Waste management problems and planned solutions in the Gyula microregion in Hungary

1. European Waste Management Interreg IIIC project Waste management problems and planned solutions in the Gyula microregion in Hungary Dr. Zoltán Karácsonyi Centre for Environmental Management and PolicyUniversity of Debrecen 3-4 February 2005, Dundee, Scotland

2. Introduction of Gyula Microregion

4. Disposal and costs *only costs of landfill excluding collection, manipulation, etc.

5. Separate collection I.

6. Separate collection II. • Aluminium containers (Bobr - 1100 l) with cover of different colours are located in living areas and parkings of commercial units • Municipal competence • Composting works since 2002 at the sewage farm of Gyula Public Supply Ltd. withproject support • Recipient works of organic waste with a capacity of 8800 m3 – can be improved to regional collecting works by enlargement in the future

7. Green Waste Collection

8. Selected item for improvement Selected items/Priorities • Landfill and reuse • establishment of a waste transfer station supplying new microregional demands • Separate collection • further development of separate collection • feasibility of animal waste collection • Organisation structure • development of the operational system of waste transfer station • setting up the system of animal waste collection Listed problems (EWM project prop.) • Landfill and reuse • Closure of landfills • Recultivation of landfills • Lack of effective reuse • Separate collection • Implementation of separate collection and its actors • Current level of reuse • Household hazardous waste • Animal waste • Office equipments • Tires • Medical waste • Their controllability • Organisation structure • Different solutions and practice of settlements • Lack of a common waste management • Household hazardous waste • Animal waste • Office equipments • Tires • Medical waste • Their controllability

9. Planned actions • Landfill and reuse • Assessment and qualification of current situation • Workshop with stakeholders (settlements, authority, companies, NGOs) • Getting and exchange knowledge • Possible establishment of a waste transfer station • Workshop 1. – March 2005 • Workshop 2. – August 2005 • Separate collection • Assessment and qualification of current situation • Workshop with stakeholders (settlements, authority, companies, NGOs) • Getting and exchange knowledge • Common animal waste disposing concept • Workshop: March 2005 • Organisation structure • Assessment and qualification of current situation • Workshop with stakeholders (settlements, authority, companies, NGOs) • Getting and exchange knowledge • Workshop in the topic of establishment and operation of waste transfer station • Co-operation agreement development • Workshop: August 2005

10. Expected results • Landfill and reuse • Development of microregional waste management program • Separate collection • Further development of separate collection (Gyula) and its introduction in other settlements • Development of animal waste collection program, fund raising • Organisation structure • Establishment and operation of waste transfer station • Co-operation agreement development

11. Co-operation EWM partners • Landfill and reuse • Best methods and experience for development of a microregional waste management program • Separate collection • Ensuring methods and experience that can be offered • Organisation structure • How to...?

12. EWM project expert meeting Gyula, 6-7th October 2005

13. Key facts – City of Gyula • Population: ≈ 33 000 • Annual budget: ≈ € 23 million • Local tax income: ≈ € 2.2 million • Unemployment: ≈ 6 %

14. Cultural Heritage • „Szigeterőd” • Brick Fort and its vicinity • (within that the Castle Theatre) • Almásy Castle and its park • (within that the Castle Bath) • Historical Town Center (some example) • Former County Hall (now City Hall) • Mogyoróssy Library • One Hundred-year Old Confectionery • Museums and Exhibitions • Rich intellectual heritage • Ferenc Erkel, Albrecht Dürer, Zoltán Bay, György Kohán, Mihály Munkácsy, Benedek Göndöcs, Vilmos Apor, György Pomutz

15. Bases: Spa County Hospital Therapeutic services Expectations: Broader visitor cycle International Health Insurance Agencies Investors to the Health Sector Our plans: Prosthesis manufacturing Rehabilitation Center Health Recovery Spa therapy, Spa tourism

16. Health Preservation • Wellness, fitness tourism New Recreation Center & Bath: • Adventure Bath • Wellness Center • Health Center • Fitness Unit Connecting projects: • Wellness & Conference Hotel • Business Center • Entertainment Center

17. Healthy Environment • Environmental Protection, Environmental Management, Environment Safety • Drinking water arsenic removal • Canalization • Settling the environmental industry (Euro Wind – wind power plant engine-room assembly ) • Waste management

18. Health Minded Town Structure Fort renovation and Castle Museum Town Center rehabilitation of tourism purpose

19. Health Minded Eating and Food Production • Production of guaranteed and organic foods • Organic Foods: milk (Polimarketing Kft), honey (together with Rumania) • Brand name product: Gyulai kolbász (sausage), Mangalica products • Gastronomic programs • Hotel Erkel, Kisködmön Restaurant • Cross border Gastronomic Route

20. Healthy Thinking • Festival City • Carnival • Gyula Days – Kisüsti Festival, Böllérs’ Day • Erkel Students’ Fest • ‘Végvári Esték (Border Castle Evenings) • All Hungarians’ Dance Festival • Erkel Ferenc Art Days

21. See you in Gyula • on 6-7th October 2005 • at the EWM meeting! Dr. Klára Perjési Mayor of Gyula Dr. Zoltán Karácsonyi Project coordinator