Planning integrated solid waste management at the municipal level

Connective Cities Dialogue Event in Rostock, Deutschland

Overview

In cooperation with the Hanseatic City of Rostock, the international urban networking platform Connective Cities and its initiators, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Association of Cities and Engagement Global / Service Agency Communities in One World, invited German and international stakeholders from Tunisia, Morocco, France, Italy, Zimbabwe, Austria, Albania and Egypt to exchange their experience and showcase their good practices in Rostock from 26 to 28 September. The dialogue event on ‚Planning integrated solid waste management at the municipal level‘ was hosted by the Hanseatic City of Rostock.

The dialogue event attracted German and international municipal actors with first-hand experience in solid waste management including representatives of municipalities, municipal companies as well as representatives from civil society, academia and business, active in municipal projects in this thematic area.

The main objective of the exchange was to showcase examples of good practices on implementing integrated solid waste management in each municipality and to check the regional applicability of the presented solutions. The event in Rostock could furthermore foster learning among participants through discussions of current challenges, such as the involvement of the informal sector and approaches to waste separation and recycling. In smaller working groups, experts and practitioners exchanged views on obstacles that municipalities face in practice and discuss possible solutions.

Keynotes

Dr. Abdallah Nassour, University of Rostock, Germany
Challenges of integrated solid waste management at the local level in emerging countries

Otto Huter, German Association of Cities
Technical Analysis

Presentations

Dr. Martina Ableidinger, City of Vienna, Austria
Integrated Waste Management in Vienna

Mohammed Sajid, City of Benslimane, Morocco
Le tri sélectif à Benslimane, Maroc:Réalité et perspectives

Angélique Delforge, Urban Community of Dunkirk, France
La mobilisation du territoire, Dunkerque, France

M. Sofiene Bouslimi, City of La Marsa, Tunisia
La Marsa, Tunisie: Le secteur informel dans la gestion communale des déchets

Mondher Haddad, City of Sfax, Tunisia
Projet SMOT: Mise en place d’un éco point à la vielle ville, Sfax,Tunisie

Sylke Schütt, Hanseatic City of Rostock, Germany
Waste Collection Systems, Hanseatic City of Rostock Germany

Lotfi Bousbih, City of Bizerte, Tunisia
Le Plan communal de gestion de déchet, Bizerte, Tunisie

Gabi Schock, Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Germany
Integrated Solid Waste Management System, Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Germany

Dr. Nazha Bassou, City of Mohammedia, Morocco
Gestion Intégrée des Déchets Solides à Mohammedia, Maroc

Irene Zanetti, ALDA, European Association for Local Democracy
WE-NET: Working for Environmentally Educated Towns, ALDA

Hermann-Josef Plumm, GIZ Albania
Integrated Solid Waste Management at the Municipal level in Albania

Ronald Lange, Hanseatic City of Rostock, Germany
Fee structure for local waste management in Rostock, Germany

Regis Musarurwa, Norton Youth Advocacy For A Clean Environment (N.O.Y.A.C.E), Zimbabwe
Waste recovery as a micro-enterprise, Zimbabwe

Kuno Kübler, Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Munich (AWM), Germany
125 years of waste management in the city of Munich, Germany

Akram Abd El-Moaty El Dakak, City of Alexandria, Egypt
Integrated management system of Solid waste in Alexandria Governorate

 

Results

During this professional exchange, it became clear that even if waste management systems differ significantly among the participating municipalities from both developing and European countries, they mostly face the same challenges such as balancing the degree of involvement of the private sector or raising public awareness.

As part of the event, participants also had the opportunity to visit municipal waste management facilities in the city of Rostock, such as a recycling and environmental management company and a sea port waste sorting and recycling plant.

Based on the insights gained and also the needs of the respective municipalities and stakeholders, the participants decided to work together on four local follow up projects. One project idea focused on the implementation of composting plants, another on creating a new system for handeling e-waste, including collection, reusing and recycling. Moreover, the partciapants explored the idea to promote respect and awareness of young people for resources and waste. Another cooperation was suggested in the field of recycling construction waste.

The participants also explored sustainable and innovative waste management solutions in the Hanseatic City of Rostock that were presented during the event and that provided the practitioners with plenty of stimulating ideas for their daily work and projects.

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Categories: Connective Cities Documentation Municipal services Solid waste management and recycling
Regions: Europe Germany Rostock

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