SEPA Waste Management Support Georgia SEPA Waste Management Support Georgia Swedish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has applied to Sida for funding of 9 000 000 SEK to carry out the project "Capacity-building and support of measures towards implementation of integrated waste management system in Georgia with a focus on hazardous and biodegradable waste management as well as producer's responsibility during 2016-2019" in Georgia during the period 2016-2019. The intervention aims to support Georgia in creating waste management system which will corresponds to the norms accepted by EU and by this - improve general living environment in Georgia. The project objectives are:

1) Provide support in establishing inventory procedures for hazardous waste; inventory of one hazardous waste site and provide knowledge regarding the best practice of hazardous waste management.
2) Increase knowledge of integrated waste management and fill gaps at Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia (MOENRP) when it comes to expertise on different aspects of waste management, such as management of hazardous and biodegradable waste and extended producer responsibility. 
3) Elaborate the municipal waste management occupational safety methodology for workers involved in collection, transportation and disposal of waste.
4) Support the "Waste Company" and "TbilService Group management and landfill operators with the appliance of waste acceptance criteria.

SEPA will implement the project together with the MOENRP. All activities of the project are directed towards the cooperation with MoENRP, Solid Waste Management Company and TbilService Group.

Sida is the only contributor to the intervention, with a total budget of 9 000 000 SEK. Naturvårdsverket (SEPA) har ansökt till Sida för anslag på 9 miljoner kronor för att genomföra projektet “Capacity-building and support of measures towards implementation of integrated waste management system in Georgia with a focus on hazardous and biodegradable waste management as well as producer's responsibility during 2016-2019" I Georgien under perioden 2016 – 2019. Syftet för projektet är att stödja Georgien under implementeringen av avfallshanteringssystem som korresponderar med EUs rådande standarder och normer och på så sätt påverka den generella levnadsmiljön positivt i Georgien. Målen för projektet är som följer:
1) Erbjuda stöd i och med etablerandet av procedurer för hantering av farligt avfall; inventering av avfallsplatserna för farligt avfall och förmedla kunskap om hur bäst hantera farligt avfall. 
2) Öka kunskapen om integrerad avfallshantering och hjälpa MOENRP att fylla de kunskapshål som finns hos personalen när det gäller expertis inom olika områden av avfallshantering, så som; hantering av farligt sam biologiskt nedbrytbart avfall och utökat producentansvar.
3) Utveckla säkerhetsföreskrifterna för de kommunalt anställda som arbetar inom områdena för sophämtning, transport av avfall samt avfallshantering.
4) Stödja Waste Company and TbilService Groups ledningar och operatörer för deponier med införandet av godkända kriterier för avfallshantering.
SEPA kommer implementera projektet tillsammans med Georgiens miljöskydds och naturtillgångs departement (MOEPNR). All aktiviteter inom projektet kommer att riktas mot samarbete med with MOEPNR, Solid Waste Management Company and TbilService Group. The overall objective of the project is to support Georgia in creation and implementation of waste management system which corresponds to the norms and levels accepted by EU and by this improve general living environment in Georgia. To achive the main goal there are specific objectives of the intervention:
1. Provided support in establishing of the procedure of Hazardous Waste inventory; made inventory of one of the hazardous waste sites and provided knowledge of Best Practice of Hazardous waste management.
2. Increased knowledge of integrated waste management and filled in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection staff’s gaps of expertise on different aspects of waste management, such as: management of hazardous and biodegradable waste, extended producer responsibility.
3. Elaboration of the municipal waste Management occupational safety methodology for workers involved in collection, transportation and disposal of waste.
4. Support to Solid Waste Management Company and "TbilService Group" management and landfill operators with the appliance of the acceptance criteria