanders, Belgium
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landfilled MBT incinerated recycled
Zero Waste network in Europe so far...
Italy – Rifiuti Zero
Rifiuti Zero MunicipalitiesCAPANNORI (Lucca) població 46059
CARBONIA (Carbonia Iglesias) 29827AVIANO (Pordenone) 9252GIFFONI SEI CASALI (Salerno) 5272VINCHIO (Asti) 677
COLORNO (Parma) 8979SERAVEZZA (Lucca) 13449CALCINAIA (Pisa) 11396
MONSANO (Ancona) 3223MONTIGNOSO (Massa Carrara) 10553
LA SPEZIA 95641VICO PISANO (Pisa) 8417
SOMMA VESUVIANA (Napoli) 35161CORCHIANO (Viterbo) 3826BOSCOREALE (Napoli) 26939
MONTE SAN PIETRO (Bologna) 10.976MAIORI (Salerno)* 5649COLLESANO* (Palermo) 4254FORTE DEI MARMI* (Lucca) 7760SASSO MARCONI (BO) 14719
MARINEO (Palermo) 6814 PIETRASANTA (Lucca) 24833
————————————————————Total 383377
Netherlands
Region of 500.000hab
Catalonia, Spain
Basque country, Spain
Creation of Zero Waste network in Europe
• 13 countries represented• Brussels 14, March
www.zerowasteeurope.eu
Does Zero Waste actually mean ZERO?
• What matters is the vision – never giving up the idea to further reduce residuals and minimise the use of hardly or non-recyclable materials
• Add «minimise residuals» to «separate collection»
• Cold pretreatment (MBT with recovery of materials) to keep the system flexible
• It can mean «less than 22 pounds of MSW residual»
• Eurostat – 63% of europeans declares being active in the fight against climate change
• For 75% of them the first action they do against climate change is separating waste and recycling.
For Europeans separating waste and recycling are the preferred way to fight Climate
Change
