workshops
 
Workshop date 24.07.2007

Moderator:

  • Martin Steiner and Ben Purcell- Consultants IPA Project
  • Ben Purcell – Solid Waste Management Expert
  • Martin Steiner – Solid Waste Management Expert

" Waste Policy, Legal Framework and Landfill Design and Technology”

Main Topics:

1. Introduction to the workshop. Our aims and what we hope to achieve from the two day workshop. (MartinSteiner)
2. Why is waste management important? What are the main factors for waste management throughout the developing and transitional countries (Martin Steiner)
3. Why are we doing waste management, how and why do we handle our wastes (participation by attendees)? (Martin Steiner)
4. What are the guiding principles of waste management in the European Union (Martin Steiner)?
5. The European Landfill directive and how it has changed the way wastes are managed (Martin Steiner)
6. European waste law and policy (Ben Purcell)
7. Kosovo waste law and policy (Ben Purcell)
8. Examples of waste management in Practice from Austria, UK and other European Countries (Martin Steiner and Ben Purcell).
9. The modern concept of waste management (reduction, recycling, treatment and disposal) (Martin Steiner)
10. Overview of KLMC landfills and operational practice (Martin Steiner)
11. Operational issues for municipal solid waste landfills (leachate treatment options, gas collection and treatment) (Martin Steiner)
12. How landfills are managed in the UK and mainland Europe (Ben Purcell)
13. Summing up of workshop day 1. Issues for landfills in Kosovo (Martin Steiner).