Separation,+Collection,+Recycling Workshop,)October)30th,)2018 Tbilisi Workshop)October)30th,)2018 1 Separation,+Collection,+Recycling Workshop,)October)30th,)2018 Hans)Breukelman Workshop)October)30th,)2018 2 General'remarks • Aim(of(project • methodical(base • for(introduction(of(separate(collection • decision(model(for(investments( • and(for(the(need(of(an(MRF • local(C>(regional(C>(national • Importance(of(assumptions((( • Final(report(in(March Workshop(October(30th,(2018 3 Contents • Scope • Georgian(legal(context • Institutional(setting • Experiences • International • Georgia • Background(information • Municipal(collection • Quantities(and(composition • Recycling(market • MRF(financials • Analysis • Institutional(aspects • Conclusions,(advises,(suggestions Workshop(October(30th,(2018 4 Scope:'subject'and'region fraction 1 fraction separation collection MRF 2 upgrading in by recycling . and trade household municipality . fraction x Workshop(October(30th,(2018 5 Scope:'method policies, quantities strategies compositi finances municipal and plans on and circumstanc yields institution es internation marke al setting al ts knowled experience MRF’s ge s experien ce What can households do? households options clarify separate second first playing selectio application evaluation selection field collection n municipalitie options s What can municipalities do? Workshop(October(30th,(2018 6 Georgian)legal)context:)targets Georgia Kutaisi 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Collection coverage 90% 100% Source separation pilots 50% 100% 30% 50% 80% Paper 50% Glass 20% 50% 80% Recycling Metal 70% 50% 60% 80% 90% Plastic 30% 50% 80% Recovery of rest maximum recovery Biowaste strategy minimum disposal EPR pack. waste strategy 40% 75% 90% Full cost coverage systems in place 100% Refund system for promoted bottles/cans Collection system for system in place magazines/newspapers • ambitious • comprehensive • urgent Workshop(October(30th,(2018 7 Georgian)legal)context:)uncertainties • Percentages)recycling:)what’s)their)denominator? • National,)regional)or)local?)What)waste? • Assumption)study:)they)hold)for)MSW)in)every)municipality. • Maximum)recovery:)how)and)how)much? • Incineration)and)RDF)production? • Assumption)study:)not)further)considered. • Minimum)disposal)biowaste:)how)and)how)much? • No)strategy)available. • Assumption)study:)difficult)to)consider)right)now. • Alignment)EPR)with)municipal)responsibilities:)how? • Not)clear)what’s)going)to)happen)for)packaging)waste. • Assumption)study:)no)dual)systems;)municipal)systems)leading • Refund)systems)bottles/cans)and)collection)newspapers:)how)and)how)much? • Not)clear.)Implementation)may)take)long)time. • Assumption)study:)no)substantial)effects)on)the)short)term. Workshop(October(30th,(2018 8 Institutional*setting:*responsibilities Government Households and other producers Municipalities Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia City Production Collection Transfer Transport Landfill cleaning • well separated responsibilities • sorting/marketing recyclables not yet assigned • but first responsibility is with municipalities Workshop(October(30th,(2018 9 Institutional*setting:*money Government Households and other producers Municipalities Solid Waste Management Company of Georgia City Production Collection Transfer Transport Landfill cleaning Workshop(October(30th,(2018 10 Experiences:+international ! ! ! Workshop(October(30th,(2018 11 Experiences:%international • many%cities%include%separate%collection%of%biowaste • door4to4door%collection%gives%higher%yields%and%better%qualities • bring%systems%have%problems%to%achieve%higher%yields%except%for%glass • glass%is%mainly%done%in%bring%systems • co4mingled%gives%lower%costs%but%also%gives%risks%of%cross%contamination • trend%is%towards%more%fractions,%leading%to%better%qualities Workshop(October(30th,(2018 12 Experiences:(Georgia(N Kutaisi • Initiative(of(NGO(Spectri • Plastic(bottles,(good(quality • Collection(in(>(100(street(containers • 70(tons(collected(by(2017 • Equals(<(0,5%(of(plastic(contents • Sold(to(local(private(company • Estimated(overall(costs(minus(revenues:( >€300(per(ton? • Plan(for(scaling(up(to(300(containers • And(including(other(plastics Workshop(October(30th,(2018 13 Experiences:&Georgia&D Rustavi • Taken&over&by&SWMCG • Treating&40.000&tons&of&input/year • Conveyor&belt&handsorting&of&plastics&and&paper • 12&employees& • Yields&4D500&tons&per&year,&equals&5% • Low&quality • Estimated&overall&costs&minus&revenues& €&500&per&ton Workshop(October(30th,(2018 14 Background:,current,waste,collection,services,in,project,region, population number-of-municipalities 1003150.000- 1 503100.000 2 30350.000 5 10330.000 6 <-10.000 2 collected waste (tons/year) collected waste/population (kg/inh.day) 60000 1.5 1.2 45000 0.9 30000 0.6 15000 0.3 0 0.0 0 40000 80000 120000 160000 0 40000 80000 120000 160000 population currently serviced with collection population/containers 125% 300 100% 225 75% 150 50% 25% 75 0% 0 0 40000 80000 120000 160000 0 40000 80000 120000 160000 Workshop(October(30th,(2018 15 Background:,Quantities,and,composition Region or CENN CENN CENN EUaid EUaid Tsageri project, Adjara Kakheti Shida Kartli Rustavi/urban Rustavi/rural Kutaisi municipality Sep 2018 year 2015-2016 2015-2016 2017-2018 May 2018 May 2018 % of MSW min max av. min max av. min max av. min max av. min max av. min max av. min max av. Plastics 14,4 19,7 16,7 10,6 15,4 12,8 10,7 18,2 14,3 15,7 21,5 18, 11, 21,8 15,5 11 16 13,5 2,9 7,9 5,7 5 2 Paper 9,0 19,2 14,7 9,5 14,0 11,2 9,3 15,1 11,7 7,5 8,5 7,8 7,0 16,8 12,1 7 16 10,7 0,7 11,0 3,9 Glass 3,8 5,8 5,0 4,7 9,2 6,0 1,6 5,6 3,3 1,7 4,9 2,7 1,5 2,5 1,8 2 6 4,0 1,8 4,4 2,6 Metals 1,1 2,6 1,7 2,0 3,0 2,3 0,8 2,5 1,8 0,8 1,4 1,1 0,5 3,1 1,8 1 4 1,3 0,5 1,5 1,0 Organics 30,2 41,4 36,6 39,3 45,4 42,7 42,0 54,4 46,7 43,7 50,0 47, 43, 52,2 48,5 41 55 43,7 30,0 58,0 44,4 7 8 waste plastics paper glass metals organics production ton/year min max min max min max min max min max Ambrolauri 1.593 46 126 11 175 29 70 8 24 478 924 Baghdati 3.073 338 492 215 492 61 184 31 123 1.260 1.690 Chiatura 8.151 897 1.304 571 1.304 163 489 82 326 3.342 4.483 Kharagauli 2.773 305 444 194 444 55 166 28 111 1.137 1.525 Khoni 5.091 560 815 356 815 102 305 51 204 2.087 2.800 Kutaisi 49.529 5.448 7.925 3.467 7.925 991 2.972 495 1.981 20.307 27.241 Lentheki 624 18 49 4 69 11 27 3 9 187 362 At,30%,yield Oni 872 25 69 6 96 16 38 4 13 262 506 Sachkhere 7.549 830 1.208 528 1.208 151 453 75 302 3.095 4.152 plastics paper glass metals organics Samtredia 11.803 1.298 1.889 826 1.889 236 708 118 472 4.839 6.492 Terjola 5.064 557 810 354 810 101 304 51 203 2.076 2.785 min max min max min max min max min max Tkibuli 4.854 534 777 340 777 97 291 49 194 1.990 2.670 4.228 6.200 2.675 6.242 786 2.345 388 1.54 16.02 21.73 3 0 4 Tsageri 1.479 43 117 10 163 27 65 7 22 444 858 Tskaltubo 13.304 1.463 2.129 931 2.129 266 798 133 532 5.454 7.317 Vani 3.490 384 558 244 558 70 209 35 140 1.431 1.920 Zestaponi 12.224 1.345 1.956 856 1.956 244 733 122 489 5.012 6.723 Total 131.472 14.092 20.666 8.915 20.807 2.620 7.815 1.292 5.145 53.401 72.447 Workshop(October(30th,(2018 16 Background:,Recycling,market Location waste type GEL/ton GEL/ton Tons/year destination Remarks delivered picked up Kutaisi GEL/ton Min Max Average Ltd Georgian Paper Tbilisi office paper 350 250 5.000 Recycling as Amenity centers Tbilisi, Production hygienic paper Kutaisi and Batumi Ltd Geo Ploimer Tbilisi plastic films 260 200 not limited Recycling/Export Interviewed Mixed,plastics 0 700 50 Ltd Georgian pet plast Tbilisi pet, pe bottles and 200 190 not limited Export Turkey Interviewed management other plastic waste Plastic,bottles/films, 200 900 200 separate plastic films 400 350 Ltd Kriala Tbilisi paper 180-300 180-300 Currently Recycling as Interviewed. Amenity 5.000 hygienic paper centers Kutaisi and Paper/Cardboard,mixed 70 150 100 cardboard 80-200 80-200 Rustavi Paper/Cardboard, Ltd Paper+ Tbilisi paper 150-200 Recycling as 70 350 200 hygienic paper separate Social enterprise Green Tbilisi paper nihil nihil not limited Recycling as Gift hygienic paper Glass 8 8 8 8 82 Ltd Bokva Tbilisi plastic bottles depends not limited on quality Metals 350 400 350 Sole proprietor Izolda paper 100 80 not limited Only collection, Lekvinadze sells to Georgian cardboard 70 50 Paper Production Ltd Sanitari Rustavi paper/plastics mix 0 not limited Interviewed Jsc Mina Mtsketa glass 82 30.000 Interviewed • Sufficient,absorption,capacity Ltd Neo Print Mtsketa paper 300 10.000 Recycling as • Good,market,orientation cardboard boxes cardboard 250 • Already,preparing,on,international, Sole proprietor Soso Mtsketa mixed plastics 700 120 Recycling as markets Jijishvili plastic ware • Prices,highly,dependent,on,volumes Cooperative Aluminum Kutaisi aluminum cans 500-800 500-800 not limited Pressed and sold 2017 for recycling • Prices,seem,to,be,on,the,low,side Small enterprise plastic Kutaisi PE 600 300 Recycling as workpiece production plastic ware Ltd Unagi Kutaisi plastic films 300-400 300-400 not limited Recycling as raw material for plastic bottles 300-500 300-500 plastic pipes Ltd Sever Batumi cardboard 100-120 not limited Export plastic bottles 200-250 Ltd Roni Batumi paper 160 100 Recycling as hygienic paper Ltd Zugo Batumi plastic films 500-900 400 Recycling as plastic film Workshop(October(30th,(2018 17 Background:,Basics,of,an,MRF,,a,Materials,Recovery,Facility • typical,capacity:,10.000,tons/year • plastics,and,paper,mix • sorting,in,7,fractions:, • plastic,bottles,,rigid,plastics,,films • paper,,cardboard • metals,,residues • only,handpicking • products,to,private,companies • investments,including,civil,works:,€,1,mln • at,landfill,site:,E 25%,investments • breakEeven,at,4.000,tons,per,year.