Finance and EU funding of municipal waste management

Finance and EU funding of municipal waste management projects Dr. Klaus Tritscher Vienna, 20 th Oct. 2005 Präsentation 05

Key figures of Saubermacher-Group in 2004 § Sales: € 128. 1 million § Employees: 1. 209 (Austria and international) § Fleet: 500 special-purpose vehicles § Customer structure: 900 communities 25. 000 companies § 25 Austrian and 16 foreign joint-ventures (H, CZ, SLO, HR, RO) Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG is certified according to ISO 9001 & ISO 14001, EFB and ÖKO-Profit.

Our competences § Logistics - Collecting logistics - Outsourcing models § Waste deposition - Construction and operation of waste deposits - Contaminated site remediation § Composting - Sewage sludge - Biological waste § Splitting/sorting - Automated splitting and recycling plants

Our competences § Thermal reprocessing - Cement industry - Fluidised bed - Grate firing § Biomechanical processing § Dangerous waste - Own CP-facility § Electronic scrap - Recycling - Disposal

Business sites and joint-ventures Czechia Kromerìz Slovakia Krems Germany Wien Nyiregyhaza Mödling Austria Kapfenberg Zalazentgrot Kecskemét Hartberg Feldbach Voitsberg Villach Graz (Zentrale) Retznei Zalaegerszeg Hungary Bad Gleichenberg M. Sobota Lenart Nagykanizsa Velenje Italy Business site Joint-venture (Private Public Partnership) Slovenia Nagyatàd Nedelisce Croatia Osijek Izsak Békés

Examples of successful Public Private Partnerships Saubermacher & Komunala/SLO Saubermacher Velenje/SLO Saubermacher Biopas/CZ Saubermacher Kecskemet/H

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) enable… sharing of risk increase of efficiency better access to financing

Main sources of Financing § Shareholders § Commercial banks & leasing companies § Export Credit Agencies § International Financing Institutions (World Bank group, EBRD, EIB, etc. ) § EU-Programs (PHARE, ISPA, Cohesion funds, etc. ) § Local environmental funds & taxes

Successful example: PPP Kecskemet, H Status 2001 § 150, 000 inhabitants § § Old landfill was nearly full § EU-funds were not available § Municipality needed technical and § financial Know-how.

Successful example: PPP Kecskemet, H § Municipality provided land - facilitated approvals - gave concession for 20 years - § Saubermacher arranged 100 % commercial financing - provided technical solution - leads the operational activities - § § Joint Supervisory Board controls implementation and operation.

Successful example: PPP Kecskemet, H Key facts § € 4, 3 mio investment volume § Total filling quantity = 1, 5 mio m³ § Maximum height = 22 metres § Period of use = 20 years § In operation since 2002

Successful example: Puconci, SLO Key facts § § Planner : Saubermacher Puconci (PPP) Operator : Saubermacher Komunala (PPP) 150. 000 inhabitants 1 st stage in operation since April 2003 Entrance control Hazardous waste Sorting Weighing Recycling Composting Landfill

Successful example: Puconci, SLO Financing Investment costs: about € 10 million § Slovenian resources: § Municipalities § State § Taxes 34, 12% 15, 00% 19, 18% § ISPA funding 31, 70%

Some specific issues connected to ISPA funding § Minimum project volume € 10 million § Difficult and time consuming application process (Puconci: 4 years!) § Own contribution of municipalities required § Different interpretation of guidelines in different countries.

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