Waste Prevention Strategy 2007 of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV)Environmental expertM.Sc. Sari KemppainenYTV Waste Management , FINLAND
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What is YTV?
- Municipal co-operation organisation
- Waste management- Public regional transport- Measuring of air quality- Co-operation in land-use in the region
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YTV Waste Prevention Strategy 2007
The Target Situation of the Strategy
Regional and national advice and guidance have motivated
the residents, companies and the public sector
to avoid waste production so well that less waste is produced in 2007 per resident and per workplace than in 2000.
EU Life Project 2005-2007
Waste Prevention Kit for Enterprises, Education and Households(WastePrevKit)
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Tasks of the Strategy on Waste Prevention
1. Waste benchmarking for enterprises
2. Smart ways of action for enterprises and public administration
3. Waste minimization in general education and in vocational education
4. Development of the Web Portal
5. Dissemination of the deliverables
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Waste Benchmarking for Enterprises
An electric Waste Benchmarking system called Petra, on YTV’s website (www.ytv.fi/petra)
The system helps enterprises to monitor their amount of waste The enterprises registered in the system get eight different reports of
their waste amounts The system is free of charge for enterprises Annually YTV rewards the best enterprise on waste minimization: The
Year’s Natural Resource Saver The system covers approximately 500 enterprises
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Waste amounts in wholesale and retail trade, total waste kg/employee
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2000
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2003 963 2690 1053 5006 1203
2004 922 2709 1192 5424 1343
2005 (unfinished) 982 3272 1421 4641 1540
Vehicle sales and
Food wholesale
Other wholesale
Supermarkets
Other retailers
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Smart Ways of Action (SMAC) for Enterprises and Public Administration
• Best Practice models to reduce waste in enterprises and public administration
• Active PDF-files with links, sector-specific guidelines, check-lists
For• Wholesale and retail trade (2003, updated 2006)• Offices (2004, updated 2006)• Educational institutions (2004)• Housing sector (2005)• Building one’s own house (2006)• Day care centres (2006)
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SMAC for Housing Sector
• Completed 2005
• Prepared in co-operation with professionals of the sector
• 4 sections with separate check-lists
Project planning Planning & Design Sitework Maintenance and repair
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Waste Prevention in Construction:Planning and Design
• Do we need a new building after all?
• Long life span
• Building elements, systems and materials durable, easy to maintain/repair/replace
• Building adaptability and convertibility
• Size matters!
• Quality of work
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Best Practise Model for Commercial Sector
Checking list for commercial sector to minimise waste
“If you need to recall usable food supplies, check first if you can donate it to food aid deliverers”
Use washable boxes
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Recommendations for recalled food supplies
Prevention Recycling Disposal
Bread
Fruits and vegetables
Meat and fish
Milk products
S=recommended
Handout Sale Biowaste To animals
Mixed waste
Sewer
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Best Practise Model for Offices
Print and copy always in both sides
Use dataprojector in meetings instead of transparency
Cancel unnecessary customer magazines
Use washable hand towels instead of disposable ones
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Waste Minimization in Education
General and preschool education• The purpose is to spread information
on waste prevention through different
form of co-operation and networking.
• The target is that every schoolchild
gets information on waste prevention
once in pre/primary school, in elementary school
and in senior high school.
The material is ready for all the school levels from pre/primary school to senior high school.
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Example of an exercise in English lesson for senior high school
Reading exercise: Waste prevention1. Read through the enclosed text and answer the following questions: Why should waste production be prevented? How does waste prevention differ from recycling? What does the ecological rucksack tell you about the product? Why is the ecological rucksack of orange juicehigher than that of home made apple juice? Why is the MIPS value of disposable plastic bag higher than that of a cotton bag?
2. What can YOU do to prevent waste?
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Vocational Institutes
The purpose of the project is • to build a network of contact persons to forward regular updated
information on waste prevention and material efficiency in different vocational sectors
• to develop teaching materials and methods for the teachers
The teaching material is ready for the vocational education of • technology• food industry• social and health care (end of 2006)
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Awareness campaigns forhouseholds
Christmas Campaign 2006“Give time, quality and being together as a present“
•The marketing takes place in local newspapers, in bus stations and in undergrounds • The message is to give a service as a present like manicure, tickets to opera or to movies etc. • YTV also markets the web site containing info and tips about waste prevention and sustainable gifts
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Pilot project for households in Viikki area in Helsinki
• About 10 000 residents
• YTV gives information, give out leaflets and arranges courses in the area
Courses like: • how to repair your bike • how to consume wisely • how to use washable diapers
etc.
• Pre and post investigations about the attitudes and waste amounts
The spoon, about 5 kgIf you weigh with natural recourses the plastic bag
weighs over one kg and telephone over 300 kg. So it is not at all the same how we consume.
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Development of the Web Portal
• The materials and tools are available in the web for free www.ytv.fi/fiksu
• So far in Finnish only, the website will be available in English in the end of 2006
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Reducing waste on your free
time, at home, at school
and at work
Test whether you are a smart consumer
Read and give tips
about waste prevention
Current affairs
Game for school-children
www.ytv.fi/fiksu
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The influence of the strategy / Willingness to do versus action
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Borrowing things insteadof buying
Changing consumptionhabits
Prepairing things
No advertisements signon the mailbox
Favouring products withless packaging
Buying products with along guarantee
Y. 2003 already done Y. 2004 already done Y. 2005 already doneY. 2005 already done Y.2006 already done Y. 2003 is ready to do
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Waste Prevention
- the most sustainable way
to control waste
Thank You for Your AttentionMore information: [email protected]