Öckerö municipality in Sweden is situated on the West Coast, close to Gothenburg. The municipality includes ten islands on which Öckerö is the main island. The islands provide unique possibilities for outdoor activities. Commercial fishing is an important industry in Öckerö. But fishing vessels not only create jobs, they also produce a number of waste products such as water mixed with oil, fish processing waste and sewage from on board toilets.

To protect the surroundings the municipality decided to build an environmental collections plant. The plant should include a waste reception facility and treatment plants for processing the fishing fleet’s waste.

Öckerö municipality turned to us at AquaTeq with the project to design and construct the waste reception facility. The result is a facility with three sections, one for each kind of waste. A card with a magnetic strip allows authorised personnel to access the facility. The treatment of the waste is later processed at the municipalities´ treatment plants. The ships can even fill their drinking water tanks at the waste reception facility.

For Öckerö municipality, the facility means that an important industry has the opportunity to develop in an environmentally appropriate way.

At the annual meeting of the Swedish Association for Water in the spring of 2005, the facility was awarded an environmental prize established by the pump manufacturer ITT Flygt.

We at AquaTeq are pleased for having the opportunity to design and construct the new waste reception facility.