Macedonia: Preparation of program and feasibility study for decreasing the biowaste on landfills (G2G10/MK/6/2)

Project number

G2G10/MK/6/2

Theme

Waste management

Title

Preparation of program and feasibility study for decreasing the biowaste on landfills

Executor

NL Agency, NL Environment

Nominated Partner(s)

• VAR, waste treatment company, specialised in composting and digestion of biowaste;
• Gewestelijke Afvalstoffen Dienst (GAD) Gooi en Vechtstreek;
• A local partner.

Counterpart(s)

Macedonian Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

Beneficiary(ies)

• The Waste Management Department of the Environmental Administration of the Macedonian Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning;
• Units of local self government and municipalities;
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economics;
• NGO's.

Possibly other organisations will be identified during the inception phase.

Budget

€ 124,884

Project duration

November 2010 - February 2012

Project results

• An assessment of the amount of biowaste in Macedonia has been performed;
• Beneficiaries and stakeholders (to be indentified in detail during the inception mission) have improved insight in the possible collection and treatment of different kind of biowaste from different sectors of society and in the application of compost;
• A handbook (guidelines) on biowaste management of the Macedonian Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning has been prepared and presented to beneficiaries and stakeholders.

The handbook will be prepared based on the discussions with beneficiaries and stakeholders and will pay attention to the generation, collection and treatment of waste as well as the application of compost. The handbook will provide the basis for a national action plan for management of biowaste in Macedonia.

Project activities

Inception phase:
During an inception mission, the project implementation plan will be fine-tuned and the relevant organisations will be visited. At the end of the inception phase, the list of organisations and persons involved in the project will be finalised.

An assessment of the amount of biowaste in Macedonia will be performed.

With the help of a local expert, an assessment on the amount of biowaste in Macedonia will be performed. The assessment will serve as input for the discussions during the workshops and for the preparation of the guidelines. Attention will be paid to:

• different sectors of society such as households, restaurants, shops, agriculture, food industry (slaughterhouse, dairy, bakery et cetera);
• type of waste (food waste, agricultural waste, animal waste, sludge, et cetera).

Workshop I: general aspects of biowaste management

Three Dutch experts will travel to Skopje and organise a two day workshop on biowaste management. All aspects of biowaste management will be covered. Examples from the Netherlands and other EU countries will be presented and the situation in Macedonia will be discussed.
Two more days will be spent on additional meetings. The implementing team will draft a first version of the handbook based on the findings during this mission.

Study tour to the Netherlands
5-day tour to the Netherlands to meet with a number of service and technology providers in the Netherlands and the Dutch association of waste processors. The Macedonian participants will get a good insight in the possible ways of treatment and collection. The 7 participants will include Ministry staff as well as other stakeholders.

Workshop II: In depth workshop on biowaste management
During a second workshop in Skopje, the draft handbook will be discussed and additional attention will be paid to technical, financial and economic aspects of the biowaste management chain. Based on the input from beneficiaries and stakeholders, the handbook will be completed.

Biowaste seminar
During a final seminar, the results of the project will be presented and discussed with a large group of stakeholders. This conference is particularly aimed at the dissemination of the results of the project by means of the presentation of (the draft version of) the handbook.

Contact person

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