Hämeenkyrö MSWI risk assessment: Miscellanous

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Municipal solid waste production in Häme

Pasi K

Municipal solid waste production in Häme

Focus:	Total amount of municipal solid waste produced in Häme D↷
Scope:	Describes annual municipal solid waste production in all over Häme and it's final destination in different parts of the providence
Description:	There is three waste management companies in Häme: Päijät-Hämeen jätehuolto Oy - Kujala waste center is located in Lahti - Population in Päijät-Hämeen jätehuolto Oy area of operation is ~199 000 Kiertokapula Oy - Two waste centers; Kapula waste center is located in border of Hyvinkää and Riihimäki (wastes from southern parts of the company operation area) and Karanoja waste center in Hämeenlinna (wastes from northern parts of the company operation area) - Population in Kiertokapula Oy area of operation is ~319 000 Loimi-Hämeen Jätehuolto Oy - Kiimassuo waste center is located in Forssa - Population in Loimi-Hämeen Jätehuolto Oy area of operation is ~115 000
Inputs:	Municipal solid waste sited in 2005 to 1) Kujala waste center - total amount of municipal solid waste - amount of municipal solid waste per person 2) Kapula and Karanoja waste center - total amount of municipal solid waste - amount of municipal solid waste per person 3) Kiimassuo waste center - total amount of municipal solid waste - amount of municipal solid waste per person
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Unit:	tonnes/year and kg/person
Result:	Total municipal solid waste sited to - Kujala (Lahti): 45 591 tonnes/year (229 kg/person) - Kapula (Hyvinkää/Riihimäki) and Karanoja (Hämeenlinna): 42 827 and 43 509 tonnes/year (271 kg/person) - Kiimassuo (Forssa): 31 083 tonnes/year (270 kg/person)
References:	http://www.ymparisto.fi/download.asp?contentid=3281&lan=fi http://www.phj.fi/downloadable_material/Toimintakertomus.pdf http://www.kiertokapula.fi/PDF/pdfoppaat/Toimintak_2005.pdf http://www.l-hjatehuolto.fi/VK2005.pdf

Existing MSWI plants and current plans in southern Finland

Marjaleena

Existing MSWI plants and current plans in southern Finland D↷

Focus:	Existing MSWI plants and current plans in southern Finland D↷
Scope:	Existing and planned MSWI plants that could be optional for Hämeenkyrö MSWI (maximum distance of 250 km) Option 0 in the environmental impact assessment for Hämeenkyrö MSWI was not to build the plant but transport the waste to be burned elsewhere or landfilled. Existing MSWI plant (capacity 50 000 t/a) is in Turku (since 1975), and more burning capacity is planned there for 150 000 t/a. MSWI plants in the future In Riihimäki the construction of 150 000 t/a plant has already begun and further away in Kotka there is environmental permit for an 80 000-100 000 t/a plant. Environmental permits were complaint about in Lahti, Kerava and Pori and interrupted project for a while. In Jyväskylä and Seinäjoki environmental impact assessments has been done. Also Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV) has decided to start planning a new MSWI plant, decisions about position, capacity and technique will be made in the near future. Also co-incineration has been used for waste, even though the tightened legislation has reducing this technique. For example in Pietarsaari tests for burning RDF in existing plant (refuse derived fuel) with other fuels has been recently done (capacity earlier 80 000 t/a).
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Inputs:	Waste management options D↷
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Unit:	Burning capasity of MSWI plant t/a
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References:	Uusiouutiset Vol 17(2006)2 Regional Environmental Centres (Uusimaa, Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, West Finland) http:// www.ymparisto.fi Western Finland Environmental Permit Authority at http://www.ymparisto.fi Helsingin sanomat 29.3.2006

Background of waste production and its relations to EU directive

Eva

EU legislation on waste incineration and landfilling.

Focus:	Constraints on waste incineration and landfilling by EU legislation
Scope:	Municipal waste. Landfill Directive (99/31/EC). Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC)
Description:	Discussion 1): insert arrow in scheme from MSWI to Constrained by EU directive. 2)insert arrow in scheme from waste management options to Constrained by EU directive. 3)Definition of waste? Defined in Finnish Waste Act(1072/1993) as "all objects or substances which the holder discards, intends to discard, or is legally obliged to discard." (4) Related to Waste management options: The EU has a framework for coordination waste management within the Community in order to limit the generation of waste (orginal Directive: 75/442/EC): "Member states must prohibit the abandonment, dumping or uncontrolled disposal of waste. They shall promote waste prevention, recycling and processing for reuse." ..."establishing an integrated and adequate network of disposal installations (taking account of the best available technologies)." (1) Related to MSWI: Directive objective is "to prevent or reduce, as far as possible, air, water and soil pollution caused by the incineration or co-incineration of waste, as well as the resulting risk to human health." Limit values for incineration plant emissions to atmosphere in Annex 1. Limit values for co-incineration plant emissions to atmosphere in Annex 2. "The quantity and harmfulness of incineration residues must be reduced to a minimum and residues must, as far as possible, be recycled." (2) Related to Landfill: "The Directive is intended to prevent or reduce the adverse effects of the landfill of waste on the environment, in particular on surface water, groundwater, soil, air and human health." It introduces stringent technical requirements for waste and landfills. "The Directive sets up a system of operating permits for landfill sites. (3)
Inputs:	Related to MSWI: Air emission limit values for the incineration and co-incineration of waste. (2) Related to landfill: List of technical requirements. (3) Targets to reduce landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste (garden waste, kitchen waste, park waste, paper, cardboard) to 75% of 1995 levels by 2006, 50% by 2009 and 35% by 2016. (5)
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Definition:	The Incineration Directive not only applies to facilities intended for waste incineration ("dedicated incineration plants") but also to "co-incineration" plants (facilities whose main purpose is to produce energy or material products and which use waste as a regular or additional fuel, this waste being thermally treated for the purpose of disposal) (2). Discussion: Is the MSWI in Hameenkyro an incineration or co-incineration plant?
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Result:	All waste disposal installations or areas are submitted to EU legislation and should comply with the imposed standards, limit values. When establishing a new installation or landfill, the application requirements should be carefully considered.
References:	(1) Waste disposal. Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste. http://europa.eu/scadplus/printversion/en/lvb/121197.htm (2) Waste incineration. Directive 2000/76//EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste. http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/128072.htm (3) Landfill of waste. Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste. http://europa.eu/scadplus/printversion/en/lvb/121208.htm (4)J. Kunninen. Multilevel governance. The burning issue of waste in Finland. Centre for European Studies University of Helsinki. (5) Briefing Friends of the Earth. Main EU Directives on waste. April 2001.