Western Balkans Environment Programe

In the last week of September 2008, the Western Balkan Environmental Programme UNDP Montenegro has organized a study tour to Vienna for the two countries participating in the Programme, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study tour theme was "Cleaner production in industry" and in that context, participants from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina visited companies in the food industry, and waste water treatment plants and solid waste incinerators in Vienna area. The host organization in Vienna was Umweltbundesamt, Vienna with Mr Fritz Kroiss acting as focal point from their side.

During the stay in Vienna among other, the main waste water treatment and waste incinerator companies for Vienna were visited. The study tour participants explored in detail: treatment of waste water, treatment of solid and hazardous waste, energy and heat recovery through sludge reuse and waste incineration.

On Thursday, participants from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were invited by the Environmental Agency in Vienna (Umweltbundesamt Wien) for a short seminar about IPPC and waste water treatment in Vienna. The presentations were given by:  Mrs Ilse Schindler, head of the Industry and Power Plants Unit, with "IPPC/BAT and relation to other Environmental legislation", and Mr Georg Windhofer, Water Department, with "Urban waste water management in Austria".

Please read more detail on the study tour in the report attached.

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