Collection and Treatment of waste material in Port

of Koper

Kristifor Pantelin

Brindisi, 21.1.2004

Geographical position of the Port of Koper

Type of waste:

• Paper• Wood and woods package• Metal ribbons• Iron• Nylon• Dung• Biological waste• Mixed waste (garbage)• Bilge water and sludge

Waste handlig center

Preparing some of the material

for further tratment • Grinded wood• Pressed and balled nylon• Pressed and balled paper

Composting the biological waste

Main features of composting facility:

• Capacity: 7.200 m3 per year• Quantity of composted material in

2004:– Biological waste from the port: 946 m3 – Biological waste from the town: 3.814

m3 – Total: 4.760 m3

Comparing separately collected wastes by type and through the

years

Unit Type of watste 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

m3 Paper 304 1.458 2.412 2.585 2.623 2.508 1.992 2.380

m3 Wood and woods package 1.868 1.699 3.843 4.650 5.347 7.436 7.203 8.536

m3 Metal ribbons 2.694 760 1.725 2.590 2.316 2.420 2.245 1.090

m3 Iron 372 574 803 960 925 1.167 611 201

m3 Nylon 0 155 395 503 820 1.205 1.070 900

m3 Dung 5.944 4.777 9.000 6.000 2.133 660 110 1.808

m3 Biological waste 0 1.108 543 1.234 1.187 2.171 1.544 946

m3 Mixed waste (garbage) 16.015 10.889 7.296 4.645 4.463 5.290 5.528 4.501

m3 Bilge water and sludge 0 0 0 0 187 167 84 39

m3 Total 27.197 21.420 26.017 23.167 20.001 23.024 20.387 20.401

Separatly collected (%) 41,11% 49,16% 71,96% 79,95% 77,69% 77,02% 72,88% 77,94%

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Main aims in the year 2005

• Start collecting wastes from ships• Start with the tratment of bilge water

International and European legislation which regulates waste collecting from

ships• Convention MARPOL 73/78• Directive 2000/59/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council• Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the

European Parliament and of the Council

Thank you