ABOUT RENOSAM
RenoSam is a Danish association of intermunicipal waste management companies with 42 members representing local authorities, intermunicipal companies, and transfer stations in Denmark and the Faeroe Islands.
RenoSam protects member's interests relating to optimization, development, and operation of tasks associated with recycling of waste, incineration of waste, landfill of waste, and hazardous waste.
RENOSAM OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
RenoSam aims to work for the development and operation of efficient and managable municipal waste solutions of high environmental standard.
RenoSam's roles include:
- Protecting common interests of its members towards public authorities, industry organisations and others, such as ministries, agencies or other bodies of the central government, supervisory authorities, commissions and boards under public law, as well as Local Government Denmark and the European Union.
- Acting as an expert body, consultation body or similar in the waste management field both in relation to assignments and issues raised on its own initiative as well as issues raised by external parties.
- Clarifying problems common to its members, including analyses or launch of initiatives of general implication and to the benefit of the members.
- Contributing to establishment of networks among its members for exchange of experience as well as dissemination and sharing of knowledge.
- Disseminating to members as well as third parties knowledge, work results, concrete or general problems and similar.
- Participation in, initiating or communicating cooperation concerning programmes, systems, facilities and assignments of common interes for and among its members.
- Participating in, initiating or communicationg cooperation and other forms of contact with third parties, of public and private nature, associated with similar or related fields of activity.
- Carrying out or communicating service assignments of technical, economic, legal, or other nature.
HOW WE WORK
RenoSam organises its work in Topic Groups and Working Groups. Topic Groups are run by a chairman appointed in the Groups of Directors. The chairman is responsible for overall coordination of topic work in RenoSam.
Concrete work primarily takes place in Working Groups with participation of staff from companies/local authorities that are members of RenoSam, whose daily work falls within the issues in question. Working Groups meet two to four times a year.
Topic work in RenoSam has two main purposes:
Protection of member interests
When RenoSam has discussions and participates in consultations with the central government, issues are discussed in the different Working Groups. Important input for our work is produced in the Topic Groups, calling for close dialogue and cooperation between Topic Chariman, Working Groups, and Secretariat.
Development of common initiatives
Topic Groups are not only reactive; they seek to be proactive in identifying tasks to solve or develop jointly. Examples of such tasks are development of wages statistics for staff in waste companies and local authorities and development of new models for management of different waste fractions.
The titles of our Topic and Working Groups give a good idea of the wide scope of issues covered in RenoSam.
| TOPIC GROUPS | WORKING GROUPS |
| Incineration | Framework conditions
Environment
Energy
DAFONET (Network for Danish Incineration Plants) |
| Recycling | Waste advisors
Recyclables and fransfer stations
Producer responsibility
Civic amenity sites
Bio-wastes
Expert group recycling centres |
| Landfill | Working group for landfills
Expert group - staff training
Electronic registration and information system |
| Hazardous waste | Transfer stations
Harzardeous waste
Expert group transfer stations |
| Planning and collection | Waste management plans and regulations
Waste data and classification
Fees and taxes
Collection |
| Management and competence development | Competence development - courses and conferences
Human Resource Development
Employers' group
Wages and staff |
| Internal management | IT group
Administration group
Environmental management, occupational health, green accounting
Communication
Benchmarking
Accounting |
RENOSAMS STRUCTURE
The association's roulling authority is its political council which consists of 2 to 6 representatives from the board of each of the member companies. The council normally meets once a year. The generel manager of each member company also participates in the annual council meetings.
The board consists of 7 members chosen by the council. The board meets whenever necessary - but at least 4 times a year.
Two technical advisors assist RenoSam's board and management. The advisors are selected from among the waste treatment companies general managers.
The technical advisors participate in bord meetings.
Finally, the general managers meet regularly to exchange their experiences with waste handling, discuss current topics og mutual interest, and release statements and comments on proposed legislation, etc. They serve as the technical foundation and contact group for RenoSam.
You can download RenoSams "Waste-to-energy in Denmark, The most efficient waste management system i Europe" in pdf-format
here For buying the booklet please contact RenoSam. Phone no. + 45 46 75 66 61 or E-mail
renosam@renosam.dk
You can download RenoSams Statutes
here
