National Plan Waste Management 2002 Strategic Environmental Assessment

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National Plan Waste Management 2002Strategic
Environmental Assessment

• Arend Kolhoff
• Netherlands Commission for EIA
• www.eia.nl
• Jordan - September 2003

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National policy waste management

• Main objectives
• 1. Prevention
• 2. Re-use
• 3. Incineration
• Landfilling is not allowed anymore since 1996

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National waste management plan 2002

• National level, deals with
• prevention of waste production
• infrastructure for collecting (hazardous) waste
• setting so-called minimum standards
  (techniques)
• establish capacity for waste incineration
• Plan is renewed every 4 years
• Proponent and CA Ministry of Environment
• Private sector is handling waste treatment

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National waste management plan 2002

• SEA was carried out
• (1) to compare different techniques and define
  preferred technique
• (2) to investigate different need scenarios for
  incineration to determine needed incineration
  capacity

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(1) Selection of preferred techniques

• 26 waste streams investigated (asbestos,
  batteries, mercury containing waste, dissolvents,
  organic waste, waste oil etc)
• Example waste oil
• in rotary drum incinerator
• use as fuel in cementoven
• additional fuel in power station
• distallation with sodium treatment

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Methodology for impact analysis

• Life Cycle Analysis
• Advantages
• standardized technique
• Use of computer model
• All effects from production to disposal
• Includes positive effects of re-use
• Disadvantage high data demand

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LCA environmental themes

• Climate change
• Acidification
• Eutrophication
• Toxicity
• Use of resources
• Use of space
• Biodiversity

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Weighting to reflect policy priorities

• Four weight sets were applied
• All effects for 7 themes equally important
• Contribution to policy objectives most important
• Climate change and toxicity most important

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Comparison of alternatives

• analysis of most friendly technique for the
  environment
• preferred technique

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(2) Capacity planning incineration

• 2 scenarios seperation in different (caloric)
  components with specific processing
• (use in power plants, cement ovens, incineration
  plant)
• 1 scenario all waste integrally burned in waste
  incinerators
• 1 scenario no increase in capacity (landfills)

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National Waste Management PLan

• Comparison alternatives
• simplified LCA
• use of space for waste that is land-filled
• emissions of NOx, CO2, CO, carbon hydroxides, NH3
  en dioxins

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Methodology for public participation

• All major national NGOs
• Round tables on alternatives impacts
• Selected national NGOs
• Continuous sounding board

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Methodology for public participation

• Local NGOs and local governments
• Actively invited to send comments
• In both scoping and reviewing stage
• Private citizens
• Written comments during scoping and reviewing

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Methodology for public participation

• Methods applied
• Discussion groups in early stage
• Sounding boards throughout process
• Technical expert workshops
• Information meetings for general public
• Mass media and information bulletin

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Results of public participation

• High response national NGOs alternatives
• Increased focus on new alternative separation
• High response local groups local issues
• Low response by private citizens

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Decisions

• Two new incinerators are required
• Prefered technique for 26 waste streams
• New incinerators subject to EIA

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Lessons learned

• LCA useful, but not in all cases
• Extensive public participation useful
• Led to broad acceptance of plan
• Increased holistic approach by NGOs
• Public should also be involved in stating
  assumptions
• SEA made EIA easier to do
• Methodology developed
• Alternatives compared