Zero Waste Systems’
Analysis
Papatheochari Stavroula
Environmental Scientist
Ecological Recycling Society
Aim
Report – Analyse zero waste initiatives in
partners’ countries towards zero waste
Countries
Greece- Italy- Slovenia- Spain- France
Legislation
Legislation
Greece
Italy
Slovenia
Spain
Catalonia
France
Waste oils
Packaging Waste
End of Life Vehicles
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Used tyres
Batteries &
Accumulators
Waste of electrical
and electronic
equipment
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Legislation
Legislation
Greece
Italy
Biodegradable waste
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Separate Collection of
Organic waste
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Dangerous domestic
waste
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Waste
vegetable/cooking oil
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Constraction &
Demolition waste
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Bulky waste
Slovenia
Spain
Catalonia France
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Collection Systems
Collection
Systems
Waste oils
Packaging
Waste
End of Life
Vehicles
Used tyres
Batteries &
Accumulators
Greece
Italy
Slovenia
Spain
France
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Collection Systems
Collection Systems
Greece
Italy
Slovenia
Spain
France
Waste of electrical and
electronic equipment
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Biodegredable waste
Dangerous domestic waste
Waste vegetable/cooking
oil
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Constraction & Demolition
waste
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Unwanted or Rejected
Drugs
Questionnaire
Investigate Strategies by municipalities in
Greece, Italy, Slovenia, France and Spain.
- Quantitative data in relation to waste
production for year 2008
- Prevention or sustainable management of
municipal waste
Evaluation Criteria
• The percentage of each waste stream in the total amount of
municipal waste produced (by weight)
• Degree of difficulty for organizing and running each action for
the sustainable management waste
• Cost of burdening the local authorities for the development of
any form of infrastructure of sustainable management waste
Highest score 100
Doesn‘t mean that no waste are produced!
Scores & Evaluation
ZWI
Score
Characterisation of
performance
Comments
< 30
Negative
performance
Non compliance with several or some of the
fundamental obligations of the local
authority, according to the relevant European
Directives
30 – 50
Marginally positive
performance
Mere compliance with the fundamental
obligations of the local authority, according
to the relevant European legislation
51 – 75 Positive performance
Performance, actions and initiatives, which
exceed the local authority’s current
obligations, according to the relevant
European legislation
ZWI Score
76 – 90
91 – 100
Characterisation of
performance
Comments
Highly positive
performance
Exemplary performance, actions
and initiatives which considerably
exceed the local authority’s
current obligations, according to
the relevant European legislation
Exceptionally
positive
performance
Model performance, actions and
initiatives in the area of
prevention and sustainable
management of waste. Can be
used as a model by other local
authorities for the development or
improvement of their current
waste management policy.
All countries…
ALL COUNTRIES
Number of Questionnaires
236
Number
of
(communities)
362
municipalities
Total population (of regions &
countries)
Population covered
Percentage
of
population
coverage
Average score
81,128,381
11,781,421
14.52%
48.72
The scores per country
Country
Score
Region of Catalonia
70.51%
Region ProvenceAlpes d Azur in France
Slovenia
57,92%
Italy
43.63%
Greece
12,98%
58,5%
Catalonia, Spain
Exceptional performance
most materials
Negative performance
home composting
municipal green waste
reuse initiatives
PAYT actions
Positive performance
household biowaste
Provence Alpes Cote d Azur, France
Exceptional performance
most materials
Negative performance
biodegradable waste
clothes
furniture
vegetable waste oils
ELV
reuse initiatives
PAYT actions
Provence Alpes Cote d Azur, France
Marginally positive performance
Positive performance
home
composting
drugs
WEEE
accumulators
Very positive performance packaging waste.
Slovenia
Positive performance
many materials
Negative performance
reuse initiative
Marginally positive performance green waste
ELV
Constraction & Demolition
Waste
Recycling Centers
Slovenia
Very positive performance
drugs
bulky
vegetable cooked oils
In all the rest materials, “exceptionally positive
performance”.
Italy
negative performance
furniture
ELV
web-site
reuse initiatives
PAYT activities
Italy
Marginally positive performance
home
composting,
biodegradable materials
green waste
clothes
CDW
campaign crew
Italy
Positive performance
Recycling Centers
bulky
vegetable waste
Very positive performance
packaging waste
Paper
WEEE
drugs
hazardous waste
accumulators
Greece
negative performance
positive performance
Exceptionally positive
most materials
paper
accumulators
ELV
For more information:
http://www.med-zerowaste.eu/
Papatheochari Stavroula
Environmental Scientist
Ecological Recycling Society
www.ecorec.gr