This waste hierarchy is also used by the government and

Welcome
Amherst Regional High School
Northampton High School
Lillestrøm Vg.skole
Jessheim Vg. skole
February 15 2011
Pictures
We are:
Pål Torneby
- General Manager
Kirsten Lundem - Information Consultant
Your subject
• Focus on climate and global warming
- but not recycling or reusing may have
an impact on global warming.
Flooding in Punjab-provinsen
Pakistan August 2010
Vulcano Eyafjallajökul, Island
April 2010
Ice melting at Greenland
ØRAS
Øvre Romerike Avfallsselskap IKS
- waste management for the local councils of
Eidsvoll, Hurdal, Nannestad og Ullensaker
64 082 inhabitants pr. July 01, 2010
(28 120 households)
Licensing
Licensing given September 12, 2008 without time limit
Certificates
• ØRAS ISO certified:
NS-EN ISO14001:2004
• ØRAS listed in EMAS-register
(Eco-Management and Audit Scheme)
- an attestation, recognized to European level
Europe
• Between 1990 and 1995, the amount of
waste generated in Europe increased by
10%
• Today, - altogether, the European Union
produces up to 3 billion tons of waste
every year.
• If all people in the world should live like a
Norwegian, with same consumption - we
would need 3,5 of the planet earth
Europe
All this waste has a huge impact on the
environment, causing pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to
climate change, as well as significant losses
of materials.
– a particular problem for the EU which is
highly dependent on imported raw materials.
Reuse and
recycling centre
Customer service
Administration
Reusable stuff
Gas installation
Drum composting
Leachate plant
Sorting field
Optibag
Landfill
ØRAS area
Gas and leachate
42 gas wells that
extract gas from
landfill
Both landfills are sealed with a membrane
ØRAS history
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13.03.1979
– Øvre Romerike Avfallsselskap (ØRAS) IKS was established - owned by Nannestad, Eidsvoll and Ullensaker.
01.10.1981
– New landfill Dal Skog was established
01.01.1983
– Hurdal kommune joins ØRAS
03.12.1991
– Official opening of the second landfill
01.01.1996
– Started to sort out cardboard and paper
13.10.1998
– Official opening of OptiBag
01.01.2006
– Plastic packaging started
01.06.2007
– New sorting field
01.10.2008
-- New drum composting system
01.10.2009
- New wood chip heating plant
2010
- 12 gas wells, new digital cameras, paved area (reloading), …(among other things)
Visitors to the
recycling station
90000
80 749
74 975
80000
70000
60000
50000
Antall besøkende
ÅR
40000
29 282
30000
20000
10000
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Waste
History
of waste..
Stone age
Middel age
16-1700 century
In the sixties
2011
What do we do?
What is waste?
Waste
=
Resources
1958 - 2008
Houshold waste
has increased a
lot during the last
50 years!
Quantity of waste
28 914 320 kg household waste i 2010
451 kg pr inhab/year (459 kg i 2009)
Almost apprx. 1,2 kg pr inhab/day
Pyramid of waste
This waste hierarchy is also used
by the government and
organizations to define
priorities within the
waste policy.
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ØRAS will:
Increase waste reduction
Increase sorting and recovery
Secure good treatment options
Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC)
By 2015 separate collection shall be set up for at
least the following: paper, metal, plastic and glass
By 2020, the preparing for re-use and recycling of
- waste from households: increased to a min. of
50% (ØRAS: 49,9% pr. 1.1.2011)
- non-hazardous construction and demolition
waste excl. naturally occurring material to a
min. of 70%.
ØRAS Vision
Environmental treatment
within economically
acceptable limits.
Results
Benchmarking 2010
Operational
efficiency
driftseffektivitet
1,0
0,7
systemeffektivitet
System efficiency
miljøstandard
Environmental
standard
0,4
0,1
‐0,2
Working environment
arbeidsmiljø
kundetilfredshet
Customer
satisfaction
gebyrnivå
Fee level
tjenestestandard
Service standard
ØRAS
Middel Waste prevention
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Buy less
Re-use
Less packaging
Buy quality
Mailbox-advertising
- no thanks.
Re-use
• Inheritate
• Borrow
• Repair
• Go to markets
• 2nd hand stores
• Tent for re-used
articles
Usable furniture
Usable things
• Bicycles
• Fitness equipment
• Toys
• Strollers
• etc.
• Not EE-waste.
Waste bins
Recycling
•Sort the waste for
recycling
•Don’t mix the waste
•Recycling of paper, glas,
and metal at separate
recycling banks
Plastic recycling
ØRAS collected 819 tons plastic in 2010
1 kg recycled plastic - save 2 kg crude
What can be made of plastic?
Plastic packaging
Remember
- to double-tie…
- Loose waste
inside
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Cardboard and paper
recycling
ØRAS collected 4776 tons cardboard and
paper in 2010
1 kg recycled paper - saves 1,5 kg CO²
(Source: ”Återvunnen råvara – en god affær for klimatet” (Svensk återvinningsindustri)
What can be made of cardboard and paper?
Carton log
Metal recycling
ØRAS collected 1353 tons of metal in 2010
Underskudd på verdensmarkedet
Summer 2008 : Price
Summer 2009 : Price
December 2010 : Price
2150,-/tonn
250,-/tonn
1500,-/tonn (apprx)
1 kg recycled steel save - 1,0 kg CO²
1 kg recycled alum save -10,0 kg CO²
Source : ”Återvunnen råvara – en god affær for klimatet” (Svensk
återvinningsindustri)
Glass- and metal
packaging
ØRAS collected 756 tons of glass- and
metalpackaging in 2010.
What can we make out of it?
Glass- and metal
packaging
But not refractory GLASS !!
Littering
Sorting plant
ØRAS collected 2597 tons
Food waste in 2010
Garden waste
Windrow
composting
Windrow composting phase I: 10-12 weeks
Challenge: Odor when turning
Drum
composting
Air supply
above the
mass
(continuously)
Air supply
into the
mass
(once pr
hour)
Drum composting phase I: 8-12 days
Air supply to drum
From compost
to top-soil
After drum process:
• Maturation phase 2-4 months in mounds
• Recipe:
– Raw compost (50/50 food waste/garden waste)
– Raw compost (sifted) / adding finally grinded garden
waste (instead of peat) and sand.
• Result: Mixed top-soil
Certificate
ØRAS Hagejord for sale
Energy recovery
Energy recovery
ØRAS collected 4350 tons of wood in 2010
How to use
the energy
• Burning - production for district heating
(hot water)
• Burning for production of electrisity
• Smoke from incineration plants are fully
cleaned
• Winter 2009/2010 ØRAS will use wood
chippings for heating
Hazardous waste
EE Waste
Contains brominated flame
retardants which is one of
the most dangerous
environmental poisons
Environmental
poisons
• In flowers, trees, fish, humans
• Long decay period
• Poisoning of Icebears - bisexual
kids
• Poisoning of sparrows
Toxid: deca-BDE
http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2008/september/194478
Consequenses
Humans
• Cancer
• Learning disabilities/hyperactivity
• Reduce the immune system
• Bisexual polar bears
• Feminizing of species of animals –
hormonal disturbance
• In Sibir, half that many boys than
girls are born the last years. (Might be
affected by environmental poisoning)
http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2008/desemb
er/205622
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http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/file
s/polar/bears.html
Genetical changes
Laptop and sperm
Laptop may damage sperm
http://www.vg.no/helse/artikkel.php?artid=258014
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Laptops
+harm+sperm+studies/3743589/story.html
Toxic dildos
• PVC Poly(vinyl chloride)and Phtalates – is
it safe to use?
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http://www.maleenhancementmagazine.com/do-dildos-contain-toxicchemicals/
Contain BPA - Bisphenol A
How long time?
T-shirt - cotton
Paper
Orange peel
Cigarette with a filter
Milk carton
Plastic bag
Nylon Stocking
Canning Box
Plastic bottle
Glass
1-5 months
2-5 months
6 months
1-5 years
5 years
10-20 years (trad. bag)
30-40 years
50-100 years
450 years (trad. bottle)
Apprx 1 million years
Waste stream
Material recovery
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51 %
Energy recovery
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49,2 %
Avfall
Disposal
Materialgjenvinning
0,8 %
Source: ØRAS
Energigjenvinning
Deponi
Think
Globally
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Act
locally
Thank you.