Waste Management

The general objective for NEFCO's participation in waste projects, is to minimize the amount of waste and improved treatment of waste by e.g. sorting, recycling and/or re-use. Projects may include both household waste and/or industrial waste, that may contain paper, plastics, chemicals, heavy metals etc.

Waste from human activities creates a number of environmental problems:

• Toxic compounds leaking to soil, ground water and atmosphere from dumping grounds
• Waste incineration creates hazardous atmospheric emissions
• Waste collection demands extensive transportation
• Non-recirculated waste consumes non-renewable resources
• By the establishment of modern waste handling systems more and more waste will end up as products instead of creating the problems mentioned.

NEFCO has financed for example waste disposal sites in Russia. Projects aimed of the use of waste site methane have been implemented in Lithuania for instance. Waste management projects focused on treatment of medical and domestic waste are underway in the Barents region.

Please find more information about the Environmental Guidelines for Project Applications below (PDF-file).