UKTI Romania 
Major opportunities for British companies include:
Consultancy: general and detailed design and project preparation and feasibility studies for closing of non-compliant landfills and construction of new ones as well as the development of waste management plans; supervision of works for closing of non-compliant landfills and construction of new ones; technical assistance; asset management; publicity and awareness campaigns (on selective collection, sorting, recycling, composting); environmental impact assessments.
Works: construction of sorting, recycling and composting facilities; construction of municipal waste disposal facilities and transfer stations; construction of adequate facilities for municipal hazardous waste (medical waste, electric and electronics waste, etc.); closure of non-compliant landfills; recovery of gas from landfills, where appropriate.
Equipment supply: acquisition and installation of selective collection systems; acquisition of waste transport vehicles; acquisition of equipment and technology, such as: waste sorting, separating and shredding technologies.
A significant problem identified in Romania before and after joining the EU is the inadequate waste management and recycling system. The main issues are:
- under 3% of the municipal waste is reused; over 97% is landfilled, with the main method of waste disposal remaining landfilling;
- 240 landfills of the 251 municipal landfills in urban areas do not comply with EU environmental standards;
- there is no organised waste management services in the majority of rural areas, leading to a high number of unauthorised landfills (approx. 2,700).
To address these issues, which were only partially solved during the 2007-2013 EU funding framework, tenders will be organised in many of the 42 counties for the development of integrated waste management systems and extension of waste management infrastructure. Romania’s allocation in the current EU funding exercise (2014-2020) for this particular sector is 2.9 billion Euro, with 3.41 billion Euro total value of identified projects in the waste management and recycling market.
Attendee Profile
Senior Trade Adviser, leading on the regional Infrastructure campaign in Central and Eastern Europe (11 countries). Sectors covered: Water & Environment, Railways, Roads, Airports, Ports.
