13TH INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS' CONFERENCE

ENVIROMANAGEMENT 2023

WASTE METRICS

YOU CAN'T MANAGE WHAT YOU DON'T MEASURE

OCTOBER 2 – 3, 2023
HOTEL PATRIA ****, ŠTRBSKÉ PLESO, HIGH TATRAS
SLOVAKIA

IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON PRESENCE AT THE CONFERENCE, YOU CAN TAKE PART OR PRESENT IN THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM ALSO BY MEANS OF ONLINE CONNECTION.

MAIN TOPICS

This year´s conference is about Waste Metrics and will examine a range of topics focused on why waste data is important to the industry, and how it can be used to improve both business and environmental performance.  Topics will range from measuring landfill gas on active and closed landfills through to calculating the performance of energy-for-waste facilities, along with other key themes including:

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    WASTE DATA

    The importance of accurate data, statistics, metrics and information reporting for the establishment and operation of Extended Produce Responsibility schemes.

    [presentation submitted: Ing. Roman Vandák, ENVI – PAK, a. s., Slovakia]
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    MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES

    Life Cycle Assessment, carbon accounting and other methods for measuring environmental performance in areas such as Greenhouse Gas Accounting in waste treatment.

    [presentation submitted:Mr. Aurel Lübke, Managing Director, Compost Systems GmbH, Austria
    Ing. Martin Kebísek, CEO, CEMMAC a.s., Slovakia]
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    WASTE BUDGETS AND FEES

    Developing operational budgets and setting waste fees, and how charging schemes can be used to shape disposal patterns and behaviour.

    [presentation submitted: Dr. Christian Schreyer, Manager, Umbrella Organization of Styrian Waste Management Associations – Dachverband der Steirischen AWV, Austria]
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    WASTE DATA MANIPULATION

    An interactive session with the audience on how waste data can be manipulated to provide a false picture of service performance, and can affect profits.

    [presentations submitted: Mr. Euston Ling, Manager – Planning and Technical Solutions, North London Waste Authority, UK
    Mr. Jarno Stet, Waste & Recycling Manager, Waste & Cleansing, Westminster City Council, UK
    Dipl.-Ing. Martin Steiner, TBU Environmental Engineering Consultants, Austria]
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    CURRENT TOPICS IN THE WASTE AND SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY

    An insight into state-of-the-art waste processing technologies, projects, sustainable investments, IT and AI solutions, trading or secure and environmentally friendly waste transportation.

    [presentation submitted: Mr. Roman Gdovjak, Expansion Manager & Country Manager Slovakia & Hungary, CYRKL Zdrojová platforma, s.r.o., Slovakia]

MAIN TOPICS

This year´s conference is about Waste Metrics and will examine a range of topics focused on why waste data is important to the industry, and how it can be used to improve both business and environmental performance.  Topics will range from measuring landfill gas on active and closed landfills through to calculating the performance of energy-for-waste facilities, along with other key themes including:

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    WASTE DATA

    The importance of accurate data, statistics, metrics and information reporting for the establishment and operation of Extended Produce Responsibility schemes.

    [presentation submitted: Ing. Roman Vandák, ENVI – PAK, a. s., Slovakia]
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    MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGIES

    Life Cycle Assessment, carbon accounting and other methods for measuring environmental performance in areas such as Greenhouse Gas Accounting in waste treatment.

    [presentation submitted:Mr. Aurel Lübke, Managing Director, Compost Systems GmbH, Austria
    Ing. Martin Kebísek, CEO, CEMMAC a.s., Slovakia]
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    WASTE BUDGETS AND FEES

    Developing operational budgets and setting waste fees, and how charging schemes can be used to shape disposal patterns and behaviour.

    [presentation submitted: Dr. Christian Schreyer, Manager, Umbrella Organization of Styrian Waste Management Associations – Dachverband der Steirischen AWV, Austria]
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    WASTE DATA MANIPULATION

    An interactive session with the audience on how waste data can be manipulated to provide a false picture of service performance, and can affect profits.

    [presentations submitted: Mr. Euston Ling, Manager – Planning and Technical Solutions, North London Waste Authority, UK
    Mr. Jarno Stet, Waste & Recycling Manager, Waste & Cleansing, Westminster City Council, UK
    Dipl.-Ing. Martin Steiner, TBU Environmental Engineering Consultants, Austria]
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    CURRENT TOPICS IN THE WASTE AND SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY

    An insight into state-of-the-art waste processing technologies, projects, sustainable investments, IT and AI solutions, trading or secure and environmentally friendly waste transportation.

    [presentation submitted: Mr. Roman Gdovjak, Expansion Manager & Country Manager Slovakia & Hungary, CYRKL Zdrojová platforma, s.r.o., Slovakia]

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM

AN EXCURSION TO THE MOST MODERN COMPOSTING PLANT IN SLOVAKIA

TUESDAY – OCTOBER 3, 2023
AFTER THE EXPERTS’ PROGRAM FINISHING

WHY?

Seeing once is better than hearing ten times.

WHERE CAN YOU SEE SUCH A COMPOSTING PLANT?

In the City of Kežmarok
a picturesque small town at the foot of the High Tatras

WHAT WILL YOU SEE AND LEARN?

• Odour elimination and optimal technological processing
• Minimum monthly energy costs
• How to collect MSW in order to prevent pollution
• Why the correct mix in important for optimal microbial health
• How to create the right conditions at the composting plant
• How to choose suitable equipment and machinery
• How to sanitize food waste
• Why compost maturation time important
• How modern technologies can assist in managing the process
• And much more…

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

(in alphabetical order)

Ing. Petr Bielan

Head of operations
OZO Ostrava s.r.o.
Ostrava • Czech Republic

Dipl.-Ing. Peter Hoffmeyer

CEO
Nehlsen AG
Bremen • Germany

Ing. Marián Kobolka

Owner
JRK Slovensko s.r.o.
Bratislava • Slovakia

Mgr. Katarína Kretter

Head of PR & Marketing
ENVI – PAK, a.s.
Bratislava • Slovakia

Euston Ling, BE(Chem), MBT, FCIWM

Head of Technical Assurance for the North London Heat & Power Project
North London Waste Authority
London • UK

Dipl.-Ing. Reinhard Siebenhandl

President
VÖA – Association of Austrian Public Waste Management Companies
Vienna • Austria

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Steiner

CEO
TBU Environmental Engineering Consultants
Innsbruck • Austria

ORGANIZER
AND CONFERENCE MANAGER

Gabriela Stuchlá

CEO
NMC spol. s r.o.
Žilina • Slovakia

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

(in alphabetical order)

Ing. Petr Bielan

Head of operations
OZO Ostrava s.r.o.
Ostrava • Czech Republic

Dipl.-Ing. Peter Hoffmeyer

CEO
Nehlsen AG
Bremen • Germany

Ing. Marián Kobolka

Owner
JRK Slovensko s.r.o.
Bratislava • Slovakia

Mgr. Katarína Kretter

Head of PR & Marketing
ENVI – PAK, a.s.
Bratislava • Slovakia

Euston Ling, BE(Chem), MBT, FCIWM

Head of Technical Assurance for the North London Heat & Power Project
North London Waste Authority
London • UK

Dipl.-Ing. Reinhard Siebenhandl

President
VÖA – Association of Austrian Public Waste Management Companies
Vienna • Austria

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Steiner

CEO
TBU Environmental Engineering Consultants
Innsbruck • Austria

ORGANIZER
AND CONFERENCE MANAGER

Gabriela Stuchlá

CEO
NMC spol. s r.o.
Žilina • Slovakia

CONFERENCE PARTNERS

Energy financial group a.s.

Prague, Czech Republic
Biomethane production from biodegradable waste and gastrowaste

ENVI – PAK, a.s.

Bratislava, Slovakia
Member of the International Associations of Producer Responsibility Organizations PRO EUROPE and EXPRA.

MEDIA PARTNERS

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The Slovak Association of Waste Management
Bratislava, Slovakia

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Hungarian Waste Management Federation (HOSZ)
Budapest, Hungary

Ekologie v praxi, z.s.
Praha, Czech republic

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Profi Press s.r.o. a portál odpady-online.cz
Prague, Czech Republic

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odpady-portal.sk and the Waste Management magazine
Bratislava, Slovakia

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Průmyslová ekologie s.r.o.
Prague, Czech Republic

INVITED ARE

Representatives of public institutions, cities, and municipalities responsible for protection of environment and waste management

Representatives of significant waste originators and processors, waste collecting companies, organizations for accountability of producers
(unit: technology, economy, production, and management processes)

Scientific and research organizations, independent experts and specialists participating in significant enviro projects

Institutions participating in financing of enviro projects

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

ANNOUNCED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM

List of papers (in alphabetical order by lecturers)

Ing. Roman Gdovjak

Expansion Manager & Country Manager Slovakia & Hungary
CYRKL Zdrojová platforma, s.r.o.
Prague • Czech Republic

Waste As a Resource: How Can Costs Turn Into Revenue?

Ing. Martin Kebísek

CEO
CEMMAC a.s.
Horné Srnie • Slovakia

How Can the Cement Industry Help Waste Management in Slovakia?

Euston Ling, BE(Chem), MBT, FCIWM

Head of Technical Assurance for the North London Heat & Power Project
North London Waste Authority
London • UK

Aurel Lübke

Managing Director
Compost Systems GmbH
Wels • Austria

David Newman

Managing Director
Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association
Hertford • UK

Why Circular Economy Is Vital.
Why Circular Economy Is Difficult.

Dr. Martin Pohlmann

Desk officer for Sustainable Development, Department of Environmental Protection, Climate Change, Sustainability
Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg
Potsdam • Germany

Can Regional Sustainable Development Be Measured?
The Challenge of Developing and Reporting Meaningful Indicators.

Dr. Christian Schreyer

Umbrella Organization of Styrian Waste Management Associations
Dachverband der Steirischen AWV
Seiersberg-Pirka • Austria

About Waste Metering in Austria´s South and an Insight Into 30 Years of Searching For the Optimal Waste Fee.

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Steiner

CEO
TBU Environmental Engineering Consultants
Innsbruck • Austria

Jarno Stet

Waste & Recycling Manager, Waste & Cleansing
Westminster City Council
London • UK

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helga Stoiber

Engineering & Consulting
UVP Environmental Management and Engineering GmbH
Vienna • Austria

Is It Energy Recovery – Or Just Waste Disposal?
Facts and Myths Around the Infamous R 1 Formula.

Ing. Roman Vandák

Director of the commodity department
ENVI – PAK, a.s.
Bratislava • Slovakia

Data in the System of Extended Producer Responsibility.

The Conference organizer reserves the right to change the program.

CONFERENCE FEE

EARLY BIRD

until May 25, 2023

310 €

372 € incl. VAT

Conference fee does not apply to lecturers with expert non-commercial presentation.

Kindly pay the conference fee according to the document sent to you from the organizers after the registration of your application. The document for tax purposes will be issued on the day of payment.
Conference fee covers access to the conference venue, working materials, refreshments, working lunch, reception.

VAT 20% is not included. Place of delivery: Slovak Republic.

Accommodation and transport is not covered by the conference fee.
The conference fee is non-refundable. In case of absence working materials will be delivered via email. It is possible to appoint a substitute participant.

TIME SCHEDULE

Registration 
Monday, October 2, 2023
8:30 – 9:30
Program
Monday, October 2, 2023
9:30 – 18:00
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
9:30 – 12:30
Reception
Monday, October 2, 2023
19:30  Friendly evening with lecturers

TIME
SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION

Monday, October  2, 2023  8:30 – 9:30

PROGRAM

Pondelok, October 2, 2023  9:30 – 18:00

Tuesday, October 3,  2023   9:30 – 12:30

RECEPTION
Friendly evening with lecturers

Monday, October 2,  2023   19:30

ACCOMMODATION

Hotel Patria****

Štrbské Pleso 33
059 85 Vysoké Tatry
Slovakia

GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E
www.hotelpatria.sk/en

Reception

Tel.: +421 -52 7848 999
recepcia@hotelpatria.sk

PRICES FOR ACCOMMODATION

Room (1 person)

(Lux)
104 €

room/ night

Room (2 persons)

(Lux)
130 €

room/ night

apartment

(Standard - Lux)
135-180 €

apartment / night

Accommodation reservation will be made by the organizer.

Prices for accommodation include breakfast, access to Patria Aqua Paradise, internet, parking fee.

Check in:                        14:00
Check out:                     12:00
Hotel garage:           20 €/day
Local tax:      1,50 € /person / night
The local tax is not included in the accommodation price.

Please indicate the required accommodation in your application.

Accommodation capacity is limited and will be assigned according to the application date.
Reserved rooms are to be paid at the Hotel reception.

ACCOMMODATION

Hotel Patria****

Štrbské Pleso 33
059 85 Vysoké Tatry
Slovakia

GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E
www.hotelpatria.sk/en

Reception
Tel.: +421 -52 7848 999
recepcia@hotelpatria.sk

PRICES FOR ACCOMMODATION

Room (1 person)

(Lux)
104 €

room/ night

Room (2 persons)

(Lux)
130 €

room/ night

apartment

(Standard - Lux)
135-180 €

apartment / night

Accommodation reservation will be made by the organizer.

Prices for accommodation include breakfast, access to Patria Aqua Paradise, internet, parking fee.

Check in:                        14:00
Check out:                     12:00
Hotel garage:           20 €/day
Local tax:      1,50 € /person / night
The local tax is not included in the accommodation price.

Please indicate the required accommodation in your application.

Accommodation capacity is limited and will be assigned according to the application date.
Reserved rooms are to be paid at the Hotel reception.

TRANSPORTATION

Airports

Krakow Airport (Cracow), Poland
Regular flights schedule:www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/regular-flights-schedule,a181.html
Airlines:www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/airlines,a182.html
Vienna International Airport, Austria
Regular flights schedule:www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers
Airlines:www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers/airport/airlines
Košice International Airport, Slovakiawww.airportkosice.sk/en
Flight schedule:www.airportkosice.sk/en/passengers/flight-schedule
Airlines:www.airportkosice.sk/en/airlines
Airport Bratislava, Slovakiawww.bts.aero/en/
Flight schedule:www.bts.aero/en/flights/flight-schedule-summer-2018/arrivals/
Airlines:www.bts.aero/en/flights/air-carriers/
Airport Poprad – Tatry, Slovakiawww.airport-poprad.sk/index_en.php
Flight schedule:www.airport-poprad.sk/en/podstranky/cestujuci/letovyporiadok.php

Air-port Transfer

Individual or group transfer can be arranged.

Transfer time from / to:

Airport Cracow, Poland 2:50 hours
Airport Vienna – Schwechat, Austria 4:30 hours
Airport Košice, Slovakia 2:00 hours
Airport Bratislava, Slovakia 3:50 hours

Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.
Information on price and details of Air-port transfer is available from the organizer.

Hotel Patria is located close to Štrbské Pleso in High Tatras and can be accessed by road from Poprad through the town of Starý Smokovec or Štrba.

Using highways and high speed roads in Slovakia is charged through an electronic vignette.

BUY THE ELECTRONIC VIGNETTE

(more information on www.eznamka.sk/en)

Vignettes for 2023
12,- € / 10 days
17,- € / 30 days
60,- € / 365 days

Cars are obliged to have the lights on during the day.

Maximum speed limits
within city: 50 km/h
outside of city: 90 km/h
highway: 130 km/h

Alcohol
0,00 ‰

Train station is located in the town of Štrbské Pleso, 20 minutes to walk from the Hotel Patria. Changing station for international trains are “Poprad – Tatry” and “Štrba”.

Rail carriers

České dráhy

www.cd.cz/en/default.htm

Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko

www.slovakrail.sk/en.html

Leo Express

www.leoexpress.com/en

REGIOJET

www.regiojet.com

Transfer from / to train station can be arranged.
Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.

BY PLANE

Airports

Krakow Airport (Cracow), Poland
Regular flights schedule:www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/regular-flights-schedule,a181.html
Airlines:www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/flight-information,c71/airlines,a182.html
Vienna International Airport, Austria
Regular flights schedule:www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers
Airlines:www.viennaairport.com/en/passengers/airport/airlines
Košice International Airport, Slovakiawww.airportkosice.sk/en
Flight schedule:www.airportkosice.sk/en/passengers/flight-schedule
Airlines:www.airportkosice.sk/en/airlines
Airport Bratislava, Slovakiawww.bts.aero/en/
Flight schedule:www.bts.aero/en/flights/flight-schedule-summer-2018/arrivals/
Airlines:www.bts.aero/en/flights/air-carriers/
Airport Poprad – Tatry, Slovakiawww.airport-poprad.sk/index_en.php
Flight schedule:www.airport-poprad.sk/en/podstranky/cestujuci/letovyporiadok.php

Air-port Transfer

Individual or group transfer can be arranged.

Transfer time from / to:

Airport Cracow, Poland 2:50 hours
Airport Vienna – Schwechat, Austria 4:30 hours
Airport Košice, Slovakia 2:00 hours
Airport Bratislava, Slovakia 3:50 hours

Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.
Information on price and details of Air-port transfer is available from the organizer.

BY CAR

Hotel Patria is located close to Štrbské Pleso in High Tatras and can be accessed by road from Poprad through the town of Starý Smokovec or Štrba.

Using highways and high speed roads in Slovakia is charged through an electronic vignette.

BUY THE ELECTRONIC VIGNETTE

(more information on www.eznamka.sk/en)

Vignettes for 2023
12,- € / 10 days
17,- € / 30 days
60,- € / 365 days

Cars are obliged to have the lights on during the day.

Maximum speed limits
within city: 50 km/h
outside of city: 90 km/h
highway: 130 km/h

Alcohol
0,00 ‰

BY TRAIN

Train station is located in the town of Štrbské Pleso, 20 minutes to walk from the Hotel Patria. Changing station for international trains are “Poprad – Tatry” and “Štrba”.

Rail carriers

České dráhy

www.cd.cz/en/default.htm

Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko

www.slovakrail.sk/en.html

Leo Express

www.leoexpress.com/en

REGIOJET

www.regiojet.com

Transfer from / to train station can be arranged.
Transfer costs are not included in the conference fee.

 

ORGANIZED BY

NMC spol. s r.o.
Makovického 10
010 01 Žilina, Slovakia

Tel.: +421-903-340539
Tel.: +421-41-5166661
Fax: +421-41-5006977
E-mail: nmc@nmc.sk
Web: www.nmc.sk

Comp. Reg. No. (ID no.): 31639135
Tax Reg. No. (VAT no.): SK2020446890

Company registered in: Business register of the County Court Žilina, Section: Sro, Insert No. 2953/L

APPLICATION REGISTRATION

Papers Registration Deadline – May 25, 2023
EARLY BIRD Application Deadline – May 25, 2023

Mail your Registration to the address of the organizer by e-mail, fax or mail.
The registration of your application will be confirmed by return mail with the conference fee payment document (pro forma invoice).

ORGANIZED BY

NMC spol. s r.o.
Makovického 10
010 01 Žilina, Slovakia

Tel.: +421-903-340539
Tel.: +421-41-5166661
Fax: +421-41-5006977
E-mail: nmc@nmc.sk
Web: www.nmc.sk

Comp. Reg. No. (ID no.): 31639135
Tax Reg. No. (VAT no.): SK2020446890

Company registered in: Business register of the County Court Žilina, Section: Sro, Insert No. 2953/L

APPLICATION REGISTRATION

Papers Registration Deadline – May 25, 2023
EARLY BIRD Application Deadline – May 25, 2023

Mail your Registration to the address of the organizer by e-mail, fax or mail.
The registration of your application will be confirmed by return mail with the conference fee payment document (pro forma invoice).

VENUE

Hotel Patria****, Štrbské Pleso, Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English, Slovak, Czech

SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION

English → Slovak
Slovak / Czech → English

VENUE

Hotel Patria****, Štrbské Pleso, Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
GPS: 49° 7′ 28.5″ N. 20° 3′ 40.94″ E

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English, Slovak, Czech

SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION

English → Slovak
Slovak / Czech → English

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOME YOU!