Presentations Workshop at Sardinia

Workshop “Waste management in transient countries: from socialistic to market economies”

Chairs: Alexandra Pukhnyuk, Roland Ramusch
Institute of Waste Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Introduction, Project “Waste Management in Transition Economies” (WaTra) – A.Pukhnyuk, R.Ramusch 

 

PART 1. WASTE MANAGEMENT IN POST-SOCIALISTIC AND WESTERN COUNTRIES

Examples of “Socialistic Circular Economy”:

  • waste management in the former Soviet Union – H. Skrigan
  • waste management in the former German Democratic Republic – R. Maletz

 

Comparison of WM systems in western and transition economies – R. Maletz

 

PART 2. ANALYSIS OF EXISTING WASTE MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY IN CASE STUDIES REGIONS OF UKRAINE AND BELARUS

WM in post-soviet countries: how far away from EU? – H. Skryhan, K. Abashina, O.Khandogina

 

Municipal solid waste management in the cities of Belarus and Ukraine: lost soviet efficiency and weakness of modern governance instruments:

  • Case study Mogilev, Belarus –  H. Skryhan
  • Case study region, Ukraine – K. Abashina, O.Khandogina

 

Main challenges and problem fields in the transition economies and possible solutions for the future (discussion) – R. Ramusch

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Posters Workshop at Sardinia

Workshop accompanied by the art exhibition of the waste management and recycling posters and photos from Soviet Union and GDR that will demonstrate examples of the strong communication and awareness raising campaigns (environmental “propaganda”) that were undertaken on the national scale.

Waste management propaganda in the German Democratic Republic

Waste management propaganda in Soviet Union

All materials are taken from open sources

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Presentations Workshop in Belarus

Chair: Dr. Marion HUBER-HUMER, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

BIPRO Belarus – Anna Skryhan, Belarusian-Russian University, Mogilev 

Waste management in Ukraine: national strategy and reality in Kharkiv region  – Olga Khandogina, Kateryna Abashyna, National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine 

Waste Management in the EU: facts, trends and approaches for implementation of EU Directives in East-European countries – Marco Ritzkowski, Managing Director of IWWG – International Waste Working Group, Germany 

Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for packaging in Austria – Andreas Pertl, Verpackungskoordinierungsstelle GmbH (Austrian Packaging Coordination Point), Austria 

Increase of packaging recycling rates: problems and solutions – German experience – Roman Maletz, Dresden University of Technology, Germany 

 

Chair: Dr. Christina Dornack, TUD, Germany

Future waste management scenarios for Mogilev city: economic, environmental and social assessment – Alexandra Pukhnyuk/Roland Ramusch, BOKU, University of
Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 

Roadmap for future development of waste management system – Anna Skryhan, Belarusian-Russian University 

 

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