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A MAGAZINE FROM THE WORLD LEADER IN AUTOMATED WASTE COLLECTION

News – MaireNa – spaiN, aguraiN- historical heritage, saNtaNder- visable eNviroNMeNtal Measures, saN sebastiaN- sMart solutioN for terMiNal locatioN, llodio- great eNviroNMeNtal awareNess, barakaldo- the Mecca for vacuuM systeMs

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At Envac, we have long lived under the delusion that only larger towns and cities have the funds and reasons for installing our waste management systems. It seems that the greatest waste management challenges are in our larger towns and cities. Large concentrations of people and large quantities of waste in small areas, high requirements for accessibility and hygiene, coupled with financial resources are reasons why we have focused on city areas in densely-populated regions rather than on smaller provincial towns.

However, the arguments in favour of underground waste systems put forward by five small towns in northern Spain have given us reason to modify our view. Waste collection can pose just as much a problem in smaller towns. What’s more, the costs are often higher since there is less competition and the economies of scale are lower.

Thanks to the successful installation in the city of Vitoria, the capital of the Basque country, in the year 2000 many cities and towns in the region have decided to put their waste hand-ling underground.

The five towns in the north of Spain presented in this issue provide us with other interesting perspectives too. They all share a respect for the historical and cultural heritage that is a key factor in creating harmony and continuity in the urban environment. At the same time, they are tremendously dedicated and committed to meeting the environmental challenges facing their towns – and they are introducing new and innovative technology rather than restrictions and limitations. Having seen what this successful formula for preservation and renewal means to the attractiveness of a town, we are sure many small and medium-sized towns could draw inspiration from these examples.

Jonas Törnblom

Editor

San Sebastian, Spain

Big strides for small towns

Publisher Christer Öjdemark, President & CEO Envac Centralsug AB

Editor-in-chief Jonas Törnblom, Director Corporate Marketing & Communication Envac Centralsug AB [email protected]

Editorial board Jonas TörnblomMaria Ståbi

Writers Jonas Törnblom Maria Ståbi

Photography Envac Centralsug AB

ProductionMaria Ståbi & ReklamAssistans, Motala

Repro Lithoteknik, Motala

Printing and distributionAB Danagårds Grafiska, Ödeshög

ENVAC CENTRALSUG ABSE-117 84 StockholmSwedenOffice address: Bryggvägen 16 Tel: +46 8 775 32 00 Fax: +46 8 7261816 www.envac.net

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On 20th November 2007, it was offici-ally confirmed that Envac has secured its largest order to date for an underground waste transportation system in south-ern Spain. The facility will be instal-led in Mairena de Aljarafe, a village within the Metropolitan area of Seville, and will collect waste and recyclable packaging from the area’s residential and commercial properties, which is the equivalent of about 13,000 households. The contract also includes operation and maintenance of the facility over a twenty-year period.

One interesting aspect of the project in Mairena is that both the waste termi-nals, which are the endpoints of Envac’s piping system, will be housed adjacent to an eco information centre. The eco centre was inspired by a visit by a delegation from Mairena to Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. The centre will focus on providing information about waste, energy and water and hopes to attract visits from both adults and child-ren every week, all year round.

Envac’s underground waste transporta-tion system will consist of 20 kilome-tres of pipes and have the capacity for transporting 40 tonnes of waste and packaging every day.

eNvac’s largest order so far froM aNdalusia iN spaiN

In addition to Envac’s underground waste system, development plans for the area include the installation of igloo containers for the collection of paper, cardboard and glass. The maintenance contract with Envac also includes the collection of these fractions too and the arranged collection of bulky waste etc.

The mayor of Mairena believes the investment will have a positive effect on everyday life for local citizens. This pro-ject will not only streamline the process of waste collection, it is also associated with other environmentally-beneficial initiatives, such as:

• The installation of solar cells and solar panels on the roof of Envac’s collection terminals. • A manned service at Envac’s collection terminals where people can take bulky and hazardous waste, as well as waste ele- ctronic equipment, glass, cardboard boxes, and so on.

The first phase of Envac’s system is scheduled to be operational before the end of 2010.

New eNvac office iN loNdoN

Owing to a new order of a new auto-mated waste collection system in New Wembley, Envac opened its first office in U.K. in September this year. The office is situated in Watford, north-east London and is the base for Envac in U.K. and Ireland.

Julian Gaylor, newly employed as Sales and Marketing Director Envac UK & Ireland, has earlier worked with waste management at the British company Taylor and with construction planning.

For more info, www.envac.net.

The Envac terminal in Mairena de Aljarafe, Spain

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agurain

Agurain - world’s smallest town with a vacuum system

Agurain or Salvatierra as the town

is called in Spanish, lies in the centre

of the flourishing Basque country, a

mere 30 kilometres from Vitoria and,

at first glance, it resembles any other

small, provincial, Spanish town. Its

medieval centre is surrounded by a

ring wall that is partially intact.

The town was granted its charter 750

years ago, but Agurain had a popula-

tion that was settled long before then.

It is remarkable how well the town’s

historical heritage has been preserved.

Sustainability and a long-term per-

spective become very tangible concepts

when you see how deliberately and

carefully modern technology has been

adapted to the medieval town centre.

A very obvious example of this is the

chapel, dating from the second cen-

tury A.D., which has been completely

integrated in the town hall. Today, it

is used as an assembly hall.

These days, Agurain is a changing

town. A growing population also pla-

ces modern demands. Iñaki Beraza,

It’s not every day that a town

with 4600 inhabitants decides

to install an underground waste

transportation system. Despite its

modest size, Agurain is a town

with impressive initiatives.

the mayor of the town, stresses that

the environment and ICT are priority

areas in the town’s strategy for growth

and development.

Well equipped for the technology “The decision to install Envac’s und-

erground waste system in Agurain is

not that strange after all,” explains

Iñaki Beraza. “We conducted a tho-

rough economic assessment and came

to the conclusion that our town is

highly suitable for this technology.

Waste collection costs are much higher

for us than for larger towns and cities.

The system is expected to cut costs by

half so that it will be paid for within

twenty years”.

“Twenty years may seem a long time,

but not when looked at from a long-

term perspective. We have concluded

that all other waste management sys-

tems offer temporary solutions. We

have made a definite decision on this

matter. We will be making waste col-

lection a permanent part of the town’s

infrastructure.”

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facts agurain/salvatierraTypes of waste fractions Rest, paper, packaging

Start of operations 2007

Capacity 7.5 tonnes waste daily

No connected apartments 2 500 apartments

No of inlets 118 inlets

Length of pipe network 2 800 metres

The chapel dating from the 2nd century A.D. is today a conference room in the town hall

installation of envac - a definite decisionThis decision should also be regarded

in the light of the obvious respect for

the town’s historical heritage. Waste

containers and waste collection vehic-

les have never been allowed in the

historical town centre. It is not accep-

table to have litter and waste lying

around centuries-old monuments. So

the town’s residents are obliged to

take their waste to containers out-

side the town wall. Obviously, this is

hardly a long-term solution, especi-

ally not for the many elderly residents

who have difficulties walking so far

with their waste. “So the Envac sys-

tem presents the perfect answer to

our problem”, claims the mayor.

affects residents’ attitudes and behaviour“Our ambition is to try and have a

persuasive impact on residents’ atti-

tudes with our investments,” Iñaki

Beraza explains. “We want to pro-

mote awareness and understanding of

the town we all share. We face much

higher costs if we have to deal with

vandalism and fires in containers in

the town’s streets and market places

– common problems in many towns.

Our deliberate policy of involving the

residents of the town has meant, for

instance, that we have been able to

shut down the police station. It has

now been transformed into a cultural

events centre”.

Envac’s pipe network in Agurain

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santander

Santander - visible environmental protection measures

Santander lies on the north coast of

Spain and has some 200,000 inha-

bitants. It has recently celebrated

250 years as a town. Surrounded by

mountains and the Atlantic Ocean,

Santander resembles many other north Spanish coastal towns in that

it has limited capacity for expansion.

This has consequences for access in

the town centre.

“Waste is currently collected every night of the week in the centre of Santander.”

high priority for the environmentEnvironmental improvements are

one of the city’s principal priorities.

It recently replaced lamps in 2000

The mayor of Santander, Inigo

de la Serna, declares that “Tech-

nologies like Envac’s work well

in towns of all sizes. Large towns

have just as many problems with

waste management and accessi-

bility as we do”. Litter and ugli-

ness in the town centre are two

other key reasons for choosing

a new solution for dealing with

waste.

places to achieve more efficient energy

use and reduce light pollution. There

is also a requirement for all new buil-

dings to be fitted with solar panels for

water heating. Photocells are being

installed in many public buildings. All

these measures are part of the town’s

Agenda 21 programme. Incentives

and subsidies are also being offered

to private entrepreneurs who want to

invest in energy-saving installations.

Inigo de la Serna was impressed by

Envac’s waste transportation system

in Vitoria when he visited the town

three years ago. He initiated a process

aimed at changing the building stan-Inigo de la Serna, mayor of Santander

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dards so that the municipality could

go in and demand connection to the

waste handling system in the permit

application process.

installation in the toWn centreHowever, for the first stage of instal-

lation, the town will be providing the

funds entirely on its own. A three-

fraction system is currently being in-

stalled in the area encompassed by

The underground Envac terminal in Santander under construction

the streets Castilla and Hermida in

the town centre. Inlets for households

and commercial premises will be

directly installed on the pavements.

The terminal is entirely underground,

right next to the town’s eastern

approach road. Improvement work

on the town’s sewage system will also

be carried out when the waste hand-

ling system is installed. The under-

ground waste transportation system

is scheduled for operation in spring

2008 following an 18-month instal-

lation period.

Waste is currently collected every

night of the week in the centre of

Santander. This is one of the major

reasons for investing in the Envac sys-

tem. What’s more, removing the recy-

cling facilities from the pavements

improves access and creates more

space for parking. It is also hoped

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facts santander c1Types of waste fractions Rest, paper, packaging


Capacity 1.5 tonnes waste daily

No connected apartments 4575 apartments


Length of pipe network 4700 metres

cont. santander

that the system will solve another

critical problem – the smell and litter

caused by today’s open refuse mana-

gement system.

another system in research villageIn addition to the system in the city

centre, a vacuum waste system is

currently being installed in the new

research village, PCTCAN (Scientifi-

cal and Technological Park of Canta-

bria). This system will handle paper

and mixed waste from the research

operations, 375 flats and a future

hotel.

Envac’s pipe network in Santander

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San Sebastian - smart solution for terminal location

waste transportation system was

reached back in 1994 following visits

to the facility in the Olympic village

in Barcelona and Envac’s installations

in Seville and Bilbao. The plan was to

install a system for 400 social housing

flats in the centre of San Sebastian.

However, no space for the terminal

was found.

san seBastian

The first waste handling facility

in San Sebastian is no small ven-

ture. Upon completion of the

third installation phase in 2010

the facility will have the capa-

city for dealing with waste from

10,000 households and commer-

cial activities - that’s more than

10% of the population of San

Sebastian.San Sebastian is a city with some

200,000 inhabitants, beautifully situa-

ted on the Atlantic coast close to the

border with France.

The decision to install an underground

The Envac terminal under the fly-over

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“Public space is consi-dered too valuable to be used for waste storage.”

cont. san seBastian

unique location for the terminalFinding a central location for the

terminal was not an easy task here

either. The site needed to allow easy

access for lorries without encroaching

on the residential areas. It was finally

decided to locate the terminal under

the abutment of the motorway bridge

crossing the river Urumea. It’s an

ingenious location – and logistically

it’s a bulls-eye. Heavy traffic has easy

access without having to drive into

the residential area and it’s central to

all three areas that were to be connec-

ted. Moreover, there are, in principle,

no alternative revenues for the land

under the motorway.

among the highest housing prices in europeAlthough the city owns the under-

ground waste transportation system,

it is funded by including the invest-

Odón Elorza, mayor of San Sebastian, in conversation with Jonas Törnblom, Envac

the second attempt So the plans to install a waste hand-

ling system were put on hold until

2002 when it was decided to install

a system in the Riberas de Loyola

region. The decision was also taken

to connect the system to Loyola, a

neighbouring residential area with

2500 flats, and to Amara, a residen-

tial area under development with

4500 flats.

Envac’s inlets under installation in San Sebastian

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facts san sebastian (riberas de loiola, loyola, amara)Types of waste fractions Rest, packaging


Capacity 28 tonnes waste daily

No connected apartments 10 000 apartments



ment costs in the price paid by the

investors for land. Since San Sebas-

tian has some of the highest housing

prices in Europe (the new flats in

Riberas de Loyola will sell for €6000

per square metre) the city has had no

trouble finding interested investors.

At the same time, the Mayor Odón

Elorza emphasises that the reason

they decided to install an automated

waste transportation system was

because public space is considered too

valuable to be used for waste storage.

“This system saves our streets and

parks from a sanitation problem,”

Odón Elorza remarks.

In phase two, however, costs for the

pipe network will be shouldered by

the city as the system will then be in-

stalled in an existing residential area.

Envac’s pipe network in San Sebastian

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llodio

Llodio is a town of 18,700 inhabitants not far from Bilbao in northern Spain. Although the town is not

large, there is a widespread environmental awareness here. As well as implementing Agenda 21 recom-

mendations, there is a general interest in making this a harmonious and beautiful town.

One of the major priorities has been to create a better town centre environment. An increase in traffic

has led to congestion, fumes and noise. The installation of underground waste transportation systems

has been one means of relieving this situation.

Llodio - great environmental awareness despite its modest size

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Envac’s pipe network in Llodio

Jon Karla Menoio Llano, the mayor

of Llodio, recalls “It is exactly eight

years since a proposal for a vacuum

system was first put forward.” The

proposal was made by the opposi-

tion party which was then in power.

However, it was such a good idea,

as José Luis Juaristi, responsible for

Envac in the region points out that

Jon Karla Menoio Llano not only

gave his approval and paved the way

for the project to be implemented,

but also widened its scope to include

Jon Karla Menoio Llano, mayor of Llodio

visits to other envac facilitiesThe town is bearing the entire cost

for the installations itself, without

any external funding. Both residen-

tial and commercial properties will

be connected to Envac’s new NOI

inlets. After visiting Envac’s facilities

in Barcelona, Seville, Portugalete and

Vitoria, the town of Llodio has great

confidence that this technology will

fit its needs perfectly. The waste ter-

virtually the whole of Llodio. It was

decided to install the system in two

phases.

Envac has been commissioned to

supply an underground waste mana-

gement system for three separate

fractions – packaging materials, paper

and mixed waste – for both of the

phases. The installation of the first

phase, which comprises about half

the town, began earlier this year.

Operation is due to commence in the

spring of 2008.

facts llodioTypes of waste fractions Rest, paper, packaging

Start of operations Spring 2008





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minal is being installed right next to

the hospital – “which is a proof of the

confidence the town has in the tech-

nology”, says José Luis Juaristi.

It is hardly surprising that the vacuum

system has met with such favour con-

sidering what other environmental

investments the town is making.

Work is currently underway to install

solar cells in the town’s public buil-

dings in order to generate climate-

neutral energy. The town is replacing

all of its cars with hybrid vehicles and

is also undertaking a review of public

lighting as a means of reducing energy

consumption and light pollution at

night.

A strong belief in the future and re-

spect for the past are clearly apparent

José Luis Juaristi, Area Manager Envac North Spain (Basque Country)

One of the major priorities has been to create a better town centre environment. The installation of underground waste transportation systems has been one means of relieving this situation.

in Llodio too. Rather than seeing

the need to improve the urban envi-

ronment as an organisational and

economic headache, it is looked at as

an opportunity to raise the profile of

the town.

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facts barakaldo c3Types of waste fractions Rest, packaging

In operation since 2006




Length of pipe network 8400 metres

Barakaldo - the Mecca for vacuum systems

Barakaldo

Barakaldo is a northern Spanish

town on the Atlantic coast, just

15 kilometres from Bilbao and

with a population of 90,000.

Recently, the town authorities

made a unique and radical deci-

sion. Six separate Envac systems

are being installed to provide for

all the waste management needs

of the town.“We needed to improve our waste

collection system. We were experien-

cing problems with noise, traffic jams

and litter in our town,” explains

Jesús Mª González Suances, who as

deputy mayor and head of urban dev-

elopment is resolved to install under-

ground waste transportation systems.

Jesús González used to be the mana-

ger of the town’s waste collection

office. He tells us that as the entire

underground infrastructure network

(water, sewer, electricity, optical fibres,

etc.) was due for a facelift, they decid-

ed to seize the opportunity to install a

new waste collection system too.

Installation of the first system was

started in 1998 and completed in

2002. This was in an old, run-down

industrial area called Urban-Galindo

which has been transformed into a

modern residential area. The second

system was completed last year in the

historical centre of the town. Another

four systems are currently under con-

struction.

The town’s imagination was fired by

other successful Envac projects else-

where in Spain, including Barcelona

and Sabadell. Any initial doubts have

now evaporated and everyone is con-

vinced that this is the right way to

collect waste. And that includes the

town’s residents too. Politicians know

they have the full backing of the

community for this radical approach

following numerous surveys and

repeated demands from people in

areas that are not yet connected to

the system.

Envac’s pipe network in the historic city centre of Barakaldo

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