Municipal waste management

Courses and lectures

Norwaste offers a range of professional courses for businesses and organizations seeking to strengthen their expertise in waste management and recycling. Our courses are designed to provide both practical and technical insights into key topics, enabling participants to effectively meet the demands and challenges of the industry. With some of the country’s leading experts on our team, we ensure that the courses combine up-to-date knowledge with hands-on experience from the field.

Introductory course in waste and recycling

The course is designed for newcomers in the waste management industry or individuals seeking a comprehensive introduction to waste and recycling. Acquire in-depth knowledge about the industry from our instructors Henrik Lystad and Bjørn Kopstad. We offer this course every quarter. The duration is 5 hours, including breaks.

Facilitating waste sorting in commercial premises

From 2025, businesses will be required to sort cardboard/paper, glass and metal packaging, and textile waste. These requirements come in addition to the obligation to sort food and plastic waste, which was introduced in 2023.

Learn about the requirements for waste management, what happens to the waste, and how to achieve the targets for your organization. 

Biological factors in the waste and recycling industry

The requirements for mapping and protection of biological factors apply in many areas to those who work with different types of waste. This course gives you insight into knowing what applies and what can be done.

Course on Odor and Odor Management Challenges

In collaboration with Karina Ødegård from Sintef Norlab, Norwaste has developed a course to provide an understanding of how to plan and work towards managing odor emissions, including odor treatment, internal control systems, and risk communication. The course is suitable for operations managers at waste reception/facilities, business leaders, environmental authorities, and municipal planners. 

Biogas course

We are always open to input and eager to develop new courses to meet the changing needs of the industry. Please feel free to contact us to discuss how we can tailor a course to suit your company.

 

The waste market

Waste management is governed by extensive regulations. Different types of waste are handled within different value chains, some more effectively than others. What is waste to one entity can be a valuable raw material to another. To establish robust value chains, thorough insight, understanding, and expertise within waste, recycled materials, and the market are necessary. Norwaste will contribute to ensuring that your business can succeed, whether you aim to increase the value of your waste or by-products by turning them into recycled raw materials in a circular economy, improve your waste management, or develop new markets. 

Waste management in a circular economy

Waste management is a complex industry. New technology offers significant opportunities for creating new and improved value chains, whether it's in collection, sorting, treatment, or disposal. Norwaste possesses expertise in regulatory frameworks, technological solutions, waste value chains, and the market for recycled raw materials, enabling you to succeed in your business endeavours.

Public stakeholders

With our long experience of state and municipal decision-making processes, we can make a difference for authorities and municipalities and municipal waste companies, whether the need is related to regulatory development, municipal waste plans or other plans and procurements.

Waste management globally

In many parts of the world, the challenges surrounding waste management are significant. Lack of collection and a sound and sustainable waste treatment cause plastic to spill onto the sea and is the largest source of marine waste globally. The need to put in place systems for collection and handling of waste resources is urgent. At the same time, the infrastructure is deficient, and a large informal sector is in many places the only contributor to recycling. Norwaste has the knowledge to understand complicated structures and to help projects succeed.

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