News from the ISWA General Assembly
At the ISWA General Assembly on 1 October 2006, Niels Jørn Hahn from Denmark was elected as President, taking over from N.C. Vasuki, while Atilio Savino was elected as Vice-President.
Furthermore, Morten Sandbakken from Norway was elected Treasurer of ISWA, replacing Berend Krüger; and Carlo Noto la Diega from Italy was re-elected representative of the National Members.
Prior to the General Assembly, Jørgen Haukohl from Denmark was elected Organization Member representative replacing Christian Stiglitz from Austria. Ian Coles was re-elected Representative of the Regional Development Networks.
ISWA will have an Extraordinary General Assembly Networks at the end of 2006 to elect a replacement for Atilio Savino as representative of the Regional Development.
The Board now consists of:
- President: Niels Jørn Hahn, Denmark
- Vice-President: Atilio Savino, Argentina
- Treasurer: Morten Sandbakken, Norway
- STC Chair: Jeff Cooper, UK
- National Representative: Jean Paul Leglise, France
- National Representative: Carlo Noto la Diega
- Organization Member Representative: Greg Vogt, USA
- Organization Member Representative: Jørgen Haukohl, Denmark
- Regional Development Representative: Günay Kocasoy
- Regional Development Representative: Ian Coles
- Regional Development Representative: to be elected
News from the ISWA/DAKOFA Annual Congress, Copenhagen, 2-5 October 2006
New Incoming National Member
At the ISWA General Assembly on 1st October 2006 in Copenhagen, Bulgaria was unanimously welcomed as Incoming National Member.
Representing the new Incoming National Member, Martin Donev said that it was an honour for him to be present at the General Assembly and thanked the National Representatives for their trust. He stressed that the Bulgaria membership will do its best to establish the National body.
New Member Awards
At the ISWA General Assembly the Award for getting the largest number of new Members in 2006 went to the Chartered Institute of Waste Management, and the Award for the highest income from new Members in 2006 was presented to ISWA Italia.
This year the delegations bringing the largest number of delegates to the Annual Congress were also awarded. The awards went to Sweden (33), Italy (27), and France (23).
The ISWA/DAKOFA Annual Congress
The Congress had:
- 533 delegates
- 85 accompanying persons
- 62 sponsor seats
This is a total of 680 delegates from 50 countries.
There were 13 sessions with:
- 111 speakers
- 35 poster presentations
- 8 technical tours
- 4 specialized seminars.
At the opening session the debate was the on-going discussion on the waste hierarchy versus the life-cycle-thinking approach. Although no agreement was reached, the debate was lively and entertaining.
At the DAKOFA annual meeting the theme was the future of waste management - especially private or public management.
One of the main messages of the ISWA Congress was that the illegal export of waste - especially hazardous waste - to developing countries must be stopped. And this issue will be addressed by all relevant ISWA forums.
Training and capacity-building has also been an important issue at the Congress at different levels. Local school children had learned good waste habits and certificates for the International Waste Manager were granted to delegates during the event.
The other main themes of the event were the synergy between the economic and environmental perspectives in waste management, the closer interactions between waste companies and public institutions, and the need for considering waste management in relation to climate change.
Awards
ISWA Publication Award
A number of awards were presented during the event. The ISWA Publication Award of €2500 was given to Elena Sandulescu, Romania, for the paper: ‘The contribution of waste management to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with applications in the city of Bucharest’. The Award panel commented: ‘[Elena Sandulescu has produced] a short but comprehensive paper … covering the vexed issue of the effects of current waste management practices and the generation of greenhouse gases … in a clear and incisive manner. She sets out what the implications would be from potential optimization to the City’s waste management practices … [in reducing] the generation of greenhouse gas emissions.’
The 2nd prize went to Heron Kleis and Søren Dalager for ‘100 Years of Waste Incineration in Denmark’. The 3rd prize was jointly presented to Monica Solarino et al for: ‘Evaluating Communication. A Guide to Effective Communication in Public Services’, and to Members of the Mission Team belonging to the Mini-Waste Faraday Partnership, supported by the British Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), for: ‘Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): innovating novel recovery and recycling technologies in Japan’.
The Ren Dan Award
Every year at its Annual Meeting the Danish Waste Management Association presents an award to a company, an institution or an individual that has made a new, unusual and important contribution to the development of waste management, in particular in the area of recycling of waste and sustainability in waste management. The award is often given to ‘work in progress’ - reflecting our belief that waste management is constantly under development and we constantly must look for new and better solutions.
This year the first prize went to Professor Peter Kjeldsen, Institute of Environment and Resources, at the Technical University of Denmark. Peter Kjeldsen has during recent years made significant research contributions regarding landfill gas migration in soil, degradation of methane, as well as many organic chemicals in landfill soil covers.
The second prize went to SFR Technologies in Copenhagen for its development work on the so-called ‘CATLIQ’ technology. This technology converts a wide range of organic wastes into biodiesel and or a high energy-gas. The process works at high pressures and a temperature just below 400ºC and uses a solid catalyst of zirconium oxide. No tar nor soot are produced, potentially making it possible to use the biodiesel as a transportation fuel
Newspapers
Five conference newspapers were published during the Congress in hard copy. These are now available for download on the ISWA website.
The Congress offered an exiting mixture of policy, technical input and practical experience for the delegates. Judging from the reactions after the Congress, it was a highly successful event.
New ISWA publications
New report: ‘Management of Bottom Ash from WTE Plants’
Waste management has been giving more and more consideration to the recycling and reuse of waste-to-energy residues for purposes such as construction. The legislation for utilization of residues is being tightened and the amount of MSWI bottom ash produced is rising.
This report ‘Management of Bottom Ash from WTE Plants’ presents the MSWI bottom ash management situation in ISWA countries and gives an overview of national legislation, management practices and barriers to utilization. The data were gathered primarily via members of the ISWA Waste Thermal Treatment group and their contacts and national experts in other countries. (Several countries including the US are left out due to difficulties in procuring information on the subject. The analysis was undertaken using 2003 as the reference year.)
Price: €50
The report ‘Management of Bottom Ash from WTE Plants’ can be downloaded as a pdf file from the ISWA Online Bookshop www.iswa.dk
The 5th edition of report: ‘Energy from Waste’, August 2006
The report presents data from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US as of 2005 and operational data from 2004. It presents data on individual incineration plants in three tables:
- general Information (location, contact details, etc.)
- technical information (number of lines, capacity, furnace/boiler and flue gas treatment systems including their suppliers, etc.)
- operational data (quantities incinerated, residues formed and energy produced and sold).
In total the report brings information on 431 European waste-to-energy plants - an increase from the 375 plants listed in the 4th edition including 14 countries. The report is prepared by Rambøll on behalf of the ISWA Working Group on Thermal Treatment of Waste.
Price: €200
The 5th edition of the ‘Energy from Waste’ report can be downloaded as a pdf file from the ISWA Online Bookshop www.iswa.dk
Committee meeting schedule 2007
The Board
12-13 January 2007 - Paris, France
April 2007 - to be decided
23 June 2007 - Turkey
22 September 2007 - the Netherlands
November 2007 - Singapore
Scientific & Technical Committee
11 January 2007 - Paris, France
21-22 June 2007 - Turkey (to be confirmed)
21 September 2007 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Managing Editors (ME)
13 April 2007 - Vienna, Austria
27 September 2007 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Editorial Board (EB)
26 September 2007 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Managing Directors Network (MD)
September 2007 -Amsterdam, the Netherlands
EU/DG Environment
None set
Biological Treatment of Waste (WGBTW)
19-21 March 2007 - Greece
Collection & Transportation Technology (WGCTT)
26-27 April 2007 - Hamburg, Germany
Communication & Social Issues (WGCSI)
19-20 April 2007 -Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Economic Analyses for Sustainable Development (WGEASD)
None set
Hazardous Waste (WGHW)
20-21 November 2006 - Antwerp, Belgium
March-April 2007 - Italy
Healthcare waste (HCW)
8 November 2006 - Rimini, Italy (Workshop)
Legal Issues (WGLI)
December 2006 - telephone meeting
Recycling & Waste Minimization (WGRWM)
May 2007 -Hungary
November 2007 - Portugal
Sanitary Landfill (WGSL)
19-21 March 2007 - Greece
September 2007 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Thermal Treatment of Waste (WGTT)
9-10 November 2006 -Arnoldstein, Austria
October 2007 - Malmö, Sweden - alongside ISWA Beacon Conference of Thermal Treatment of Waste
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