Malmö’s Western Harbour, previously a run-down shipyard and industrial area covering 187 hectares, is now a vibrant ‘city within a city’, with a university, around 10,000 residents and more than 16,000 people working there (figure from 2016). The area has its own systems for managing its energy supply and waste treatment, and car traffic in the area has been minimised as an environmentally sustainable approach to urban planning and mobility.

The small island of Händelö, which is part of the City of Norrköping in eastern Sweden, is home to a remarkable industrial symbiosis in which by-products from one company are used as input for neighbouring companies Everything at the site is based around using green energy. Händelö Eco Industrial Park is a unique network of companies sharing resources. It’s a great example of industrial symbiosis, which means that waste or by-products from one industry become inputs or raw materials for neighbouring businesses.

Mechanical biological treatment is located in "Piejura" waste management region, Latvia. Mechanical sorting technology for municipal waste is under the development that suits the existing conditions.

Development and improvement of the effectiveness of landfill/biogas collection by improving the isolation of the biocells at the biggest landfill site in Latvia, Getlini, located close to Riga city. The aim of the project is to further develop and improve the effectiveness of landfill/biogas collection by improving the isolation of the biocells at the biggest landfill site in Latvia, Getlini, located close to Riga city. About 300,000–400,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste is disposed every year in this landfill. Getlini landfill receives waste from Riga city and region.

Malpils Biotechnology Centre is involved in biowaste treatment using the method of vermicomposting and production of organic fertiliser from it. The idea is development of biowaste treatment using the method of vermicomposting and production of organic fertiliser from it.

The technical realisation of the project can be divided into four main parts – collecting the biowaste; composting the biowaste; feeding the compost to the earthworms to produce the fertiliser; attaining the fertiliser.

Attaining the quality of ready-made compost in the composting of green waste by using different composting approaches. The sorting and processing complex run by "Meliorators-J" receives biological waste consisting of green waste. This waste is composted. The company is striving to attain the quality of ready-made compost in the composting of green waste by using different composting approaches.
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Development of a more effective waste management system, improvment of waste sorting, recycling and environmental quality in region of Riga (Latvia) Municipalities in Latvia are not directly involved in the development of technologies or the infrastructure for waste management, but municipalities are, according to regulations, obligated to coordinate and organise the waste management system and its development in their administrative territory.

Increase of the waste paper recovery capacity in Estonia by using waste paper to produce universal packaging materials and other products. Approximately 100,000 tonnes of waste paper and cardboard is generated annually in Estonia. So far, only about one third of it is collected and recycled. Opportunities to recycle waste paper are very limited in Estonia. Therefore, most of the waste paper collected is recycled outside of Estonia.

Use of waste glass to produce glass wool. Approximately 40,000 tonnes of glass waste of various types is generated annually in Estonia. Most of this glass waste is landfilled or downcycled to low-quality products (concrete products, filling material etc). The aim of the planned project is to use waste glass to produce glass wool. The plant is designed based on new and proprietary technology which melts the glass electrically and forms fibres from it. As such, this technology would be unique in Estonia.

The process consists of the following main phases:

Development of additional capacity for waste plastic recycling in terms of producing final products. The aim of the planned project is to develop additional capacity for waste plastic recycling in terms of producing final products. The investment in new technology will allow manufacturers of plastic pipes and fittings to use both the internal production waste as well as plastic waste collected externally in the production of professional sewage pump floors.