Sustainable waste management in Karelia and Kainuu (KA10013)

SUSWAM (Sustainable waste management in Karelia and Kainuu) project establishes cross-border cooperation in the collection, treatment and re-use of waste in targeted areas. The project is aimed at improving current waste management practices as well as developing efficient and sustainable waste management operating models that will improve wellbeing and enable circular economy. The main objective is to reduce waste-based harmful effects on environment via improved waste sorting and processing in Kainuu and Karelia. Project will also provide possibilities for new long-term collaborations in educational expertise related to circular economy, environmental awareness and business opportunities. 

Project news

The Project Group consists of following organisations: 

KAMK Kajaani University of Applied Sciences

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences is a tertiary institution that supports high-quality teaching, professional growth and research and development. According to the statement of the Ministry of Education and Culture, KAMK is one of the most successful polytechnics in Finland. KAMK's research and projects are international and based on seamless cooperation, and several specialists in the field work on them.

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences is in charge of the SUSWAM project, and is therefore responsible for the progress of the project and financial management.

More info: www.kamk.fi

Municipal Waste Authority of Kainuu
More info: https://www.ekokymppi.fi/

Nakertaja-Hetteenmäki Village Association/Recycling Center Entrinki
More info: https://entrinki.fi/

OOO MSA
More info: -

Kostomuksha City Administration
More info: http://www.kostomuksha-city.ru/

Regional Company Water and Ecology LLC
Regional Company Water and Ecology LLC has operated in the environmental field for eleven years, including projects related to drinking water, wastewater and rainwater treatment, to their design, and implementation. RCWE conducts research cooperation with the University of Petrozavodsk.
More info: http://Elena-grafova.ru

Lead Partner

Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK), Finland
Anna Belenikhina
Project Manager
Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Kuntokatu 5, 87101, Kajaani Finland
anna.belenikhina@kamk.fi
+358  44 710 0298
www.kamk.fi 


Finnish Partners

Municipal Waste Authority of Kainuu/Kainuun jätehuollon kuntayhtymä
Eero Piirainen
Environment Manager 
eero.piirainen@ekokymppi.fi
+358 44 71 00 071
www.ekokymppi.fi 

 

Nakertaja-Hetteenmäki Village Association/Recycling Center Entrinki
Mauri Saastamoinen
Executive Director
mauri.saastamoinen@nakertaja.fi
+358 40 517 8570
www.nakertaja.fi; www.entrinki.fi

 

Russian partners

OOO MSA
Anatoly Mikhailov
General Director
msalean@mail.ru
+7 81459 5 2230

 

Kostomuksha City Administration
Galina Potapova
Chief Specialist of Economic Development Department
potapova@msu.kostomuksha-rk.ru
+7 911 6608502

 

Regional Company Water and Ecology LLC
Elena Grafova
Director
grafova.elena.karelia@gmail.com 
+7 911 4053098