BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

installation for Annex V serves as a link between the ships
and land disposal systems. Annex V encompasses every
commercial and recreational shipping and boating facility and
therefore applies from the smallest dinghy to the largest
tanker. Some wastes, such as quarantined or regulated garbage
or cargo residues, may not be easily transportable to normal
land disposal systems. This might require special provisions.
In general however, the disposal of Annex V material is
closely linked with the municipal disposal system and should
be incorporated into this. This means that the garbage will be
either dumped at a landfill for garbage or that it will be
incinerated.
Incineration plants for garbage are economic for regional use,
not for local use and usually require flue gas treatment, to
prevent a high level of air pollution.
For landfill of garbage a number of provisions such as mineral
and draining layers are required.
7. Pinancinu and cost recovery
The objective of a cost recovery mechanism is to generate
revenues, which are used to cover the operating costs of port
reception facilities. The operating costs include:
capital costs (interest and depreciation) of
equipment, land acquisition;
labour, including operation of the facilities,
supervision, administration and training of
personnel;
maintenance and spare parts;
other consumables such as power and chemicals;
disposal costs for (secondary) wastes;
revenues of recyclable materials.
The provision of reception and treatment facilities requires
initial investments, for which sufficient funds should be
available. A distinction can be made between reception
facilities and treatment facilities. Without preparing
detailed costs estimates, it can be said that often the
investments for treatment facilities will be higher than for
reception facilities (although this has to be assessed case by
case).Depending on the situation in each individual country,
the investments for treatment facilities may be of such a
magnitude that governmental participation and/or international
assistance will be required.
Once the initial investments have been covered, a mechanism
must be established to recover the operating costs for the
reception and treatment of wastes. A number of cost recovery
mechanisms are possible. Each system has it specific benefits
and drawbacks, which will be discussed in subsequent sections.
When making a decision on cost recovery mechanisms, the
following criteria may be considered:
1. will the cost recovery mechanism itself contribute
to reduction of marine pollution or, in other words,
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