Martin Steiner, TBU European Environmental Engineers,
Innsbruck (Austria)
An assessment of MBT across Europe
Perugia, 10 May 2006
2- Solid Waste Audits
European Environmental Engineers at a glance:
• Independant Engineers & Consultants
• ...focussing on solid waste:
- Waste Management Concepts
- Design & Optimization of Waste Treatment Plants
- Consulting & Knowledge Transfer
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Total population of Europe: ~ 510 Mio.
445 Mio. inhabitants
480 Mio. inhabitants
Status of MB Status of MB treatment treatment in Europein Europe
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Aostatal
Piemont
Lombardei Venetien
Friaul -Julisch
Venetien
Südtirol
Trentino
Emilia - Romagna
Ligurien
Toskana
Umbrien
Marken
S. Marino
AbruzzenLatium
Neapel
Molise
ApulienKampanien
Basilicata
Kalabrien
Sizilien
Sardinien
Rom
Pescara
VenedigMailand
MBT in MBT in ItalyItaly
Long tradition with MB technologies
1. Generation of plants (70ies to mid 80ies):Main aim: Recovery (compost, CDR)
2. Generation of plants (since 1995):Main aim: Volume reduction, landfilling properties
´CDR´ (refuse derived fuel) = standardized product
MB technology gets also exported
Country with highest treatment capacity
0
500
1972
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
year
1.000 t/a
Other Recycleables
Packagings(Plastics, Metals)
Biowaste
Glass
Paper
Bulky waste
Residual MSW
Waste from households, total
Waste disposed of1974
1982
1976
1980
1978
1990
1988
1986
1984
1992
1998
1996
1994
2000
1.000
kg/inh.a
250
300
400
350
200
Case study Austria
Thermal Treatment
Residual Waste
Thermal Treatment
Landfill
Thermal Treatment
Landfill
Biological / Thermal Treatment
Mechanical Treatment
Residual Waste
Biological „Inerting“
Landfill
(+ some utilization for landscaping etc.)
Basic Technical Alternatives for Waste Conditioning in Austria (even Germany & other ´advanced´ countries)
„Splitting“
MBT: 3 of 8 Mio. MBT: 3 of 8 Mio. inhabitantsinhabitants
Mechanical Treatment Mechanical - Biological Treatment
Wels DürnrohrWien-FlötzersteigWien-SpittelauArnoldsteinLenzingNiklasdorfWSO4
Innsbruck (intended)KufsteinLavantSalzburgZell am SeeLinzGraz (MT) / Frohnleiten (BT)OberpullendorfSt. Pölten
after 2006
or
Biological Treatment< 50.000 t/a
> 50.000 t/a > 50.000 t/a
< 50.000 t/a
> 50.000 t/a
Incineration plant (grate firing)
< 100.000 t/a
> 100.000 t/a
Utilization of the high-calorific fraction (fluidized bed incineration)
< 100.000 t/a > 100.000 t/a
Carinthia
Styria
Lower Austria
TyrolSalzburg
Upper Austria
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Germany:Germany:
landfill ban for untreated MSW since 01/06/2005
currently ~ 45 MBT plants
Capacity 5 mio t/yr
www.asa-ev.de
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MBT mainly understood ´product oriented´
anaerobic systems withgrowing importance
RDF: No importance yet
´Disposal requirements´:low (no ?) importance
Iberian Peninsula
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France & Benelux
Netherlands:
Many impulses for MBT technologies / processing steps
MBT as front-end treatment of incineration
ban to dispose of untreated MSW
France:
~ 70 MSW “compost plants“
no disposal requirements
Anaerobic digestion !
RDF / CDR: No importance
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Northern Europe
Sweden, Norway,Finland:
Low degree of MBTpartly MT only (RDF)
Denmark:
100 % incinerationEngland:
EC Directive 1999/31= driving force for a ´boom´ in solid waste management
Counties are responsible to fulfil targets !
Particular technical requirements due to hygiene (mad cow disease)
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Baltic countries:
no activities MBT
Poland:
long tradition with MSW composting
Eastern Europe
Czech Republic, Slovakia:
„Waste substitutes coal“
Hungary:
first MBT plant in 2004
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Time Time targetstargets of EC of EC DirectiveDirective 1999/31 1999/31 transponedtransponed into into a national WM a national WM master master plan plan
((exampleexample: Poland): Poland)
0
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
6.000
7.000
8.000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Mio
. t p
er y
ear
Utilized (composted)green waste
Separately collectedpaper & cardboard
necessary amount ofBMW to be treated
Allowed amount ofBMW to be landfilled
x 4 !
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Remaining Ex-Jugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece (!):
Waste treatment = task for the future !
South East Europe:
Slovenia:
state of emergency in waste treatment / disposal
Croatia:
first MBT plant in 2005
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The status of MBT-technologies in the different European countries is generally defined by:
The respective historic development of the treatment technology (MSW-)composting (to a much lower extent: Anaerobic digestion)
EU-Legislation (´Landfill Directive´)