However,they are interested in further enhancing waste
sorting and in a more sustainable bio-waste management solution.
In order to respond to this research need, we choose to assess
the potential of small-scale, decentralized bio-refinery solutions for
sustainable bio-waste management in Lapland. Our first case study
area was the Kolari municipality. The reason for selecting Kolari
was the existence of a bio-waste collection scheme; bio-waste is
being collected separately from tourist centers during the tourist
season (Lapin ELY, 2012). The municipality also had data available
on collected bio-waste amounts.