Latvian Association of Waste Management Companies

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Latvian Association of Waste Management Companies

• Janis Vilgerts, MPA
• January 2008, Riga, Latvia

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Waste management in Latvia -I

• Latvia
• area - 64,589 km2
• population - 2,366 thousand people.
• Administration
• The territory of Latvia is divided into 26
  districts and 7 cities of state importance.
• There are 70 towns and around 470 rural
  municipalities in the districts.

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Waste management in Latvia -II

• Solid waste generation - about 1,342,000 t/year,
  including
• municipal waste about 650,000 ton/year
• demolition waste about 125,000 ton/year
• non-hazardous industrial waste about 475,000
  ton/year, including 260,000 t wooden waste
• hazardous industrial waste about 67,000 ton/year
• health care waste about 2,000 ton/year
• Source Geoconsultants.lv

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Waste management in Latvia -III

• Waste treatment
• Reuse / recycling - 342,000 t/year or 25
• packaging waste - 150,000 t/year
• wooden waste - 140,00
  ton/year,
• demolition waste - 40,000 ton/year
• others - about 12,000 t/year.
• Waste disposal - the rest 75 or about 1,000,000
  t/year
• Source Geoconsultants.lv

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Development of industry 1996-2008

• Transition period
• 1. Legal base (waste directive, regulation, PPP,
  etc)
• 2. Establishment of main infrastructure
• 3. Establishment of producers responsibility
  systems

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Main infrastructure
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Latvian association of waste management companies
- LASUA

• LASUA was established in April 1996
• Members 48 companies
• Number of employees more than 3000
• Total turnover 70 Mio (2006)
• Approximately 90 of the market share
• Services offered by members - fully covered all
  country

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Objective of LASUA

• To facilitate strengthening and development of
  Latvian waste management companies as a part of
  the Latvian economy

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Structure of LASUA
Audit institition
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Functions of LASUA

• 1. Representing interest of members in relations
  with governmental and municipal institution
• 2. Developing of the policy of the waste
  management
• 3. Aggregate and distribute information on waste
  management and experience related thereto.
• 4.Issuing professional qualification certificates
• 5. Arrange and conduct training and seminars on
  waste management
• 6. Cooperate with waste management companies of
  other countries as well as to join international
  organizations.

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Perfect model

• 1. Price
• 2. Approachability
• 3. Quality of service (differentiate )

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Common understanding
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Tasks for 2008

• 1.Issuing professional qualification certificates
• Training , examinations , etc.
• 2. Establishing of the register of waste
  management companies
• 3. Elaborating industry standards  
• 4. Public awareness activities

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Register of waste management companies

• 1. Waste collection and transportation
• 2. Management of waste bin/container fleet
• 3. Waste sorting
• 4. Waste treatment and recycling
• 5. Waste incineration/ disposal

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Development of industry 2009-2015

• EU stage
• 1. Achieving of waste management targets EU
• 2.Industry will become from waste to resource
  management

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Obstacles for further development of treatment
industry

• Disposal still is the cheapest waste treatment
  method
• Latvia disposal fee 1 /t
• Poland disposal fee 20 /t
• Finland waste tax 30 /t

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Trainings , expierence exchange...

• LASUA has organized feasibility study tours to
  EU countries - Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands,
  Hungary, Germany, Greece, UK, France
• Visiting exhibitions - Entsorga, Pollutec,
  Poleko
• Individual visits of conferences - FEAD annual
  meeting

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... and competition
Since 2000 LASUA has inviting members on fair
competition
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Competition in Gulbene August 2007
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LASUA contacts

• Mr.Janis Vilgerts
• Chairmen of board
• Mr.Armands NikolajevsExecutive
  ManagerPhone/fax [phone]Mobile 371
  29180647
• Mukusalas st. 33, LV 1004, Riga, Republic of
  LatviaE-mail  info_at_lasua.lv Web www.lasua.lv