Waste Management in the Europe of 25
What can we learn from each other?

Wednesday, 10 November 2004

09.00 – 13.00
Admission and Registration, optional visit of the “Pollutec“ Environmental Technology Exhibition
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13.00
Opening
Ulli Sima, Executive City Councillor for the Environment, Vienna
Josef Thon, Head of Municipal Department 48, Vienna

EU provisions and future requirements for municipal waste management
European waste management and the options for coping with global resource scarcity - Waste avoidance / dematerialisation / immaterialisation
Gerhard Vogel, Department of technology and sustainable product management
Vienna University of economics and business administration
Governance, Finance and Capacity: waste management in the EU acceding countries
Edward Cameron, Cameron SDS, Belgium
Waste management in the new EU Member States: developments and outlook
Martina Ableidinger, Department of technology and sustainable product management
Vienna University of economics and business administration

Discussion
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14.30 Coffee break
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15.00
Waste management strategies for an enlarged Europe
Development of emissions from the collection of recyclables and wastes with account taken of technological progress and alternative propulsion techniques
Günter Hohl, Austrian Society of Automotive Engineers

Successful waste-management concepts designed on the basis of thermal treatment in waste incineration plants
Bjarne Bech, Amagerforbrænding, Denmark

Successful installation concepts: identification of sites for controlled landfilling in keeping with the latest technical standards
Georg Hajdu, FKF RT, Hungary

Green light for off-site disposal in the enlarged Europe? Regulatory restrictions of off-site disposal of municipal waste
Paul de Bruycker, Indaver nv, Belgium

Discussion
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16.20 Coffee break
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16.45
Waste management and EU enlargement
Panel discussion
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Thursday, 11. November 2004

SOLUTIONS FOR CRUCIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Presentation of successful approaches in the new member states and the EU 15

9.00
Financing waste management services
Financing and EU funding of municipal waste management schemes
Claudia Schmied, Kommunalkredit Austria AG, Vienna
Waste Management Taxes and Fees in the EU - a comparative Study
Francis Radermaker, ACRR, Belgium
New finance models for waste management projects – the Polish example
Tomasz Podgajniak, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of the Environment, Poland
Implementation of the European packaging directive for beverages - the deposit system in the Baltic states
Peeter Eek, Waste Department-Ministry of the Environment, Estonia
Discussion
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10.35 Coffee break
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11.00
Packaging and producer responsibility
Resource management requirements in waste management
Helmut Rechberger, TU Wien
How do European industries demonstrate resource awareness?
William R. Duncan, Managing Director ASSURE
Separate collection of packaging material:

Municipal and consumer needs
Winfried Herbst, Waste Management Department, City of Salzburg
Tailor-made collection and communication solutions
Christoph Scharff and Erwin Janda, ARGEV, Vienna
Christian Stiglitz and Christian Mayer, ARA AG, Vienna
Discussion
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12.20 Lunch break
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14.00
Specific waste management issues
Strategies
Municipal waste management strategies in the Czech Republic (MBT versus incineration) public relations
Josef Durdil, Czech Republic
Waste management and education
Waste avoidance for children and young people – the educational offer of Vienna’s Waste Management Department
Peter Frybert, MA 48, Vienna
Tourism wastes
Waste management master plan for islands with high tourist volume
Ángel Fernández Homar, Tirme, Spain
Implementation of the WEEE Directive
Background information and successful solutions in the implementation of the EU WEEE Directive (Directive 2002/96/EG on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
Lutz-Günther Scheidt, Sony International, Germany
Discussion
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15.10 Coffee break
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15.45
Outlook from the perspective of public and private waste-management stakeholders
Private-public-partnerships in waste management; private waste management stakeholders
Augustin Luboš, Brantner Slovakia, Slovak Republic
Options resulting from municipal waste management organisation
Reinhard Siebenhandl, MA 48, Vienna
Panel and general discussion

17.00 Concluding statements
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Friday, 12. November 2004
In-depth Workshops
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Workshop 1:
Venue: Kommunalkredit Austria AG, Türkenstraße 9, 1090 Vienna
Duration: 9.00 –15 00 
Finance and EU funding of municipal waste management projects
EU funding options for investments in municipal and regional waste management – with a special focus on the EU Structural Fund
Best options for credit-financing of municipal and regional waste-management investments
Waste fees – possibilities and limits of municipal waste management financing
Overview of further EU funding instruments for waste management projects
The presentations will be held in German with an English summary.
(limited number of participants)
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Workshop 2:
Venue: Lecture room of Municipal Department 48, Waste treatment plant, Percostraße 2, 1220 Vienna (bus transfers will be arranged)
Duration: 9.00 –13 00 
Implementation of the WEEE Directive
Background and main regulations of the WEEE Directive
Successful approaches in the EU25
The agenda of the Federal Ministry of Environment
Proposals by the Umweltforum Haushalt
Regional solutions
Demands with a view to WEEE raised by the Städtebund (Association of Austrian Cities and Towns)
Demands with a view to WEEE raised by the Gemeindebund (Association of Austrian Local Authorities)
Visit of the WEEE recycling plants at ABA
The presentations will be held in German.
(limited number of participants)
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“VIENNA, THE ECOLOGICAL MODEL CITY” – TECHNICAL VISITS
In recent years, the City of Vienna has taken a wide range of environmental measures. Our staff will present the concepts that make Vienna an ecological model city. Various tours around the most important waste management facilities are on offer:

Duration: 9:30 - 14:00
Tour 1 “Incineration”: Spittelau Waste Incineration Plant and EBS plant at Simmeringer Haide (limited number of participants)
Tour 2 “Waste Treatment”: waste treatment plant, Rautenweg landfill, recycling of road-sanding gravel, Lobau composting plant
Tour 3 “Waste-water Treatment in Vienna “: visit of Vienna’s main waste-water treatment plant

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