The document discusses Ekokem's Circular Economy Village, which aims to maximize the recycling of municipal waste. The Village will sort 100,000 tons of municipal waste annually through mechanical and biological treatment. Materials will be separated for recycling, including 53% of plastics recycled in a new plastic refinery. A bio-refinery will produce biogas from sorted biowaste and fertilizers. The Village is expected to recycle 65% of municipal waste and recover 96-98% overall, representing a new model for optimizing circular economy recycling in Finland.

1. Circular Economy Village
Senior Vice President
New Business Ventures
Mari Puoskari

2. Content
 Ekokem & Fortum – remarkable international energy and waste
management company
 Circular Economy – why it is relevant now?
 Finnish Model of Circular Economy: Our Circular Economy Village as
an Example
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3. Ekokem & Fortum – remarkable international
energy and waste management company
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4. Ekokem & Fortum – remarkable international
energy and waste management company
 Ten countries
 14 waste/multifuel incineration plants
 5 hazardous waste incineration plants
 15 material recycling centers

5. Ekokem´s Sustainable Services for Total Waste
Management
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6. Circular Economy – why it is relevant now?
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7. Megatrend: Decreasing natural resources
 By 2050, the global population is expected to have
grown by 30% to around 9 billion
 Increasing welfare and consumption levels in
developing and emerging economies
 Intensive use of the world's resources puts pressure
on our planet and threatens the security of supply
 In EU 2,3 billion tons of waste produced annually –
1,6 billion tons wasted
 Necessary to decouple economic growth from
resource use and its environmental impact
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Picture: peda.net

8. How do we define circular economy at Ekokem?
 As much waste material as possible shall be
redirected to the loop, returned in the system.
 The material that cannot be recycled as material
shall be utilised in energy production.
 Those substances that should not be put back in
the circle must be removed and disposed of safely.
In this part of the circle Ekokem has a lot of
competence, which is still essential.

9. Business potential in circular economy
 Competitive advantage in resource efficiency
 Recycled raw materials are cheaper and more energy-
efficient
 EU: BKT + 1%, 2 000 000 FTE´s (Ellen MacArthur
Foundation)
 Increase independence from exported raw materials
 Cost-savings to companies due to material
efficiency in EU-level: 600 billion euros or 8 %
turnover
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10. Finnish Model of Circular Economy
Our Circular Economy Village as an Example
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11. What is the most efficient way to recycle
municipal waste?
 Depends on target – our target is to maxise the tonnage of the material recycled
 Energy recovery is very important, but secondary target for recyclable material
 With this system, recycling rate 65-70 % reached
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Source
sepation at
homes
Centralized
mechanical-
biological
treatment
E.g. Hazardous
waste
Specific
sorting for
recyclables
e.g. plastics
WTE
Ash refining

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13. Circular economy village –
a concrete step towards a
circular economy society
 A new type of refinery
complex
 An optimal recycling rate
designed for each material
 The recycling rate of municipal
waste is about 65 %, the
recovery rate 96–98 %
 Investment 40 MEUR,
permanent FTE 40-50
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14. The streams in the Circular Economy Village
Municipal waste 100 000 t/a
Bio
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Plastics
53 % 37 % 10 %
Metals
3%
Biogas
Fertilizers
Package plastics
6000 t/a
Agriculture plastics
6000 t/a
Recycled
plastics
Ekokem WTE
20 %
Recycled fuel
30 %
50 %
Eko-
refinery
Plastic
refinery
Bio-
refinery

15. Waste is sorted in
Ekorefinery
 Annual capacity 100 000
tons of municipal and
commercial waste
 Process:
 Magnets
 Eddy-currents
 Filters
 Rejects to grate kiln
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Eko-
refinery
10
50

16. First plastic refinery in the Nordics
 Plastics sorted from municipal waste
 All separately collected plastic packages in
Finland – collected by producer organisation The
Finnish Plastics Recycling Ltd
 Agriculture and retail plastic waste
 Recycled plastic product replaces virgin plastic
material in plastic industry – CO2 footprint 85 %
smaller
 Process:
 Sorting with infra red technology
 Crushing
 Washing and drying
 Extrusion
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PP HD-PE LD-PE
R-HD-PE
Plastic
refinery

17. Biogas and fertilizers
 First anaerobic digestion plant in
Finland to treat centrally sorted
biowaste.
 Our partner Biotehdas Ltd.
investment 14,5 M€.
 65 000 t biowaste / year
 Biogas to transportation for over
2000 cars – refined and sold by
Gasum Ltd.
 Nitrogen water to fertilizer
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Bio-
refinery
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18. Drivers behind the Village investment
 Tightening recycling targets
 Landfill ban for organic waste
 Package waste decree, 16 % of plastic packages has to be recycled starting 2016
 Remarkable development in sorting technology during last three years – higher
precision in infra red sorting and more cost-efficient prices
 Customer demand for recycled materials
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19. Contact:
Ekokem Group
Mari Puoskari, Senior Vice President, New Business Ventures
Twitter: @maripuoskari
mari.puoskari@ekokem.com
tel. +358 50 537 2595