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● Candidates listed in alphabetical order, Don’t use #1 to start list of candidates <br />● D’Hondt method used to calculate elected candidates <br />● No separate registration to vote, everyone can vote, show ID <br /> <br /> <br />Waste to Energy <br />● 2017 founded partnership (Lounavoima Oy) - cost-price model, sell services <br />● 2021 facility built - waste to district heating and electricity <br />● 50% owned by waste management company <br />● 22 employees + contractors to run facility <br />● Legally can’t put recyclable waste in landfill, must sort first <br />● Waste company is responsible to educate / promote sustainability <br />● Service-oriented collection points (residents bring recycling to center for free) <br />● Residents can pay for recycling collection, or drop-off recycling to save money <br />● Remaining Waste collected every 4 weeks <br /> <br />Outcomes: <br />● Produces 90% of district heating and has reduced cost of heating for residents <br />● Metals recycled and used in resurfacing road <br />● Steam creates electricity <br />● Condensed steam (water) used in heat distribution system <br />● Flue cleansing also has heat extraction <br />● 2% total waste mass remains in ash, sent to landfill <br />● 6 Geothermal wells used to store excess heat for winter recovery <br /> <br />Strategies: <br />● Producers responsible for recyclable packaging <br />● Deposits incentivize returns <br />● Waste paid by residents, recycling free <br />● Rural villages have recycling collection points at markets <br />● Education by waste company, at visitor center, at schools and school visits <br /> <br />Learnings: <br />● Technology is not new, they are finding better ways to do it <br />● Not everyone recycling, attitude that most are doing it is good enough <br />● Collective mentality to generate less waste, producers shift practice w/o being directed <br />● Impressive to see how they have done everything they can to reduce impact of waste <br />● Good incentives, participate to save money or to save the planet <br />● Incentive of managing waste for 4 weeks <br />● Only 2% waste in SW Finland is sent to landfill <br />● 75% of US waste is from packaging, company protections incentivize excess packaging <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />24