As one of the project partners of the COCOON Project (Consortium for a Coherent European Landfill Management Strategy), the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) shall be attending the third Inter-regional Exchange of Experience (IEOE) meeting next week in Germany. During this meeting, representatives from the project partners from Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus and Malta will further discuss the landfill policy document and a mapping report, which will be presented as one of the outcomes of the project. The IEOE meeting will also include site visits to remediated and active landfills in Germany.
This meeting follows the second IEOE meeting which was hosted by ERA between 31st May and 2nd June. During this meeting 20 representatives discussed improvements of regional policy on landfilling. The meeting also included site visits in Malta to exchange knowledge and experience on successful local rehabilitation projects. As one of the outputs of the project, the partners discussed the policy document mentioned above.
On 29th May, ERA also hosted the first local stakeholder meeting during which the attendees engaged in fruitful discussions on various issues on future management possibilities of landfills. Another stakeholder meeting is planned to take place towards the end of the year.
This project has a total budget of €1.4M with around €176, 000 going to the Maltese partners, ERA and Wasteserv Malta Ltd, at a co-financing rate of 85%. Its total duration is 60 months and will run until December 2021.
