Waste Planning - Governo dos Açores

Waste Prevention and Management Azores
Presented by:
Ana Marisa Goulart
Direcção Regional do Ambiente dos Açores
Environmental Department of Azorean Government
October 13, 2009
Foto de Hugo Marques
Objectives
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9 Introduction
9 Waste policy and strategies
9 Waste planning
9 Waste management
9 Waste regulation
9 Waste inspection
9 Environmental
E i
t l education
d
ti and
d trainee
t i
9 Projects to the future
9 Conclusion
Introduction
9 Isolated from the mainland
9 Portuguese
P t
archipelago
hi l
9 About 250.000
250 000 inhabitants
Atlantic Ocean
http://acoresdesonho.no.sapo.pt
9 Autonomic Region of Portugal
9 Regional government and parliament
9 Ultraperipheric Region of the EU
Introduction
600 km
Vila do Corvo
Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Santa Cruz das Flores
L j d
Lajes
das Fl
Flores
Praia da Vitória
Velas
Angra do Heroísmo
São Roque
Horta
Madalena
Calheta
Lajes do Pico
Ribeira Grande Nordeste
P t Delgada
Ponta
D l d
Povoação
Lagoa
V. F. do Campo
Vila do Porto
Introduction
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Foto de Hugo Marques
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Preserve Natural Beauty of the Azores
Waste Policy and Strategies
™ Directive 2006/12/EC, 5th of April
™ Directive 91/689/CEE, 12th of December
DLR 20/2007/A, 23th of August
DLR 10/2008/A, 12th of May
Define rules on waste regulation
and management in Azores
Strategic Plan for Wastes in
Azores (PEGRA)
DLR 40/2008/A, 25th of August
Defines the economic, financial, enforcement and penalties regulation
about waste management in Azores
Waste Policy and Strategies
Use of Sewage
g Sludge
g in Agriculture
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Directive nº 286/278/CEE, 12th June
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Decreto
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Legislativo
i l ti Regional
R i
l nºº 16/2005/A
16/2005/A, 20th off June
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Portaria nº 26/2006, 23rd of March
Sewage sludge has valuable
properties in agriculture
agronomic
To use sewage sludge
T
l d
i agriculture
in
i lt
i
is
necessary an autorization issued by the DRA
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Waste Policy and Strategies
Waste transportation
Portaria nº 74/2009, 14th September
All waste types, incluiding
construction and demolition
waste and medical waste
Exclusion: vegetal biomass
9 Who is authorized to
transport waste
9 Conditions applied to waste transportation
9 New waste transportion document that is free
Waste Policy and Strategies
Waste transportation
Portaria nº 74/2009, 14th September
Waste transportation document is not apllied to municipal waste transportation
Waste Policy and Strategies
Financial support to maritime transport of
Portaria nº 58/2009, 13 July
waste
th
Maritime waste transportation
between Azores islands and
from Azores to Portuguese
mainland
i l d
Waste management operators
Waste types in Appendix I
Metal waste, end of life vehicles,
chemical waste, paper/cardboard
and non packadge plastic waste
2nd semester of 2009 and 2010
Waste Planning
The conception
Th
ti and
d iimplementation
l
t ti off planning
l
i managementt
programs in Azores are established in two plans:
Plager.Gov
g
Resolution nº 131/2006, 6th October
Resolution nº
n 59/2007,
59/2007 14th June
PEGRA
DLR 10/2008/A, 12th May
Waste Planning
Plager.Gov
9 A plan that defines general rules for waste management
in regional
g
departments
p
of the Government
9 The aim of this plan is to encourage the waste
prevention and source reduction, recycling,
p
y
g composting
p
g
and elimination
9 Governmental departments have an operational plan
that set of practical rules according to their reality
Resolution
R
l ti
nºº 59/2007
59/2007, 14th off J
June - Best
B t practices
ti
guide
id
Defines best practices applied to waste management in all Azorean
Governmental departments in order to improve their environmental
performance
Waste Planning
PEGRA
DLR nº 10/2008/A,12th May
Operational plan
2007-2013
Municipal waste,
waste industrial waste,
waste
medical waste, agricultural waste and
forestry waste
Define strategy to waste management in Azores based on waste
prevention and reduction and on definition of waste treatment,
valorization and elimination
Recovery of economic value of the waste
Waste Management
Waste management
operators
g
p
16
15
14
14
12
11
10
8
6
4
4
2
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
Figure 1 - Number of licences issued by the DRA between 2006 and 2009
Waste Management
Waste management
g
operators
p
13%
18%
69%
Disposal
Recovery
temporary storage
Figure 2 - Percentage
P
t
off the
th licence
li
process, completed
l t d and
d underway
d
i the
in
th DRA,
DRA for
f
operation of waste management (disposal, recovery and temporary storage)
Waste Management
Bi di
Biodiesel
l
Selective
S
l ti waste
t
collection
W t tires
Waste
ti
retread
t
d
Packaging waste
sorting
Waste Management
Vehicle dismantling
g
and recycling
Anaerobic digestion
Landfill
Waste Management
Briquettes Industry
Waste Management
Waste management
g
operators
p
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Waste Management
Selective waste collection and exportation
Corvo
Graciosa
Se ec e waste
Selective
as e co
collection
ec o
(glass)
Without waste exportation
Flores
São Jorge
Terceira
l
ll
Selective
waste collection
(paper/cardbord,
glass,
plastic and metal)
Sorting plant
Waste exportation
São Miguel
Selective waste collection
(paper/cardbord,
glass,
plastic
l i and
d metal)
l)
Sorting plant
Waste exportation
Faial
Selective waste collection (
(paper/cardbord, glass and / db d l
d
plastic)
Sorting plant
Waste exportation
Waste exportation
Pico
Selective waste collection
(paper/cardbord and glass)
Paper/cardbord sorting plant
Waste exportation
Santa Maria
Santa Maria
Selective waste collection
(paper/cardbord,
glass,
plastic and metal)
Wi h
Without
waste exportation
i
Waste Management
Selective waste collection and exportation
Tonnes in 2008
Waste
Types
Tires
Entities
St.
Maria
S.
Miguel
Terceira
Graciosa
S.
Jorge
Pico
Faial
Flores
Corvo
Valorpneu
Packaging
waste
Paper
Cardboard
Glass
Total
369
-
4.066,8 3.240,3
-
-
277,1 411.4
-
-
7.996
-
2.166,2 1.292,2
-
-
210,8 305,4
-
-
3.975
-
1.262
1652,6
-
-
66,3
90
-
-
3.071
Pl ti
Plastics
-
229 8
229,8
170 5
170,5
-
-
0
16 1
16,1
-
-
416
Wood
-
383,3
115,6
-
-
0
0
-
-
499
Metal
-
25,6
9,5
-
-
0
0
-
-
35
SPV
Waste oil
Sogilub
215
WEEE
Amb3E
499
Waste Management
Waste Streams Integrated Management Systems
Waste Management
Waste management solutions
Azorean Regional Government is:
™ Building waste facilities in Graciosa and Flores
™ Developing projects to build waste facilities in Corvo,
Pico, São Jorge and Santa Maria
9 Storing
S
off the different
ff
separated wastes, including
hazardous wastes;
9 Transfer station to move the waste to another island
or to the mainland;
9 Composting unity for organic valorization
Waste Regulation
DLR nº 40/2008/A, 25th August
Taxes
9 Waste management taxes
9 Waste regulation taxes
9 Ecocerv
To encourage the utilization of reusable packaging of
alcoholic
l h li beer
b
A penalization tax for the non-reusable beer bottles and
cans
€ 0,10 per individual packaging with capacity ≤ than 0,25 l
Waste Regulation
DLR nº 40/2008/A, 25th August
Environmental Regional Fund of Azores
Taxes
E
Ecocerv
Penalties
Environment
R i
Regional
lF
Fund
d
of Azores
Projects
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Cleaning up old
sites of waste
disposal
Prevention
environmental
i
t l
damage
Actually, there are different projects promoted by the Fund, developed with
g
entities participation such as universities and laboratories.
external regional
Waste Regulation
DLR nº 40/2008/A, 25th August
Entity for the Regulation of Water and
Waste Services (ERSARA)
Public water supply
Wastewater treatment
Waste management
ERSARA
Responsible for the definition of quality service criteria and
monitoring
it i goals
l on waste
t managementt systems
t
Waste Inspection
In the environemntal sector,
sector the inspection
action in Azores is done by:
9 Regional Inspectorate for the Environment (IRA)
Police forces
9 Environmental
E i
t l protection
t ti service
i ffrom N
National
ti
lG
Guard
d
(SEPNA - Serviço de Protecção da Natureza e do Ambiente da Guarda Nacional Republicana)
9 Public Security Police
(PSP – Polícia de Segurança Pública)
Environmental
Education
d
i and
d Trainee
i
The Environmental Department promotes in all islands
training courses and environmental education actions on
waste prevention and management
9 International
I t
ti
l workshop
k h
about
b t waste
t managementt in
i
islands
9Eco-Management
9E
M
t and
d Audit
A dit Scheme
S h
(EMAS) and
d Local
L
l
Agenda 21 with the Portuguese Environmental Agency
(APA)
9 Divulgation of integrated waste stream managing systems
with the responsible entities
Projects to the
to the Future
Regional Information System on Waste (SRIR)
2010
Waste registry
maps
SIRER
Sistema
Integrado de
Registo
Electrónico de
Resíduos
SIRAPA
Sistema
Integrado de
Registo da
APA
SRIR
Sistema
Regional de
Informação
sobre
b
Resíduos
SRIR regulation is being established in a regional law
Conclusion
9 Elaboration of regional
g
legislation
g
9 Conception and implementation of planning
management programs
9 Conception of integrated waste facilities
9 Execution of regulatory instruments
Protection of environment and human health
Reach a sustainable development in Azores
Thank you for your
for your attention
Direcção Regional do Ambiente dos Açores
Direcção de Serviços de Resíduos
Ana Marisa Goulart
ana.mg.goulart@azores.gov.pt
residuos.dra@azores.gov.pt
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www.residuos--azores.org
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