Two new waste PPP projects to be tendered in Greece
The Greek Inter-Ministerial Committee for PPPs approved on March 13th the implementation of two new waste management projects in the island of Corfu and Epirus, with contracting authorities the Municipality of Corfu and Region of Epirus respectively.
The facility in Corfu will manage about 87 thousand tons of waste annually, covering the total of solid municipal waste produced in the administrative area of Corfu and providing a permanent solution to the problem of waste management on the island.
Similarly, facility in Epirus will manage about 150 thousand tons of waste annually, including all municipal solid waste generated in the entire administrative area of Epirus.
The private partners will be selected through the competitive dialogue process and will undertake the design, financing, construction, maintenance, facility management and operation of the respective waste treatment facility for 27 years.
The tendering procedures allow all available technologies that meet the requirements of environmental targets, European and national legislation. Main selection criterion of the contractor will be the lower fee to be paid by the citizens, while achieving all environmental objectives. It is foreseen that the projects will be co-financed by EU funds.
Total contract value for the two new projects has been estimated at €210 million, while the total contract value of waste management PPP projects throughout Greece now adds up to about €2.1 billion.
The list of PPP projects currently in tender phase is the following:
- Implementation of a waste treatment unit in Northeastern Attica
- Implementation of a waste treatment unit in Southeastern Attica
- Implementation of a waste treatment unit in Western Attica (Ano Liosia)
- Implementation of a waste treatment unit in Western Attica (Fyli)
- Implementation of waste management facilities in Achaia via PPP
- Integrated Waste Management System in Western Macedonia region via PPP
- Peloponnese waste management system via PPP
- PPP for waste processing unit in Serres
- Waste management system in Aetoloacarnania via a PPP
- Waste treatment unit via a PPP in Ilia
