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Waste Management
Sweden considers the issues of municipal waste management and energy management to be inextricably connected. It is illegal to landfill anu combustible municipal waste, which has led to the construction of very clean and efficient waste to energy conversion plants, that produce both heat and electricty from this "free" fuel source.

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Interior view - 1 (photo by Denise Fong, Candela) Interior view - 1
Interior view - 2 (photo by Steve McConnell, NBBJ) Interior view - 2
Interior view - 3 (photo by Denise Fong, Candela) Interior view - 3
Interior view - 4 (photo by Denise Fong, Candela) Interior view - 4
Interior view - 5 The SYSAV plant combines a number of different flue gas cleaning systems, including electrostatic precipitators, multi-stage wet scrubbers with waste water evaporation, fabric filters, and SCR. Because of the development of these more advanced technologies, between 1985 and 1999 most total emissions levels from waste incineration in Sweden declined by 95 to 99%, even though the amount of waste incinerated increased by 46%, and the corresponding energy production grew by 104%. (photo by Don Milliken, Milliken Development Group) Interior view - 5
Interior view - 6 The interior of the SYSAV waste incineration plant in Malmö, Sweden. The plant envelope was designed by Danish architects, and employs state of the art technologies for burning municipal. A five step flue gas cleaning process ensures that emissions meet the strict Swedish environmental standards. Although Sweden has no tax on SO2 emissions, there is a NOx emission tax of $5.67 per kg NOx. Because of this the plant was designed to produce NOx emissions far below the expected new EU daily average of 200 mg/Nm3. It also uses an absorption process in order to comply with a dioxin emission limit of 0.1 ng/Nm3. The waste-to-energy plant consumes 400,000 tons of household and industrial waste per year, producing approximately 40% of the heating requirements of Malmö and its suburbs (population ~300,000), as well as generating sufficient electricity for 17,000 households. (photo by Denise Fong, Candela) Interior view - 6
SYSAV Eco-cycle (photo by Denise Fong, Candela) SYSAV Eco-cycle
View toward waste treatment The SYSAV waste to energy plant is situated in an industrial portion of Malmö, adjacent to the municipal wastewater plant, the landfill, and the recycling centers. ie, all forms of waste are processed within a single dedicated complex. (photo by Denise Fong, Candela) View toward waste treatment
View toward Western Harbor This is the view toward the city of Malmö, with the Turning Torso in Western Harbor visible the left side of the photo. Because the SYSAV waste to energy plant feeds hot water into the district energy system that serves the city it, like most generation facilities in Scandinavia, is located within just a few miles of the urban center. (photo by Steve McConnell, NBBJ) View toward Western Harbor

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